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Emergency air lifts for African Horn

21 Sep, 2011

During August, Scan Global Logistics airlifted around 3000 tons of air cargo for the humanitarian crises in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, and much more is scheduled to go during September & October.

Several organizations have begun emergency airlifts of food to the drought-stricken Horn of Africa.

Our “charter team” in Denmark including our trucking department has performed perfectly and has been working 24-7 during the last month.

During a nationwide television show in Denmark in August, the citizens of Denmark collected DKK 110.000.000 (approx. USD 21M) to be used by different organizations and NGO’s in their operations within Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.

Additional aid flights are expected to go to eastern Ethiopia and northern Kenya, near the Somali border.

U.N. officials have said more than 11 million people in the Horn of Africa are in need of emergency aid. Thousands more are streaming across the border to camps in Kenya and Ethiopia.