21 January 2010

Thursday, 21st January, 9.2 MT of jerry cans left Charles de Gaulle Airport for Santo Domingo. This cargo space is donated by UPS.

Also 21st: 20.2 MT of emergency supplies (2 warehouse tents, 1,169 squatting plates) left Dubai for Santo Domingo. This is a UNICEF commercial charter.

Friday, 22nd January 20 MT of emergency supply items will leave Billund Airport, Denmark for Santo Domingo. The cargo will consist of 662 Early Childhood Development kits. This will be the second donated airlift from Denmark by British Airways.

Also 22nd: 100 MT of emergency supplies (including: family water kits, water testing kits, essential medical supplies and medicines, oral rehydration sachets, MUAC tapes, mobile warehouses, tents, tarpaulin sheets, and UNICEF visibility materials) will leave Charles de Gaulle Airport for Santo Domingo on Air France/KLM). The airline is not applying a commercial mark-up for this transportation.

UNICEF is continuing to mobilise supplies and organising logistics for ongoing airlifts in the coming days of the emergency relief. National Committees have been extremely able in helping to identify partners to sponsor airlifts at no cost to UNICEF. UNICEF gratefully acknowledges the effort and support of UNICEF National Committee colleagues in the UK, Hong Kong, Spain, and the United States.

Photo ©UNICEF/SD10-173/John R. Nielsen
Billund, Denmark 20 January 2010