The Korean government has decided to send a second batch of emergency relief supplies worth 300,000 dollars to Haiti as part of short-term emergency relief aid, which was decided upon at the Public-Private Joint Committee Meeting on Overseas Emergency Relief, held on January 19?to discuss supporting Haiti’s recovery from quake.

The second batch of emergency relief supplies contains 500 tents for displaced people and daily necessities including blankets, towels, soap, toothpaste and toothbrushes. It will be sent to Haiti via a cargo plane.

The aforementioned emergency relief supplies will be distributed to displaced people in Haiti by the Korean force, which is to be sent to the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) in Leogane.