Palestine

Disaster Relief in Gaza

January 2009 – March 2009

At the end of December 2008, Israel launched a full scale air and ground assault on Gaza, leaving over a thousand dead, hundreds injured and severe damage to housing and infrastructure.

In response, the Gift of the Givers Foundation, together with the Department of Foreign Affairs, supported by the South African Council of Churches, the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference, Cosatu and the ANC Women’s League, prepared a R15 million humanitarian aid mission to assist the people of Gaza, who are suffering intense difficulty in the aftermath of the war.

The humanitarian aid mission consisted of:

- 84 tons of aid (sent by a Jumbo 747 aircraft). The aid consisted of medical equipment, medical supplies, medicines, bottled water, food, baby milk, high energy protein supplements, wheelchairs, blankets and generators, as well as a fully-equipped ambulance. The South African aid package was a collective contribution from all the people of South Africa. This was also the largest plane ever used by Gift of the Givers in its 16 years of disaster relief operations

- A 25-member specialist medical team.

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by lesweu1 (Lesweu Rampa) Monday, 06 February 2012 11:29
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by EsCapeUn (Sonwabiso Nompunga) Saturday, 04 February 2012 22:39
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by LangaNkosi (Nomalanga Nkosi) Wednesday, 01 February 2012 17:01