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Relief materials leave China for eastern Africa
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-01-21 05:09
Relief materials worth 10.85 million yuan (1.31 million US dollars) left
north China's Hebei Province Thursday for eastern African countries affected by
tsunami, such as Kenya and Somalia.
The materials are expected to arrive at Nairobi, capital of Kenya, Friday.
The relief materials include 250 tents, 4,000 toweling coverlets, 350 power
generators, medicines and daily necessities, said Yang Shuzeng, an official with
the Ministry of Commerce.
A massive earthquake and tsunami in Indian Ocean smashed coastline in
southeastern Asia on Dec. 26 last year and the effects reached as far away as
eastern Africa countries, including Kenya and Somalia.
After the disaster, Chinese government immediately provided 250, 000 US
dollars to the affected countries in eastern Africa including Kenya and Somalia,
and then decided to add relief materials worth 10.85 million yuan to the
affected areas.
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