Victoria,
January 24, 2005 -
Last week, on a
flight from Johannesburg,
Air Seychelles benevolently
carried some 15 tonnes
of emergency supplies
such as rice, clothing,
food packs and canned
food destined for the
Banda Aceh region in
Indonesia. The emergency
supplies had been collected
by the Red Cross Society
of South Africa and other
charitable organisations
and will be distributed
by the Red Cross Society
of Singapore.
This is only one example
about how Air Seychelles
is involved in helping
the victims of the tsunami...
Air Seychelles
has also joined hands with
the Seychelles’ Youth
Volunteerism Initiative
and the South African-based
Global Relief organisation
in providing air tickets
from Mahe and Johannesburg
for humanitarian teams
to provide disaster relief
in Maldives.
The national
airline’s
Executive Chairman, Captain
David Savy presented
nine tickets to a Seychellois
youth delegation who are
to participate in a solidarity
relief mission in the Maldives,
which has been badly hit
by tsunami waves on December
26th. The presentation
of tickets, was held during
the launching of the Youth
Volunteerism Initiative
at the ICCS, also attended
by the Minister for Education & Youth,
Mr Danny Faure.
Air Seychelles’ is
also an active partner
in a major regional relief
operation with the South
African-based Global Relief
which will be sending a
psychological trauma intervention
team to work amongst the
traumatised children of
the Maldives. The team
of six experts comprising
of land and logistics co-ordinators,
research and assessment
needs, chemical engineering
and desalination expertise
and psychological trauma
intervention professionals
will travel on tickets
provided by Air Seychelles
on the Johannesburg-Seychelles-Maldives
route.
Global Relief is a humanitarian
relief organisation recognised
by the South African government’s
National Disaster Management
Centre (NDMC) to assist
disaster relief efforts
to the tsunami affected
areas.
Reconstruction and relief
efforts begun in the Maldives
soon after the tsunami
waves swept across South
East Asia and the Indian
Ocean following the massive
earthquake which occurred
off the coast of Sumatra
on December 26th last year.
"I think we all agree
that whatever can be done
in an attempt to relieve
the suffering and particularly
the trauma being experienced
by the children of Maldives,
is a good gesture, as long
as it provides someone,
somewhere with some hope
for the future - I also
believe that Air Seychelles
has achieved something
with this action" Captain
Savy added.
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