Netherlands

A 20-foot sea container with hospital beds, medical and surgical supplies and equipment was sent from the Netherlands in January 2004. The shipment was received and its contents distributed.

From 2004 to 2006 four sea containers of hospital beds, medical supplies, educational materials, computers and medical technology were sent.

In addition, in early June 2005, a number of large air shipments of antibiotics (streptomycin and rifampicin) were sent to treat Buruli ulcer.

In response to the Boxing Day Tsunami disaster, The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles offices in Australia, The Netherlands and Hong Kong coordinated the airfreight delivery of 500kg of surgical gloves valued at US$10,000 from Sydney to Colombo, Sri Lanka, in January 2005. The gloves are to be used in hospitals and local field stations to counter the transmission of infection.