PHL sends relief and humanitarian assistance to Indonesia to help quake victims

The Philippines sends off its humanitarian assistance to help people in the areas affected by the 7.5 magnitude quake in Indonesia. (Eagle News Service, Courtesy Earlo Bringas)
The Philippines sends off its humanitarian assistance on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 to help people in the areas affected by the 7.5 magnitude quake in Indonesia. (Eagle News Service, Courtesy Earlo Bringas)

 

(Eagle News) — The Philippines on Wednesday, October 10 sent off to Indonesia much needed supplies and humanitarian assistance for the victims affected by the 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit the country on September 28.

The aid supplies were loaded onto a Lockheed C-130 “Hercules” cargo ship.

Relief goods and other assistance, including six water filtration units, six generators, 100 tents, 4,400 assorted sleeping kits, were among the supplied loaded to the Philippine Air Force C-130 plane.

The disaster also killed more than 2,000 people and displaced thousands and thousands of residents.

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana led the send-off ceremonies of the Philippines’ humanitarian aid and mission to Indonesia at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City.

 

The Philippines sends off its humanitarian assistance on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 to help people in the areas affected by the 7.5 magnitude quake in Indonesia. (Eagle News Service, Courtesy Earlo Bringas)
The Philippines sends off its humanitarian assistance on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 to help people in the areas affected by the 7.5 magnitude quake in Indonesia. (Eagle News Service, Courtesy Earlo Bringas)
Members of the Philippine delegation who will be accompanying the supplies and other humanitarian aid sent by the Philippines to Indonesia on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 to help people in the areas affected by the 7.5 magnitude quake.. (Eagle News Service, Courtesy Earlo Bringas)

Lorenzana said that it took them a while to prepare the supplies to help Indonesia as the Philippines was also recently hit by disasters, including the landslides in Itogon in Benguet and in Naga City in Cebu after typhoon Ompong hit the country.

“We could have reacted earlier but we had also disasters here in the Philippines lately. Up to know, we are still retrieving some bodies at the landslides,” he said.

The Indonesian Embassy through Deputy Chief of Mission of the Indonesian Embassy to the Philippines, Budi Dhewajani, thanked the government for the assistance.

“We thank, as I have mentioned earlier, we thank the government and the people of the Philippines for all the condolence and assistance when my government (requested) for international support, the Philippine government quickly responded (to) assist us in this difficult situation,” the official said. (With a report from Eagle News Service Earlo Bringas)

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