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Relief supplies get unloaded in Banda Aceh, Indonesia

Relief supplies being transferred in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for relief efforts in Banda Aceh, Indonesia

 

January 3, 2005: CMAT announced today that Skylink Aviation of Toronto shipped a skid of medical supplies to Kuala Lumpur ahead of the CMAT Medical team’s departure for Indonesia. CMAT is grateful for their generous assistance.

Workers at Serendib Foundation in Sri Lanka prepare for relief activities. (January 2, 2005)

Workers at Serendib Foundation in Sri Lanka prepare for relief activities. (January 2, 2005)

 

January 2, 2005 – Photos of Tsunami emergency relief projects, Sri Lanka.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Workers at CMAT partner project site survey damage in Sri Lanka (January 1, 2005)

Workers at CMAT partner project site survey damage in Sri Lanka (January 1, 2005)

Ken Gilroy, Manager of Brantford General Hospital Stores, Brantford, Canada, helps shrink wrap a skid of medical supplies which will be shipped by air cargo to Sri Lanka by the weekend (December 30, 2004).

Ken Gilroy, Manager of Brantford General Hospital Stores, Brantford, Canada, helps shrink wrap a skid of medical supplies which will be shipped by air cargo to Sri Lanka by the weekend (December 30, 2004).

 

December 31, 2004:  CMAT reported today that it has formed a medical team to be headed by Mr. Bill Coltart, a paramedic from British Columbia Ambulance Service. Mr. Coltart of Courtenay, B.C., will head a group consisting of an emergency physician and several paramedics with specialized training in heavy urban rescue, and extrication. Read more

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A destroyed home in Kinniya, Sri Lanka (Photo courtesy of Imthiyas Jawfar, December 30, 2004).

December 30, 2004  – CMAT consulted today with its medical team and CMAT Chairman to reassess its emergency relief efforts in Asia. Relief efforts have so far focused on Sri Lanka which sustained major devastation and over 28,000 deaths, and CMAT has air shipped three skids of medical supplies to its partner in the region.

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