Cyprus humanitarian aid arrives in Haiti

Cyprus humanitarian aid arrived on Monday to earthquake-stricken Haiti on a Hellenic Imperial Airways Boeing 747 aircraft carrying humanitarian aid, comprising 50 tons of pharmaceutical supplies, foodstuffs and tents.
The aid has already been collected by the six-member mission from the Volunteer-Doctors-Cyprus and the Greek doctors that are in Port au Prince.
Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Spyros Kouvelis also arrived on Monday in Port au Prince aboard the Greek aircraft.
Cyprus Council of Ministers decided recently to send humanitarian aid worth EUR122.000 to Haiti, in adition to the already announced financial aid of EUR100.000.
Government Spokesman Stephanos Stephanou said the additional aid would be in the form of “various items, such as tents, dry food, serum, tinned meat.”
The Cypriot team comprises doctors Marios Theodorou, Olga Sophocleous, Nicolas Ioannou, Constantina Rousia and Nicolas Papachrysostomou and photo reporter Katia Christodoulou.