Monday, April 27, 2015

Canada to send disaster relief team to earthquake-stricken Nepal | Ottawa Citizen

Canada to send disaster relief team to earthquake-stricken Nepal | Ottawa Citizen: "Defence Minister Jason Kenney tweeted Saturday night that the government is deploying a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to Nepal immediately in response to the earthquake. DART is a military team designed to deploy on short notice to deal with natural disasters or humanitarian emergencies.

Canada is also contributing $5 million to relief efforts, Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson’s office confirmed late Saturday."



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