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Zim sends 15 tons tsunami aid
08/02/2005 22:53 - (SA)
Harare - Cash-strapped Zimbabwe dispatched its first consignment of relief aid on Tuesday to survivors of the December 26 tsunami disaster in Indonesia.
Vice-president Joyce Mujuru handed about 15 tons of bottled mineral water and more than 6 000 blankets to Indonesia's ambassador to Harare, Hupudio Supadi, before it was airlifted to Jakarta.
The Zimbabwe government last month set up a relief panel to raise at least $3.2m in aid for victims of the disaster in Indonesia where a total of 242 347 people have been listed as dead or missing.
Of the $3.2m, slightly more than $800 000 has been raised by Zimbabwe's business community.
Advertisements soliciting donations towards the plan are shown daily on state television.
President Robert Mugabe has been appointed patron of the Zimbabwe tsunami disaster fund whose committee comprises the government, the business community and churches.
A Zimbabwean businessman who was holidaying in Thailand was killed in the disaster.
- AFP
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