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A soldier collects food for south Asian tsunami relief. (AP)
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| By Israel Insider staff and partners January 5, 2005 |
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A huge four-day nationwide food drive began Monday with tons of key products collected at supermarkets throughout Israel being immediately dispatched to the tsunami disaster zone in South Asia.
The mobilization was organized by Magen David Adom (Israel's Red Cross equivalent), backed fully by MDA's American support organization ARMDI, American Red Magen David for Israel, which has established its own emergency relief campaign in the US.
At the end of the first day, MDA reports that the Israeli public, including Israeli Arabs from Northern Israel and from East Jerusalem, donated 2.5 tons of flour, 4 tons of rice, 920 liters of oil, 2.5 tons of sugar, 1.5 tons of plain pasta, 39, 000 liters of mineral water, 900 kilos of dried beans and 700 kilos of jams and conserves. "We had initially chosen just two days for the food drive, but the response has been so incredible, that we've decided to extend it for another two days and ship the goods on Friday from Ashdod port", said Israeli Magen David Adom's International Director, Mr. Yoni Yagodovsky.
Working closely with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent, more than 4,000 MDA workers and volunteers stood outside Israeli supermarkets and shopping malls for 48 hours until midnight last night, collecting huge supplies of mineral water, rice, oil, sugar and flour from the public, all headed today to Colombo, Sri Lanka.
"MDA is known to every Israeli for being their to save lives during times of emergency," said an ARMDI representative in New York City, "The impulse to provide some relief to the victims of this horrible tragedy gripped the Israeli public, and MDA was able to translate those feelings into instant tangible assistance."
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