ETHIOPIA FAMINE : WHAT BRITAIN IS DOING
SITREP (REVISION 8)
12 NOVEMBER 1984
I.
7.
5.
Transport for use by International Committee for the
Red Cross.
0.10
2.
Ten new landrovers: ordered 6 November.
0.09
3.
Two mobile workshops : due depart Stansted 15 November.
0.05
4. Ten dumper trucks and spares, Assab Port : decision
awaited from Addis.
0.35
II.
Through voluntary agencies
rough the Ethiopian Government's Relief
and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC)
1. Landrover spare parts: due depart Stansted 16 November.
£ Million
0.45
6. Drilling rigs for Save the Children Fund (SCF). (Views
of Embassy and professional advisers awaited). Provision of drilling technician also under consideration.
Landrovers for Red Cross, Save the Children Fund, OXFAM
(now delivered to Addis Ababa)
0.36
0.10
8.
9.
5 x 30 tonne trucks for Catholic Fund for Overseas Development (CAFOD): ordered 1 November : delivery to ship 2 weeks.
Seeds for OXFAM - local purchase authorised.
0.25
0.10
10.
Transport and some supplies in conjunction with Disasters
Emergency Committee equipment left Britain 2 Nov by second chartered 707.
0.10
11.
Consultants, advisers, mechanical engineers, etc. (in)
collaboration with World Food Programme).
0.20
12. Shipment of further 2000 tonnes food aid.
0.14
13.
14.
Internal transport for British food aid. Tents (awaiting OXFAM advice on needs)
0.75
0.10
15.
Air transport for blankets, polythene sheets, etc., to
Addis Ababa for Red Cross, 15 November.
0.05
SUB-TOTAL (out of £5m announced 24 Oct for Ethiopia and other drought-stricken African countries)
3.19
III.
Through World Food Programme
16. 6500 tonnes British bilateral food aid including shipping
1.00
IV.
RAF Team
17. RAE detachment of 2 Hercules to transport supplies within
Ethiopia for 3 months (subject to review for further period)
ALSO, BRITISH CONTRIBUTION THROUGH THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
18.
British share of new £35m European Community assistance, of
which the British share is £8m. Much of this will go to Ethiopia.
Eastern and Western Africa Department Overseas Development Administration