Update: Hong Kong Time 5:00pm 31/12/04 Sri Lanka A full charter with 40 tons is arrived Colombo. It includes water sanitation, medical and surgical material. There are 3 kits to set up hospitals to care for 30,000 people for three months. Another two charters are heading to Colombo. The situation...
Updated Information in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and India The following are summary of MSF activities in the crisis regions(update: Hong Kong Time 12:00pm 30/12/04): Sri Lanka The latest estimates are that 21,000 are dead and 745,000 displaced. Colombo airport is so busy that it is almost completely...
The emergency teams found that the situation is worse than estimation MSF is continuing the relief work and assessment in the six affected countries. The emergency teams found that the situation is worse than estimation, especially for those in remote places. Follow by sending 32 tons medical and...
"When we arrived yesterday evening in Banda Aceh we found the town half destroyed." Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today started bringing medical aid to people in Aceh, Indonesia, a region devastated by Sunday's earthquake. MSF is the first international organisation to start work in the area. A...
MSF is sending many additional emergency aid workers to South Asia over the coming days MSF is sending many additional emergency aid workers to South Asia over the coming days, to assist with relief for the victims of earthquake and tsunami. Over 20,000 people have been reported dead so far and the...
Already ten MSF emergency workers have been mobilised to evaluate the needs in India, Malaysia and Indonesia. Following the severe earthquake that has hit Southeast Asia, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is preparing an emergency intervention in a number of affected countries. Already ten MSF...
The earthquake, measuring 8.9 on the Richter Scale, is considered to be the strongest in the world in the past 40 years. South-east Asia has been struck by an earthquake, a series of aftershocks as well as tsunamis (huge ocean waves) following an earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter Scale. The...
Sudanese aid worker of Medecins Sans Frontieres killed in South Darfur Amsterdam, 22 December 2004 - International medical relief organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is shocked by the murder of one of its Sudanese aid workers in South Darfur. According to reliable reports the aid worker was...
The MSF emergency team has started assisting 9000 displaced in the Mitwaba region of the Katanga Province, DRC. The displaced fled villages during violence which began in late 2003 and many have been living without adequate shelter and food for months, unable to return home due to persistent...
