Athens, 1 February 2009 - Continuing its support to the Palestinian people, our country has sent six containers with new Greek humanitarian aid from the Piraeus port to the Gaza Strip.
The 105-110 of tons aid contains mainly food (flour, olive oil, pulses) bought by the foreign ministry, as well as medicine and medical supplies that were collected by the Church of Greece in collaboration with local authorities, private companies and associations. Transportation has been undertaken and paid for by the foreign ministry's Hellenic Aid organization and it will be delivered to the appropriate United Nations bodies so that it can be taken into Gaza and distributed.
The following NGO's cooperated and assisted in the collection of food, medicine and the pharmaceutical materials: "Pharmacists of the World", "Doctors of the Heart", the company Lavipharm, the Hania Pharmacists association , the prefectures of Kozani, Chios and East Attica, as well as the Association of Journalists of Macedonia-Thrace Daily Newspapers and a number of local authorities.