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[ 2014-09-16 ]
Ghana Air Force airlifts relief assistance to three Ebola affected countries The Ghana Air Force has begun the airlifting of
about one hundred tons of humanitarian food relief
items to three Ebola affected countries, Liberia,
Guinea and Sierra Leone.
The relief items include three thousand (3,000)
bags of rice grown and packaged in Ghana, three
hundred (300) cartons of Ghanaian produced cooking
oil, three hundred (300) cartons of Milk
manufactured in Ghana and three hundred (300)
cartons of Made in Ghana cocoa drinking products.
The items, a donation from President John Mahama
on behalf of the government and people of Ghana,
will help feed persons in treatment centers and
others currently on quarantine in isolation
centers.
During his three-nation visit on Monday, President
Mahama made a symbolic presentation of some of the
items to the Presidents of the countries, noting
that the gesture "was a symbol of solidarity with
the affected countries."
He stated that Africans don't have to always wait
for the developed world to come to their aid in
times of crisis.
"We must show love to each other in our own small
way, Mr. Mahama said. Source - Flagstaff House Communications
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