Critical medicines
At cost or a 3–5% markup
Essential medicines will be sold at cost or with only a small markup, so urgent treatment stays within reach.
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Pre-launch pilot · Yemen
Pre-launch pilot · Yemen Freedom Pharmacy Social Enterprise Pilot
A pre-launch pharmacy that will keep essential medicine affordable and use everyday sales to fund charitable care.
This initiative is separate from our operating free clinics. The first pharmacy is now in pre-launch development in Yemen and has not yet begun serving customers or patients.
Launch funding progress
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One pharmacy, two pricing approaches
How the pricing will work
Essential medicines will stay as affordable as possible. Sales of other medicines and health products will help cover costs and fund charitable care.
Noncritical medicines and health products
A 25–40% markup
Other medicines and health products will be sold at standard prices. Those sales will cover pharmacy costs and fund patient assistance.
The Freedom Care Fund
How each sale will support charitable care
When the pharmacy launches, Freedom Philanthropies' share of pharmacy earnings will go into a dedicated Care Fund. The fund will provide essential medicines at no cost to patients who meet clear eligibility requirements and still cannot afford the low pharmacy price.
In simple terms, the pharmacy will earn income through normal sales and use part of that income to help patients who cannot pay. The free medical clinics will remain a separate program.
Why a second model
Free care today. A sustainable access model for tomorrow.
Free Medical Clinics
Mobile medical teams currently provide free checkups, medicine, and follow-up care in Yemen.
See the free-clinic program →Social Enterprise Pilot
The retail pharmacy will keep essential medicine affordable and use sales income to support the Care Fund.
Funding the launch
$30,000 committed. $30,000 remaining.
The Yemen pilot requires $60,000 in startup funding. Freedom Philanthropies and a local pharmacist partner have each committed $15,000, leaving $30,000 to fully fund the launch.
$60,000 Total startup funding
$30,000 Already committed
$30,000 Remaining to launch
What the startup funding will pay for
- Opening inventory of essential medicines and health products
- Pharmacy setup, solar power, and equipment that keeps medicine safely chilled
- Licensing, setup, and launch costs
- Early operating costs while the pharmacy gets established
These are pre-launch uses of funds, not expenses from an operating pharmacy.