Turkey Sends Third Cargo Plane with Aid for Somali

A third Turkish Airlines cargo plane took off for Somalia on Thursday as part of Turkey’s aid campaign to drought-stricken country.

The plane is carrying 40 tons of food and medical supplies.

The aid includes baby formula and milk powder as well as medication to cure most common diseases in Somalia. It will be distributed by Red Crescent representatives in Mogadishu.

First two planes carrying aid to Somalia had departed Monday with 50 tons of food and medical supplies on board.

Turkey has launched a massive aid campaign to help efforts to fight hunger in east Africa where the World Food Program estimates that 10 million people are already in need of humanitarian aid.

The U.N. Children’s Fund estimates that more than 2 million children are malnourished and in need of life-saving action in the region.

11.08.2011