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With the war raging in Gaza, a team of volunteers from the Singapore Red Cross flew to Egypt to help with relief efforts. CNA spoke to them shortly before they returned to Singapore.
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SINGAPORE: Privilege and responsibility – that was how three Singapore volunteers described their mission in Cairo to help with Gaza relief efforts.
They were part of a Singapore Red Cross (SRC) team that flew to Egypt last week. It is the first time the organisation has sent civilian volunteers in its ongoing relief operations for Gaza.
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"One pack will keep one family sustained for one week … we managed to pack 500 of these packs and if you extrapolate that out, that’s going to impact close to 2,000 people," he said, describing it as a drop in the ocean in terms of the supplies that are needed.
"They obviously need more to sustain them during this crisis as well,” added Mr van der Ros. “So I do think that builds in a sudden urgency to the work that we do here.”
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Mr Chow, who was a regional sales director for an IT company, flew to Egypt before the main team of eight to prepare for their arrival.
He will also remain in Cairo for another two weeks to continue liaising with the ERC, even though the rest of the team has returned to Singapore.
The 55-year-old became a regular blood donor 10 years ago and later began volunteering with SRC while taking up several courses, including psychological first aid.
Having participated in week-long humanitarian missions to Pakistan and India, Cairo was his first long-term deployment.
