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Albania 2019 - Earthquake emergency

Emergency logistics

25/04/2019


After the 26 november 2019 earthquake and answering to a request of the Albanese Ministry of Health and Civil Protection, on december 2nd we left from our Carrè headquarters to go to Brindisi and catch a ferry to Vlora to bring a mobile clinic. In it, R-for-Africa volunteer doctors offered medical care in the area between Tirana and Durres.



Our experience is put at the service of solidarity

Thanks to our logistics experience and to the close collaboration with Rainbow-for-Africa, with whom we partner on a number of projects, we were able to quickly respond to the needs to the victims of the earthquake. Our volunteers, capable and determined, made a careful check of the clinic on our premises. R4A doctors joined us and we swiftly left for Tirana.

Objectives achieved

The rescue camp was set up in little more than an hour. The mobile clinics can be employed for medical examinations and for minor surgery when needed; and the inflatable tent is a useful annex.

We donated a caravan to a family that the earthquake had left homeless.

Preparations on Missionland's premises
Preparations on Missionland's premises, Carrè
Fernando fixing the last details
Mobile clinic ready to leave for Albania
Missionland volunteers: from left, Fernando, Aboubakar, Roberto
Preparations for departure
R4A doctors preparing the clinic for operation
The clinic is ready for departure
Departure before dawn for Brindisi
From left: Marina, Claudia, Andrea, Roberto onboard the ferry to Vlora
Morning sun and clouds in the port of Vlora
Arrival in Vlora after a night spent onboard
Arrived at camp
Unloading the clinic in the rescue camp
On the ground!
Italian Civil Protection camp in Durres
Mobile clinic and inflatable tent ready to operate
Italian Civil Protection camp in Durres
A caravan is loaded on a Missionland truck
Tiziano makes sure that nothing is left to chance
Ready for a second trip, to deliver a caravan
Arriving in Lac, Tirana
Arriving in Lac, Tirana
Positioning the caravan donated to a family in Lac
The caravan papers are handed to Skender Brataj, Chief of the Albanian Civil Protection
Skender Brataj presents the recognition award of the Albanian Civil Protection in gratitude for the help given
Our team: Beppe, Roberto, Filippo and Marina with Skender Brataj
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