Slovakia to send humanitarian aid to Sudan

February 18, 2008 (BRATISLAVA) — Slovakia’s Interior Ministry said on Monday that it has decided to provide humanitarian aid to Sudan, where persistent rains have caused extensive flooding.

The floods have caused damage to housing, and led to a pressing need for food and healthcare.

The humanitarian relief will be trucked from the humanitarian base at Limbach (Bratislava region) to the Slovenian port of Koper on February 19. From there it will be shipped to Port Sudan.

Slovak embassy officials will then hand over the aid to a government agency.

Transport expenses will be defrayed from the 05T humanitarian programme and won’t represent an extra burden on the 2008 budget.

(ST)