Following our recent post drawing attention to the plight of those awaiting aid in Longbao town, 75 kms from Jiegu, SQR will be delivering much-needed aid directly to the afflicted early on Monday morning (we are leaving this evening and arrive Monday morning).
A 1.7 tonne truck has been loaded with the following supplies:
- 2 petrol-driven generators
- 100 dynamo torches
- 50 dung-burning stoves
- 1 tonne flour (1/2 tonne wheat, 1/2 tonne barley)
- 1200 pots of instant noodles
- 50 bottles of disinfectant
SQR has been given official permission from the Provincial Civil Affairs Bureau to deliver this aid. We will be liasing with town officials to ensure that the aid gets distributed evenly and to those most in need.
UPDATE: SQR truck left at around 830pm on Sunday 18th April.
[...] in an interview with Peter Goff of the Sichuan Quake Relief team who have just returned from an aid-delivery trip to Qinghai’s Longbao Town. The report is well worth a read and has a handful of images of [...]