With labor donated by the bank and other volunteers. a planeload of supplies was purchased and readied within days. Once in Ethiopia. the goods were immediately distributed by World Vision. With remaining funds. a ship was outfitted and sailed from Portland last Saturday. with a much greater store of food and medical supplies. Northwest medical teams has just sent a corps of 15 volunteer doctors and nurses to Ethiopia to serve the emergency health needs of refugees there. Another group is preparing to leave in March. To my knowledge Oregons was the first statewide private effort for African famine relief.
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