Israel to provide assistance to mudslide victims in Sierra Leone
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Israel Provides Assistance to Sierra Leone

  • 8/17/2017
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    ​The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Africa Division), MASHAV - Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation, the Israeli embassy in Senegal (accredited to Sierra Leone) and in accordance with instructions by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has begun to examine means of providing, has begun to examine means of providing ​assistance to victims of the mudslide that occurred on Monday August 14 2017. 

    The assistance will be provided by Israel’s embassy in Senegal in accordance with immediate needs on the ground (clean water, medicines, blankets, etc.)

    Israel’s ambassador to Senegal, Paul Hirschson, is in touch with senior officials from the Sierra Leone Government to coordinate the transfer of Israeli humanitarian aid to the country, following the devastating mudslides.

    First, Israel will purchase food for the survivors, and later, in coordination with the local authorities, medical assistance will be transferred.
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