Humanitarian aid collected in Cyprus for Lebanon surpassed 200 tonnes, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Sunday.
After the devastating blast in the Beirut port on August 4, Cyprus collected 70 tonnes in dry food in the first batch of humanitarian aid to the neighbouring country, while a second campaign began afterwards.
In a post on Twitter the MFA said that more than 200 tonnes are ready to be dispatched to Lebanon and were gathered after a campaign that began after the deployment of Ministry’s plan, called “Kapodistrias”.
The humanitarian aid comes on top of a pledge to provide financial assistance of €5 million, approved by the Cyprus Council of Ministers for infrastructure projects that would benefit the citizens of Lebanon.