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Ambassador Kenney, Senator Gordon Meet U.S. Government Relief Flight with Goods for Families Affected by Typhoon Reming

Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney and Senator Dick Gordon load a Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) truck with boxes of relief supplies donated by the American people. An emergency relief flight carrying U.S.-provided supplies for families affected by Super Typhoon Reming arrived in Manila on December 7. The supplies were donated to the PNRC from the United States Government.
U.S. Military servicemen met a U.S.-chartered emergency relief flight at the airport to help unload the more than 1,000 boxes of supplies onto Philippine National Red Cross trucks destined for Bicol, the region devastated this month by Typhoon Reming. The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), $130,000 worth of supplies that included 200 rolls of plastic sheeting for shelter, 7,600 water containers, and 7,000 family hygiene kits. The U.S. also provided $250,000 in immediate cash assistance to relief organizations to procure emergency commodities such as blankets, plastic mats, mosquito nets and cooking utensils to assist ongoing relief efforts in the Bicol Region.
Pictured at the official handover of relief supplies from the American people to the Philippines are (L to R): U.S. Army Colonel Matt Velasco, Chief, Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group; Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) Secretary General Corazon Alma de Leon; U.S. Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney; Senator Dick Gordon, PNRC President; and USAID Deputy Director Frank Donovan. The American people donated nearly $400,000 to the Philippines for emergency relief to families after Typhoon Reming.
U.S. Military servicemen carry boxes of relief supplies for victims of Typhoon Reming. The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), $130,000 worth of supplies that included 200 rolls of plastic sheeting for shelter, 7,600 water containers, and 7,000 family hygiene kits. The U.S. also provided $250,000 in immediate cash assistance to relief organizations to procure emergency commodities and finance the distribution of seeds to families whose crops were damaged by the typhoon, as well as a "Food-for-Work" program in Albay to support local government efforts to clear roads and drainage infrastructure of debris.
Senator Dick Gordon, who is President of the Philippine National Red Cross, and Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney open a box of relief supplies to inspect the contents. The American people donated $130,000 worth of emergency supplies, including plastic sheeting for shelter, water containers, and family hygiene kits, to the PNRC for typhoon relief.
Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney and Senator Dick Gordon met the U.S.-chartered emergency relief flight at the airport along with Philippine National Red Cross staff, U.S. Military servicepersons, and personnel from USAID.
U.S. and Philippine military officials visited the Bicol Region to assess possible relief tactics and needs on which the two militaries could partner. Here, they look at a valley decimated by mudslides caused by Typhoon Reming.
U.S. and Philippine military officers learn from a local official in Bicol Region about the needs of local villages affected by Typhoon Reming. The U.S. Military immediately visited the Bicol Region after Typhoon Reming to work with their partners in the Armed Forces of the Philippines on assessing emergency relief needs in the area.

Last Update :: 12/11/2006

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