Iowa teens aim to expand nonprofit providing first aid kits to families

JOHNSTON, Iowa —

When siblings Millie and Krish Sethi were just 16 and 10 years old, they knew two things: they both wanted to go into medicine when they were older, and they wanted to give back to Iowa's neediest communities.

That drive led them to create the PureKindness Foundation , a 501(c)(3) nonprofit aimed at making basic medical care more accessible.

"People provide food, water, even shelter to them, but they don't provide something as simple as medical care," Krish said.

In the basement of their Johnston home, they compile medical supplies, like gauze, tweezers and ice packs, to make first aid kits capable of treating basic injuries, such as cuts, scrapes and swelling.

It's not easy work. Creating the kits involves regularly driving to Minnesota to pick up the supplies from