China’s NGO sends volunteers, donates medical supplies to Cambodia for virus fight

Blue Sky Rescue Team, one of non-governmental organisations (NGO) in China, on Monday (May 4) has sent a team of 10 volunteers and donated medical supplies to Cambodia to help fight the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.

Wang Yi, leader of the Blue Sky Rescue Team in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, handed over the items, including 280,000 masks, 200 disinfection machines, and 900 protective suits, to Cambodia’s Council of Ministers secretary of state Kemreat Viseth, chairman of Civil Society Alliance Forum (CSAF), at a ceremony held in Phnom Penh on Monday.

Speaking at the event, Wang said a team of 10 volunteers had arrived in Cambodia last Tuesday to participate in a Joint Action for Defeating the Covid-19 under the China NGOs-launched Silk Road Community Building Initiative.

In full: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2020/05/04/china039s-ngo-sends-volunteers-donates-medical-supplies-to-cambodia-for-virus-fight

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