Third relief aid plane to flood-stricken Sudan takes off today

The third plane, laden with humanitarian relief aid for flood victims in Sudan, left here on Thursday carrying about ten tons of cargo, said Chairman of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) Barjas al-Barjas in a press statement. This third plane comes within KRCS\'s efforts to respond to Sudan\'s appeal for help to cope with the aftermath of devastating floods that have affected the livelihood of thousands of Sudanese, said al-Barjas, noting that KRCS emergency care teams will fan the flood-stricken regions in their efforts to deliver the relief aid, consisting among other things of mostly foodstuff, water pumps, and power generators. Al-Barjas commended the airlift of relief aid to Sudan under the auspices of Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled al-Jarrah al-Sabah, who had ordered that planes with relief aid could take off from the Abdullah al-Mubarak air force base. The KRCS chairman, while extending his condolences to the families of the victims of the horrendous floods in Sudan, affirmed the strong ties that country has with Kuwait and pledged Kuwait\'s support of the Sudanese people.