Second MSF quake-relief aid arrives in Syria
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Relief assistance arrived on Tuesday in Damascus, as a donation to the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) aims to help people affected by the Feb.6 earthquake.
A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) delegation and a cargo plane arrived in Damascus, Syria’s capital.
The cargo contains 30,000 units of baby milk, 234 family tents and three surgical kits. This is the second MSF donation to Syria since the earthquake, aims to help quake-affected people in areas where the MSF does not currently have teams.
“A few days after the earthquake hit Syria and Turkey, in addition to our emergency operations in northwest Syria, we offered our support to relief efforts in areas where we do not have teams,” said Ahmad Abdurrahman, MSF director of operations.
“As an independent and impartial medical organisation, we remain committed to providing humanitarian and medical assistance to the people in Syria, wherever access is granted, and the humanitarian principles are respected to ensure that aid reaches the people who need it most,” he added.
The MSF said in a report that since the earthquake, they have scaled up their response in the quake-affected areas in Syria.
At dawn on Feb. 6, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit different areas in Syria killing more than 7,000 Syrians, including 2,153 Children and 1,524 Women.