Humanitarian cooperation

Japan grants Belarus about $108,000 to buy medical equipment
This year, Japan and Belarus intend to sign contracts for offering grants for projects not only in healthcare, but also in social services, Ambassador of Japan to Belarus Hiroki Tokunaga noted at the signing ceremony...

WHO delivers COVID-19 diagnostics and treatment equipment to Belarus
The $257,000 worth of equipment from the world's leading manufacturers was delivered under the project “Supporting WHO's preparedness and response to the COVID-19 pandemic”, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The equipment meets all the WHO requirements...

Republic of Korea donates 33 bactericidal air recirculators to Belarus’ care homes
Air purifiers that can remove pathogenic bacteria, infection and dust will be given to Belarusian residential care facilities in the city of Minsk, Brest Oblast and Minsk Oblast. The total amount of aid is about Br25,000...

Belarus to implement technical assistance project to improve emergency response
“We would like to thank our colleagues from Latvia and Lithuania for their support in the organization and implementation of the project. This will help us gain the necessary experience in emergency response and, of course, enhance cross-border cooperation with our colleagues and friends. The project also provides for holding cross-border drills”...

S Korea to donate $10,000 to Belarus to fight coronavirus
It was the Embassy of the Republic of Korea that came forward with such an offer. Ambassador Tae Jun You noted that the embassy plans to provide about $10,000 for the purchase of equipment and other goods social welfare facilities need...

Belarus continues helping fight wildfires in Turkey
Since the start of the year, 373 flights have been carried out on various aircraft over the territory of Belarus to detect 185 fires...

Belarus specifies rules for receiving foreign gratuitous aid
In line with the resolution, aid should be received in line with an agreement, an endowment letter confirmed by the recipient, a request confirmed by the sender, another document containing information about the amount, terms of providing aid and terms of utilizing it, or a document confirming the crediting of aid of a foreign anonymous donor to the donation account. Paperwork can be done in paper or in an electronic form...

Belarus helps Turkey fight wildfires
"Two Mi-8 aircraft have already conducted 127 flights and 625 water discharges in Turkey. Their total flight time is 190.82 hours"...

IOM hands over 25,000 pieces of PPE to Belarusian customs service
The PPE includes nearly 15,000 face masks, 9,500 gloves and 10 contactless thermometers...

Turkish businessmen donate humanitarian aid to Belarus
According to the Belarusian embassy in Turkey, the cargo includes more than 8,500 items of medical purpose: oxygen concentrators, acid-base balance analyzers, CPAP-theraphy devices, oxygen cannulas, respirators, medical goggles, plastic protective shields, and one-use medical face masks...