CMAT physician Dr. Dave Ratcliffe from Comox, B.C. hands out treats for the child survivors of the Tsunami in Meuloboh, Indonesia. (January 2005)
January 6, 2005 – CMAT has announced a number of new developments in its efforts to deliver aid to the victims of the Indian Ocean Quake and Tsunami:
J&R Hall has generously donated ground transportation for donated goods, and Flexia Corporation has donated roofing underlay.
January 4, 2005: CMAT announced today that J&R Hall Transport will be working with CMAT to offer on the ground logistics and transportation for in-kind donations to warehouses in the Toronto, Canada area at no cost.
Relief supplies being transferred in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for relief efforts in Banda Aceh, Indonesia
January 3, 2005: CMAT announced today that Skylink Aviation of Toronto shipped a skid of medical supplies to Kuala Lumpur ahead of the CMAT Medical team’s departure for Indonesia. CMAT is grateful for their generous assistance.
Workers at Serendib Foundation in Sri Lanka prepare for relief activities. (January 2, 2005)
January 2, 2005 – Photos of Tsunami emergency relief projects, Sri Lanka.
Workers at CMAT partner project site survey damage in Sri Lanka (January 1, 2005)
Ken Gilroy, Manager of Brantford General Hospital Stores, Brantford, Canada, helps shrink wrap a skid of medical supplies which will be shipped by air cargo to Sri Lanka by the weekend (December 30, 2004).
December 31, 2004: CMAT reported today that it has formed a medical team to be headed by Mr. Bill Coltart, a paramedic from British Columbia Ambulance Service. Mr. Coltart of Courtenay, B.C., will head a group consisting of an emergency physician and several paramedics with specialized training in heavy urban rescue, and extrication. Read more →
A destroyed home in Kinniya, Sri Lanka (Photo courtesy of Imthiyas Jawfar, December 30, 2004).
December 30, 2004 – CMAT consulted today with its medical team and CMAT Chairman to reassess its emergency relief efforts in Asia. Relief efforts have so far focused on Sri Lanka which sustained major devastation and over 28,000 deaths, and CMAT has air shipped three skids of medical supplies to its partner in the region.
A devastated hospital in Kinniya, Sri Lanka (photo courtesy of Imthiyas and friends – Kinniya, Sri Lanka.)
December 28, 2004: CMAT reported today that it is establishing networks with relief agencies on the ground in Sri Lanka and is continuing to prepare a relief shipment.
CMAT is working to have the relief shipment consisting of medical supplies, medications, canned food, and infant formula included on a Canadian military cargo flight to the area sometime within the coming week – CMAT is currently working out logistical details.
A devastated hospital in Kinniya, Sri Lanka (photo courtesy of Imthiyas and friends – Kinniya, Sri Lanka.)
December 27, 2004: CMAT reported today that it is launching emergency relief operations for Sri Lanka, the hardest hit country in the recent 8.9 magnitude quake that rocked 9 Asian countries on December 26. The death toll is 23,000 and climbing.
Fiji and New Caledonia in the path of a major category 5 cyclone. https://www.severe-weather.eu/tropical-weather/cyclone-niran-habana-new-caledonia-mk/?fbclid=IwAR0_xmNO_wwnKGSzcV0g43ulUCgbH_dFt3ukKMVd6C5hKThA3u9LSBNqLUA
