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“The two trailers carrying 160,000 pounds of supplies — mostly food and water — arrived Sunday from the Mormon Church with a welcome assist from Islamic Relief USA, which covered the $65,000 cost for chartered air transportation.
“It’s very expensive to move freight,” Long said.
Those supplies join an initial 80,000 pounds of supplies purchased by the church in the neighboring Dominican Republic and trucked across the island to the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and some 30,000 pounds the church has been able to place on United Air Cargo flights into Port-au-Prince whenever space has been available over the past few days.
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The church will send another 80,000 pounds of supplies on Tuesday — mostly tents, blankets, hygiene kits, rice and beans. Another shipment is planned for Friday.”