Tuesday, 19 January, UNICEF warehouse tents (large storage capacity tents) left Dubai for Santo Domingo on a Royal Emirates Flight. Cargo space was donated by the Sheikh of the Royal Emirates.
Wednesday 20th January, 90 MT of emergency supplies, including tents, tarpaulins, nutrition kits, mid-upper arm circumference tapes, weighing scales, health and medical kits (midwifery, diarrhoeal, inter-agency emergency health), essential emergency medicines, family water kits, Early Childhood Development kits, recreation kits, and blankets, will leave on a UNICEF commercial flight from Billund, Denmark to Santo Domingo
Also on Wednesday, 5.5 MT of water bladders and chlorine tablets will leave in cargo space donated by Thomas Cook Airlines. This flight is a tourist charter that will leave from London Gatwick Airport to Punta Cana.
On Thursday, 21st January, 9.2 MT of jerry cans will leave Charles de Gaulle Airport for Santo Domingo. This cargo space is donated by UPS.On Friday, 22nd January 20 MT of emergency supply items will leave Billund Airport for Santo Domingo. This will be the second airlift of emergency supplies from Denmark by British Airways. The composition of cargo will be confirmed.
With great support from Air France/KLM, 100 MT of emergency supplies will be trucked from the UNICEF Supply warehouse in Copenhagen to Charles de Gaulle Airport on Wednesday. This cargo will leave Paris for Santo Domingo on Friday, 22 January. The composition of cargo will be confirmed.
In Santo Domingo and Punta Cana, UNICEF is working in coordination with other humanitarian organisations to ensure that essential supplies reach children and families in Haiti.
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