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 A week after its first attempt to deliver relief supplies to strife-torn Liberia ended in stormy seas off Sierra Leone, World Vision tried again—this time by air.
The Christian humanitarian organization flew 30 tons of emergency items to Liberians desperately in need of help. The supplies, which were collected from World Vision’s warehouse in Hanover, Germany, included 11,400 blankets, 7,000 water containers, 2,000 hygiene kits, 1,000 kitchen sets and 64,000 water purification tablets. The items are valued at about $100,000.
On August 18, a ship chartered by World Vision sank off the coast of Sierra Leone, taking with it $86,000 in relief goods intended for 21,000 displaced Liberians. The 19 people aboard the ship survived the ordeal. (See story below for account of shipwreck.)
"There's a real regret on the part of everyone that's been involved in this that we didn't get the aid out to people as a result of this accident," said Kevin Cook, interim manager of communications for World Vision's Liberia emergency-response program. "But there's also a profound relief that no one was killed.... We feel that things could have been a lot worse."
World Vision began work in Liberia in 1959. It has a total of 164 paid staff in the country.
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