JAMAICA DONATES WATER TRUCKS TO FIGHT CHOLERA IN HAITI
(Jamaica Observer) -
PRIME Minister Bruce Golding yesterday afternoon handed over the keys to two new 18,000 litre water trucks to Haitian Charge d'Affaires, Max Alce, to fight the spread of cholera in that country.
Golding said the donation, which has a value of approximately $20 million, represents the generosity of spirit of the Jamaican people for their neighbours.
"For the lives that can be saved, for the assistance that it can give to the government of Haiti at a time when they are facing such formidable challenges; as stretched as we are financially, as stretched as the budget is, as much as I have not been able to authorise any wage increase for National Water Commission workers, this to me is a measure of the quality of our heart," said the prime minister.
He added: "This to me symbolises the innate goodness of the Jamaican people which we as a Government must ensure must shine through all of the difficulties that we have.
Golding was speaking at the commissioning into service of 10 new water trucks by the National Water Commission (NWC) at their compound on Marescaux Road. Two of those trucks were donated to Haiti.
Alce, in his remarks, said that Haitians continued to be very appreciative of the love that Jamaicans are showing to his country and that he hoped one day, they could reciprocate.
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