ETHIOPIA
One container was partially unpacked with three anaesthetic machines removed to make space for a Philips Duo Diagnost Scanner, which was recently dismantled in Armadale. This large item included a 700kg bed and 5 metre rails.
Both Ethiopia containers are now completed and ready to ship.
NONDUGL
The educational container including 880 cartons of primary school books, 121 school desks and 123 school chairs mostly delivered by Bren Milson and other Rotarians from Burleigh Heads was finalised with some medical supplies of gowns, drapes and linen, as one of the packers came from Nondugl.
He assured us that the local hospital was adjacent to the school and his mother being the school principal would be delighted to pass a few extra medical goods onto the neighbouring hospital.
MENDI
Dickson Ken and his friends finalised the Mendi container which includes 103 computers, 60 cartons of school sporting uniforms or equipment, 61 double school desks, 206 school chairs, 14 filing cabinets, 728 cartons of books etc.
Both the Mendi and Nondugl containers will be shipped to Lae this week, with an expected delivery with a fortnight.
Swires have offered both containers as free of ocean shipping costs, under a new MoU with RAWCS.
THE SHED
Some 18 pallets of medical goods received since moving into Alexandra Hills have been sorted and repacked in the last fortnight, ready for shipping. This leaves some space for an expected delivery of 11 pallets of books and 14 pallets of medical equipment.
Some 40 hospital beds will also be received in the coming weeks.
