An American cargo aircraft landed in Beirut on Thursday, September 7, 2006 carrying over $2.89 million worth of emergency supplies from a network of American relief agencies, including Operation USA. Our contribution was over $1.8 million worth of medications and medical equipment
Operation USA provided technical assistance and relief supplies for the airlift to war-torn Beirut, Lebanon, carrying 100 tons of medical supplies, hygiene kits, educational materials and pharmaceuticals.
In addition to Operation USA’s surgical supplies, our other partner agencies generously contributed: Heart To Heart International, Brother’s Brother Foundation and Global Operations & Development. Mercy Corps’ partners, the Mennonite Central Committee and Church World Service, provided significantly to the flight.
The American University Hospital of Beirut and a network of small, locally-run medical clinics received the supplies, which, along with the cargo flight, were coordinated by MercyCorps. The Hariri Foundation of Lebanon underwrote the entire cost of the aircraft charter.
The benefits of Operation USA’s twenty-seven years of experience organizing airlifts, most notably the first U.S. agency’s post-war flights into Vietnam and Cambodia and to most of the major humanitarian crises in the last quarter-century, are offered freely and enthusiastically to other agencies, large and small.
Operation USA will continue to supply needed medications to agencies in Lebanon as funds and supplies allow. As always, we appreciate both monetary and appropriate product contributions from our many donors. |
