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Ylssion Board of New York, CRS recmited eight registered nurses to serve
on mobile medical and relief teams under the auspices of ICRC and the
Nigerian Red Wss in stricken areas under Federal contro:L.
CRS has been providins large quantities of relief supplies to'both sides on
a continuing basis and has been cantributirg both supplie:; and cash for
expenses toward airlifts from the United States, Europe and Sao Tome. The
airlift f'mm Sao Tbme direct to Biafra was organized by Ccwitas International
in February of 1968 with the first flight being mde in March of 1968. CRS
was among the church relief agencies who helped organize tihe operation.
Later the Caritas flights were joined with the Nord~hurch~aiairlift to
form the International Joint Church Aid and CRS continued with its support
of the combined airlifts from Sao Tome.
CRS is a member of Joint Church Aid/USA which owned the original four G97G
planes purchased from the U. S. Government and used in the Sao Tome airlift.
(See JCMUSA in this section.)
From January, 1968, through June, 1969, CRS arranged for shipment of
10,504 tons of supplies to Riafra and 30,667 tons to Nigerla, of which
38,586 tons came fran the U. S. Government food donation program under
Title 11 of Public Law 480, for which dollar value is given in the USG
At Sao Tome