Tsunami, quake victims get help from Greece<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Medan<\/p>\n
The Greek government donated on Sunday nine million euros
\n(US$10.8 million) for tsunami and earthquake victims in Aceh and
\nNias island, North Sumatra.<\/p>\n
The donation was distributed by Solidarity, a Greek non-
\ngovernmental organization that provides humanitarian and
\ndevelopment aid worldwide. The donation came in the form of food
\naid worth eight million euros and another one million euros to
\nassist in the reconstruction phase in Aceh and Nias.<\/p>\n
The group's program coordinator, Father Ignatios Giapit
\nZioglov, said the food aid was handed over to the Indonesian Red
\nCross in North Sumatra. Four million euros worth of food aid was
\npresented three months ago, while an additional four million
\neuros of the aid was delivered on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\"The relief aid is donated by the Greek people. It was raised
\nto assist disaster victims in Indonesia. We think of the
\nIndonesian people who suffered in these disasters as our brothers
\nwho are in need of our assistance,\" Father Ignatios told The
\nJakarta Post after handing over the relief aid to the Indonesian
\nRed Cross.<\/p>\n
He said that apart from delivering food aid, Solidarity had
\nalso provided another one million euros to assist in the
\nreconstruction of facilities destroyed when a tsunami struck Aceh
\nin December and an earthquake hit Nias in March.<\/p>\n
The assistance, he said, would mainly be used to build
\nschools, hospitals and houses for the survivors.<\/p>\n
The chairman for the Indonesian Red Cross in North Sumatra,
\nKasim Siyo, said most of the relief aid already had been
\ndistributed to tsunami victims in Aceh.<\/p>\n
\"Most of the relief aid that we received (three months ago)
\nhas been channeled to Aceh and we will distribute this second
\ndonation to Aceh and Nias,\" he said.<\/p>",
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