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[With help from GE and the GE Foundation, International Medical Corps has received]
[critical medical equipment for use in its humanitarian relief efforts in Chad.]
[Ibrahim Mansaray, International Medical Corps' Logistics Officer in Chad, ]
[discusses the challenges of moving the equipment across Chad, and why it's all worth it.]
[actually getting the shipment from the airport.]
[It took us almost three weeks to have them cleared.]
[Partly because of the late arrival of the second consignment.]
[of forcible rebel incursions into the city.]
[That created a very big panic]
[in regards to all NGOs that were trying to get]
[every shipment of theirs from the same airport.]
[Eventually, we managed to clear the cargo on the 7th of May,]
[and then, we loaded the cargo on a truck from the airport]
[because there were also rumors of rebel movement]
[in the east of Chad where we were]
[supposed to transfer the shipment.]
[It was impossible to make immediate]
[transport of the cargo from N'Djamena.]
[So, we stored it in N'Djamena until the 27th of May,]
[and when we heard that the roads were secured,]
[we could transport our cargo to Abéché.]
[From N`Djamena to Abéché is about 978 kilometers.]
[It is a dirty road with terrible terrain.]
[Our trip took three days, arriving in Abéché]
[When the equipment arrived, we contacted]
[UNHCR, and we had assistance in offloading.]
[They gave us their forklift.]
[We offloaded the equipment in less than one hour.]
[The consignment for Abéché was shipped]
[down to the hospital, and for Guereda hospital,]
[From Abéché to Guereda, it`s about 176 kilometers.]
[In Guereda it was difficult because we never had a forklift.]
[So, we had to hire a big labor force,]
[but we managed to offload it with no problem.]
[At the end of the day, I was very happy ]
[because we are able to achieve bringing the equipment here,]
[and following training, people are going to benefit from it.]
[Thank you very much. [Building Healthy Futures-International Medical Corps]]
