Wednesday - January 19, 2005

It’s All About Fishing ….

There is an ancient proverb that says, “Give a man a fish and feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime”. Here is today’s fishing story from Afghanistan ....

Afghanistan Sends Aid To Aceh

news24.com
17/01/2005

Kabul - Impoverished Afghanistan is to send tons of medical and other aid to tsunami-hit Indonesia, the defence ministry said on Monday.

Afghan airline Ariana will make its first ever flight from Kabul to devastated Banda Aceh in Indonesia with 20 medical personnel and supplies, said General Mohammed Azimi.

“Today at 2pm we will send a team of doctors, emergency experts and 30 tonnes of food, blankets and medical supplies to Banda Aceh,” Azimi said.

“A 20-strong team of doctors, nurses and relief workers and emergency experts will fly to Aceh and if needed we will send more help down there,” he added.

Afghanistan itself continues to be in severe need of international aid after years of drought and war, and has received multi-million dollar pledges for reconstruction work.

Kabul promised to send more help to Aceh once the disaster experts flying down there had reported back to say what is needed.

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