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http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/natio...a20050831.html
Canadian relief agencies start to help Katrina victims
Last Updated Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:37:09 EDT
CBC News
Canadian relief agencies have moved to help the U.S. states hit by Hurricane Katrina.
Winnipeg-based Mennonite Disaster Service said Wednesday it is gathering donations to help send hundreds of volunteers to rebuild homes.
Lois Nickel of the Mennonite group said volunteers from nearby states could be in Alabama by the weekend, helping to clear roads of fallen trees. She said a U.S. team is heading to Gulfport, Mississippi, where they hope to establish a base camp for volunteers next to the city's Mennonite church.
Nickel said a call for hundreds of Canadian volunteers may not happen for several weeks, depending on how long it takes to set up the church camp.
Canadian Red Cross volunteers with experience in large scale disasters were being contacted Wednesday and officials hoped a handful would be travelling to the southern U.S. by the weekend.
Suzanne Charest of the Red Cross said they'll likely send more than 100 volunteers in the coming weeks to help serve hot meals, assess the needs of displaced families and to train other volunteers.
In Edmonton, Canada's Public Security Minister said Canada will do whatever it can for the U.S.
Anne McLellan said that could involve a wide variety of things, including sending military engineers.
But McLellan said medical drugs may be among the first items Canada is called upon to ship south.
She said an American government agency asked Ottawa to do an inventory of medication that could help stop the spread of infection. McLellan said the inventory has been done and the U.S. government has been informed of Canada's ability to ship the drugs.