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Irish send aid to flood-ravaged countries
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summer has been among the worst Britain has ever seen as floods devastated
the country and left thousands of people facing a long battle to get their
homes back to a habitable condition.
Last week The Irish Post reported on how more than €25,000 has been donated
by the Irish Red Cross to help those most in need.
And this week Ireland’s generosity continues as two planes carrying
more than €100,000 of aid have been sent to help relief efforts in the
flood-hit areas of Sudan and Pakistan.
Wide-spread disruption has been caused in the two countries following
heavier than normal rains and Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs
Dermot Ahern called for the relief packages to be sent to charity GOAL
for distribution.
Mr Ahern said: “By pre-positioning such essential relief items Irish
Aid is now in a position to significantly speed up its response to humanitarian
emergencies.
“These supplies meet many of the immediate shelter, housing, water
and sanitation needs of those affected by humanitarian emergencies.”
The first airlift included 3,000 tarpaulins for use as temporary shelters
and 2,200 mosquito nets for families made homeless by floods in Kassala,
Sudan.
An estimated 335,000 people have been left homeless and countless others
dead following the abnormally heavy and early rainfall.
The second airlift, which left for Pakistan last Saturday, includes 10
collapsible 10,000-litre water tanks, over 7,000 tarpaulins for temporary
shelter, 1,800 mosquito nets and 7,650 blankets.
The aid packages come after €1million of government money was given to
charities to deal with the crises in Pakistan and Sudan. |
