Rainbow Warrior to help Medecins Sans Frontieres mission
Our colleagues on board our ship, the Rainbow Warrior, are currently working with Medecins Sans Frontieres to get urgent medical supplies into Lebanon.
According to MSF:
"To date it has been very difficult to move large volumes of relief goods from Beirut to southern Lebanon by road. Trucks have been hit by missiles, so truck drivers are reluctant to move into the southern region and there are major problems in getting materials to Beirut quickly enough. The Greenpeace offer means a partial solution of one of our two problems."
"Medecins Sans Frontieres has around 30 international staff working in areas in Lebanon that are severely affected by the conflict. The emphasis in MSF’s activities is on supporting Lebanese health workers, setting up additional health posts and mobile clinics where necessary, and distributing basic materials (shelter, hygiene kits, cooking utensils, baby powder milk) to displaced families."
The Rainbow Warrior can transport 40 tonnes, or 105 pallets of supplies, which will cut down on MSF's problem of moving large goods along damaged and insecure roads. The ship and crew are currently in Larnaca, Cyprus where medical supplies are being loaded.
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Dear Mr and Mrs,
First of all , let us intoduce ourselves : Michel adaimi and Jad el badawi students in le HAVRE university ( FRANCE ) . We focus to continue our masters degree in international transport and logistics .
We are interested about a current topic that we have read on the internet about 100 tonnes of medical materials and other relief supplies from MSF waiting for transport from a warehouse in larnaca , with another 80 tonnes scheduled to arrive soon to lebanon as humanitarion help but these supplies are stoked in cyprus in the absence of suffisient transport capacity , with a little guarantee for a safe passage .
We would like to know what happened in this issue ? if it has reached a solution or had been solved ? we are interested also of the way that this problem is or was handled in transportation and logistics point of vue ? how the help is or was sheduled ?
A waiting your respond on this message ,
you prompt reply is appreciated
Thanks for your cooperation ,
Posted by: adaimi michel | December 9, 2006 9:41 PM