USAID Press Release: USAID Airlifts Supplies to Kosovo

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USAID Airlifts Supplies to Kosovo

Local New England Manufacturer Supplies Humanitarian Effort

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PRESS RELEASE

WASHINGTON, DC 20523
PRESS OFFICE
http://www.usaid.gov
(202) 712-4320
99-176
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, November 15, 1999
Contact: Jennifer Brown
WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will airlift 500 rolls of plastic sheeting to support its humanitarian shelter program in Kosovo. USAID is currently providing over one third of the materials to provide families at least one warm, dry room to get through the winter.
Cormier Textiles, based in York, Maine, is the leading supplier of plastic sheeting for USAID's shelter program. Cormier has supplied USAID with over 7,000 rolls of plastic sheeting which have been used since March 1999 for use in refugee camps in Macedonia and Albania and currently in Kosovo. Over the last two years Cormier has provided an additional 8,000 rolls of plastic sheeting for use in other humanitarian relief operations.
Along with the plastic sheeting, USAID will airlift soccer equipment for the Vietnam Veterans of America who have begun a mine awareness soccer program for children in Kosovo. The flight will leave Pease International Airport in New Hampshire on Tuesday, November 16, 1999 at approximately 2:00 P.M.
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PRESS SCHEDULE
WHO:
Cormier Textiles of York, Maine
WHAT:
USAID Airlift of Plastic Sheeting for Kosovo Winter Shelter Program
WHEN:
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
The plane will begin loading at Pease International Airport at aproximately 10:00 AM.
Loading will be completed by approximately 12:00 PM
Departure will take place between 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM
WHERE:
Pease International Airport, Pease, N.H.
Air Cargo - Trade Port
CONTACT:
Jennifer Brown, Phone: 202-712-4320
Laura Gross, Phone: 202-712-4320; Pager: 888-760-3948

This is an archived USAID document retained on this web site as a matter of public record.