ADRA and Partners Airlift Relief Items to Darfur Sudan

Silver Spring, Maryland – On June 14, an aircraft loaded with 35 metric tons of relief items including blankets, tarpaulins, therapeutic food, and medicine left Berlin, Germany, en route to the Mukjar Refugee Camp in Darfur, Sudan. The aid, provided by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) and nine other organizations that are members of Aktion Deutchland Hilft, a German alliance of non-government organizations, will benefit approximately 45,000 refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs). Additional funding was provided by the German Minister of Foreign Affairs.

According to Reuters, the United Nations estimates fighting in Darfur has affected more than two million people. More than half have been driven from their homes, with 130,000 fleeing into neighboring Chad.

IDPs face potential epidemics due to scarce water, dry wells, and few health facilities. With the rainy season fast approaching, which renders roads to the area impassable, relief organizations have combined their efforts to coordinate this response.

“These supplies will support and improve the activities of the partner organizations which are engaged in the humanitarian work in the country for months,” said Mike Perekrestenko, project leader for ADRA Germany.

ADRA is present in more than 120 countries providing individual and community development and disaster relief without regard to political or religious association, age or ethnicity.

Additional information about ADRA can be found at www.adra.org.