(MENAFN- Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA))
São Paulo – Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC) Humanitarian Cooperation general coordinator José Solla, accompanied by Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) president Osmar Chohfi, visited on Friday (10) the Syrian Sports Club in São Paulo, where the medicine donations of the emergency campaign together for syria have been stored. ABC is affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil. Pictured, Solla (L) and Chohfi (R).
Following the visit, they went to the headquarters of the ABCC, where they signed an agreement for the Brazilian government to collect the campaign's donations and send the medicines by plane to the Arab country hit earthquakes in February. The ABCC signed representing 19 entities of the Arab Brazilian community that joined forces to carry out the campaign, which continues to receive donations, and a first shipment is expected to be sent by the end of the month.“We're coordinating the shipment, which will probably take place in the following weeks,” Chohfi said.
Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese, A Mão Branca Charitable Association, São Paulo's Heart Hospital (HCOR), Cedar of Leanon Association, Lebanese-Brazilian Medical Association, ABCC, Brazil-Lebanon Chamber of Commerce, Cdial Halal, Club Homs, Clube Atlético Monte Líbano [Mount Lebanon Athletic Club], Esporte Clube Sírio [Syrian Sports Club], Federation of Muslim Associations of Brazil (FAMBRAS), Syrian-Lebanese Hospital, Kanoun Institute of Comparative Law Brazil-Lebanon, Brazilian Druze Home, Mesquita Brasil and Antiochian Orthodox Brazilian Society joined together in the effort.
Brazilian government
The Brazilian government has already sent out 90 water purifiers and 7 tonnes of dehydrated food to Syria. The water purifiers, which include a voltaic kit to ensure energy autonomy, have the capacity to produce over 500,000 liters of water a day, thus assisting more than 25,000 people. The dehydrated foods are halal-certified risottos and soups amounting to 280,000 meals.
Solla said the regions of Northern Syria and the Lebanese border had been suffering from a cholera outbreak even before the earthquake, which has just made the situation even more critical, thus increasing the volume of purifier donations to help on this front.
The donations from the government are heading to Lebanon in commercial flights and are expected to arrive by Sunday (12), where they will be collected by the Lebanese Red Cross and sent by land to Syria, with the logistic support from a local firm and in coordination with the Embassies of Brazil in Beirut and Damascus. The Brazilian humanitarian donation will be delivered to the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, which will distribute them across the country.
Solla said that a medicine shipment from the Ministry of Health is awaiting confirmation to be sent, and the ABC received a request for donations to Syria in the electric sector.
Translated by Guilherme Miranda
Bruna Garcia/ANBA
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