PMI-ICRC team sends relief to Mimika

PMI-ICRC team sends relief to Mimika

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), in association with
the International Commission of the Red Cross (ICRC), has
distributed food and medical supplies to about 18,000 local
people during the past five months in Mimika regency, Irian Jaya.

"Food and medicines have been distributed to 18,000 people in
19 different locations in Mimika," ICRC spokesperson Sri Wahyu
Endah was quoted by Antara as saying here Monday.

She added that since February the PMI-ICRC team was also
engaged in similar activities for the drought-stricken residents
of the south of Baliem Valley in Wamena regency.

The operations are the continuation of the humanitarian
activities of the local administration which were discontinued at
the end of last year.

In the operations, Endah said, the team leased three Sikorsky
and Bell helicopters based in Timika and Wamena.

The team also planned to cover the border regions between
Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea. The team also worked in close
cooperation with World Vision Indonesia (WVI) and the Netherlands
Reformed Church (NRC).