Germany provides medical supplies

Germany provides medical supplies

JAKARTA (JP): Germany's Federal Office of Civil Protection has
donated medical equipment worth 1.5 million marks (about
US$800,000) to the Social Foundation for People's Development.
The aid is earmarked for hospitals and orphanages in Flores,
Lombok, Ambon and Sorong.

The aid, which arrived earlier this month in Jakarta -- will
soon be distributed to areas in eastern Indonesia.

The aid is a joint effort of the German government, a German
non-governmental organization Floreshilfe and Komrowski Maritim
and Allianz firms. (edt)