The nine civilian volunteers are part of the Singapore Red Cross' third and latest tranche of support, valued at US$600,000 in total, to assist affected communities in Gaza.
The nine civilian volunteers are part of the Singapore Red Cross ' third and latest tranche of support, valued at US$600,000 in total, to assist affected communities in Gaza .
In addition, SRC has deployed an operations coordinator, also a civilian volunteer, who will be stationed in Egypt for one to two months to oversee the coordination of SRC’s response activities. “If you try to be very specific, it will be very difficult, because you will never get it right. Every crisis represents new challenges.”“You need within the team people who can make decisions on the ground, make decisions on their feet. At the same time, you need people who are good in thinking through logistics, thinking through water and sanitation solutions.”
The Egyptian Red Crescent have said they prefer the SRC to “procure items directly” and hand it over to them, Mr William noted.While SRC closely supports the Palestine Red Crescent Society,"we are unable to do so directly because we don't have access to Gaza, so we do it through Egyptian Red Crescent", added Mr William.
They will work closely with the Egyptian Red Crescent to procure these food supplies directly from suppliers in Egypt, before the food parcels are transported into Gaza via trucks.SRC will also procure medical supplies – including medical consumables such as first aid items, blood pressure monitors, pulse oximeters, finger splints, nebulizer sets and other “urgently needed” medical items requested by the Palestine Red Crescent Society and hospitals in Gaza.
This lack of predictability is why some organisations and governments have resorted to airdrops to get relief supplies into Gaza, he said.
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