transport relief supplies on ten flights, more than 1.8 million pounds of supplies, kitchen sets, hygiene kits, heavy duty plastic sheeting for temporary shelters and high thermal blankets to provide for hundreds of thousands of people. in syria, we must keep aid flowing so the syrian people get the help they so desperately need. the decisions earlier this week to open two additional border crossings for u.n. convoys is welcome but long overdue and we must ensure they cannot be turned off on a whim. we believe a security council resolution is the best way to do that, and will continue pressing that forward. i also want to say a few words about senator fetterman before we continue. millions of americans as you all know go untreated with
societies that are pledging their support for them and that support will be coordinated through the international federation. so when. sorry a delay on the line. when you look at a scale of a disaster like this for them in terms of getting funds and aid to the people who needed the mouse, can you talk us through the difficulty of that and how that process goes about, particularly when you have a situation where infrastructure was damaged and people are really in desperate need? in damaged and people are really in desperate need? damaged and people are really in desperate need? in preparation for disasters are desperate need? in preparation for disasters are national desperate need? in preparation for disasters are national societies - disasters are national societies have pre position stopped in countries. i don t know what the status was inferior but i certainly know that there was a significant amount of stock available and those supplies, including tents, kitchen
harvesting, and their water sources are the rainwater and water tanks and also their tap water is has been affected by the asphalt and has been affected by the asphalt and has been affected by the saltwater. there s been saltwater inundation from the title wave that hit after the eruption. there has been, you know, on the island prior to the cyclone, we were aware that there were pre position supplies to cater for 1200 households, and this has been kitchen sets, you know, hygiene buckets and cooking sets. we also have shelter kits so that the communities could repair their homes. meanwhile, a story about how a disabled man swam survived by floating and swimming between three islands, has gone viral. lisala folau is 57
basic supplies, everything from shelter kits, blankets, ground mats, solar lanterns, kitchen sets, even cash in some instances. but we re really working alongside the other humanitarian agencies and this is going to be a massive lift. we re all working together, not one agency can take care of the need. it s immense. and right now we ve seen the global community coming around this refugee crisis and really caring for the people of ukraine. i m most worried about when there s fatigue to that. we ve seen it before in places like syria. we ve been responding for ten years. so we really have to do everything we can to help settle these families. and all i can see right now is it s such a fast-moving crisis. it s changing each and every day. and the needs are going to change. we re looking at a totally different type of program in ukraine to help internally displaced families as we re looking to help refugees in the neighboring countries.