NBC 4 - News - Southland Charity Pledges $1.6 Million To Quake-Stricken Java

NBC 4 - News - Southland Charity Pledges $1.6 Million To Quake-Stricken Java: "Southland Charity Pledges $1.6 Million To Quake-Stricken Java

POSTED: 7:17 am PDT May 30, 2006
UPDATED: 9:52 am PDT May 30, 2006
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BURBANK, Calif. -- A Southland-based Moslem charity announced Tuesday that it has teamed up with the Mormon church to send $1.6 million of emergency supplies to the earthquake-stricken Indonesian island of Java.

Islamic Relief said in a statement that more than 200,000 pounds of supplies requested by the Indonesian government will be transported aboard a Boeing 747 cargo plane departing from Salt Lake City later in the day.

The supplies were provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the statement said, adding that Islamic Relief is covering most of the transportation costs and will distribute the materials on the ground in the stricken areas."

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