Slovakia sends aid to Aceh, Nias

Slovakia sends aid to Aceh, Nias

JAKARTA: Slovakia, a small Central European country, has sent 40
tons of humanitarian aid for Dec. 26 tsunami victims in Aceh and
Nias Island in North Sumatra, the Slovakian Embassy said on
Sunday.

"A ship carrying 40 tons of humanitarian relief, including
movable assets such as generator sets, field hospitals, tents,
covers and medical equipment, medicine, drinking water and
clothes from Slovakia arrived in Jakarta on May 1. This aid will
be handed over to the Indonesian government next week (this
week)," Slovakian Ambassador to Indonesia told The Jakarta Post
on Sunday.

The embassy's deputy head of mission Martin Culak said that
the Slovakian government in cooperation with the Slovak Red Cross
and Indonesian Red Cross will build a primary school in Banda
Aceh. -- JP