FROM BAHRAIN WITH LOVE: 45 TONNES AID

Bahrain is set to join world countries in providing relief to earthquake victims in Nepal.

Secretary General of the Royal Charity Organisation (RCO) Dr Mustafa Al Sayed, announced yesterday Bahrain will supply 45 tonnes of aid including medicines, food items and other emergency items such as water purifiers and tents to Nepal.

He said the consignment is expected to be airlifted from Bahrain on May 4. A new committee – the RCO Bahrain Nepal Support Committee – will be in charge of collecting the aid and ensuring it reaches its destination.

The committee comes into effect following the directives of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and the leadership of Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Chairman of RCO.

The committee is headed by Dr Mustafa Al Sayed. Members of the committee include the Embassy of Nepal in Bahrain, Indian Ladies Association, The Keraleeya Samajam, LuLu Hypermarket, Representatives of the Ministry of Health and the Bahrain Red Crescent.

“The raison d’etre of this new committee is to provide all the necessary aid in this critical hour of need. Bahrain sympathises and empathises with the people of Nepal, who have been left homeless,” said Dr Mustafa.

The RCO, mandated to collect the aid, formed the committee and gets into action less than 24 hours after the directives of HM the King, said the head of the committee.

Later in the evening the Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of Nepal in Bahrain, Mani Prasad Bhattarai, said he had conveyed to the committee the requirements of Nepal.

“Nepal needs fully equipped ortho-surgeons, general surgeons, neuro-surgeons, paramedics and anaesthetists and ancillary staff. They must be equipped to perform surgery,” he said.

The envoy said the RCO was opening bank accounts for collecting and dispatching financial aid to Nepal.