VIRGIN Atlantic Group has flown 20 tonnes of medicines to Pakistan where it will be distributed to victims of the recent flooding, reports London's Air Cargo News.
Donated by conglomerate Bestway Group, the medicines will land in Islamabad on November 24 and will be used to help 3.2 million people who lost their homes and have been displaced by the flooding.
Ongoing heavy rains continue to complicate rescue and recovery efforts.
'We are deeply saddened by the humanitarian disaster that has unfolded in Pakistan following the recent flooding,' said virgin Atlantic Cargo managing director Phil Wardlaw.
'We are so grateful to have been able to partner with The Bestway Foundation and Well Pharmacy to ensure these important medicines reach those in need and will continue to use our business as a force for good in these devastating times.'
Said Bestway Group chief ?financial officer Haider Choudrey: 'Our teams are on the ground in Pakistan and are seeing first-hand how desperately these medicines are needed to help combat disease that has taken hold where fresh water supplies have been destroyed, and families have lost their homes along with everything they own.
'We would like to thank the team at Virgin Atlantic Cargo who has helped us make this happen and are transporting what is a sizeable cargo of medicines out to where it is needed the most,' said Mr Choudrey.
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Donated by conglomerate Bestway Group, the medicines will land in Islamabad on November 24 and will be used to help 3.2 million people who lost their homes and have been displaced by the flooding.
Ongoing heavy rains continue to complicate rescue and recovery efforts.
'We are deeply saddened by the humanitarian disaster that has unfolded in Pakistan following the recent flooding,' said virgin Atlantic Cargo managing director Phil Wardlaw.
'We are so grateful to have been able to partner with The Bestway Foundation and Well Pharmacy to ensure these important medicines reach those in need and will continue to use our business as a force for good in these devastating times.'
Said Bestway Group chief ?financial officer Haider Choudrey: 'Our teams are on the ground in Pakistan and are seeing first-hand how desperately these medicines are needed to help combat disease that has taken hold where fresh water supplies have been destroyed, and families have lost their homes along with everything they own.
'We would like to thank the team at Virgin Atlantic Cargo who has helped us make this happen and are transporting what is a sizeable cargo of medicines out to where it is needed the most,' said Mr Choudrey.
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