03/15/2013
The Turkish Red Crescent sent a ship loaded with food and construction
materials to Somalia on Wednesday (March 13th), Turkey's Anatolia News
Agency reported. "We want to make Somalia a more liveable country," said Utku Calim,
the official in charge of international programmes for the Turkish Red
Crescent. "Within this context, we have loaded about 11,000 tonnes of
supplies."
Supplies on board include heavy construction equipment, concrete and
paving stone supplies, 2,700 relief supply kits, five tonnes of sugar,
five tonnes of flour, canned food, furniture, air conditioners, garbage
dumpsters and a water pump.
The ship is expected to reach Mogadishu's port in 15 days, with
unloading the supplies expected to take another 15 days, Calim said.