Labutta/Cologne. At request of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Malteser International is currently organizing another cargo flight to Yangon. „This flight will contain relief items for our projects in the Irrawaddy Delta: We will load on board among others 2,700 family kits with cooking ware and hygiene articles, three portable water purification systems, three boats, medical drugs, equipment and consumables. The flight is financed by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and supported logistically by Caritas", Ingo Radtke, Secretary General of Malteser International, explains. „In addition, further German relief organisations will also have the possibility to load their relief goods on board of this cargo flight to Yangon", Radtke continues. Today, Malteser International could rent a warehouse of 1,000 square meters in Yangon at 20 minutes from the airport for a period of six months initially.

„The cooperation between different organisations with regard to this cargo flight, abut also with regard to numerous further relief activities for the people in Myanmar works very well and is very effective", Radtke points out. „Our colleagues in Yangon also tell us about the good cooperation with other organisations on the ground, for example with the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (Technisches Hilfswerk - THW) and with Caritas which sent a doctor to support our team in Yangon", Radtke continues. "Also in our Headquarters in Cologne we can clearly note that the bundling of our operational forces enables us to provide relief even quicker and more effective."

The work of Malteser International is supported by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, by Caritas and by the German association "Schwerte Hilft e.V." . As Malteser International has been able to start the relief activities in the disaster area right after the cyclone, the organisation is now also bundling the assistance of other organisations and partners and implementing it.

For the continuation and the extension of its work, the organisation is in urgent need of dona-tions!

To support the work of Malteser International in Myanmar, please transfer your donations to:

Donation Account 120 120 120 Bank für Sozialwirtschaft, Wörthstr. 15 - 17, D-50668 Köln Sort Code : 370 205 00 IBAN : DE49 3702 0500 0001 0258 01 BIC: BFSWDE33XXX Reference : "Cyclone Nargis"

Attention editorial offices: Ingo Radtke, Secretary General of Malteser International, is available for interviews. Please contact: +49 - 221 9822-213.

Recent photos of the relief activities in Myanmar can be downloaded under: http://php.malteser.de/cpg133/thumbnails.php?album=198&page=1