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Rainbow Warrior brings aid to tsunami survivors
Mon 03 January 2005
INDONESIA/Sumatra
Our ship, the Rainbow Warrior, is helping medical aid
organisation M�decins Sans Fronti�res (MSF) to get relief supplies to parts of
Indonesia devastated by the Indian Ocean earthquake.
While we are not an aid organisation, MSF needs help to get
supplies to areas in Aceh, Northern Sumatra. Many of the areas devastated are
only accessible by boat and we have the Rainbow Warrior in the region. The
Warrior and its crew of 19 will help transport food, medical supplies and MSF
medical staff to the some of the worst affected areas.
"The northwest coast of Sumatra is certainly one of the areas
most severely affected by the earthquake, but it has so far been logistically
difficult for aid organisations to reach the region," says David Curtis, MSF
emergency coordinator in Jakarta. "In order to save lives, a massive relief
effort is needed. By using the Greenpeace ship to transport medical staff and
supplies, we hope to reach people in remote areas that we would otherwise be
unable to help. We plan to use the ship to travel along the west coast with a
full package of food, medical supplies and materials such as plastic sheeting
and mosquito nets on board. It will also carry fuel to enable us to refuel the
helicopters. We are aiming to set up a base in the town of Meulaboh which we
know has been one of the most heavily affected areas."
An MSF team - currently numbering 40 - has been working in
the town of Banda Aceh since Tuesday night and is using four mobile teams to
bring medical care along the coast. According to Ibrahim Younis, logistics
expert with the team, "The town is about 60 percent destroyed and there are
shortages of food and water in some areas. There are still corpses on the
streets. There is a huge amount of work to be done in this town alone, but the
situation along the northwestern coast is even worse. We have carried out
assessments by helicopter and car and are treating people who have been
stranded for days with virtually nothing."
The Rainbow Warrior will be used as part of a logistical
set-up which also includes MSF helicopters, planes and cars. "We want to do
what we can to provide help and support to bring some relief to these
devastated areas. In this way, we hope to contribute to the efforts to
alleviate a tragic situation," said Dr. Gerd Leipold, Executive Director of
Greenpeace International.
MSF relief efforts in several of the countries severely
affected by the earthquake are experiencing serious logistical difficulties in
bringing in aid. Airports are becoming blocked so that planes bringing supplies
are unable to refuel and land. In Aceh there is an almost total lack of fuel
and transport.
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