UN providing emergency supplies to quake victims in Indonesia

The United Nations relief coordination office is providing $26,000 worth of emergency supplies to some 500 families affected by the recent earthquake in Alor, Indonesia.

Funding for the kits - which consist of cooking utensils, tableware, items for hygiene and sleeping-ware needed by families living in temporary camps - came from the Government of Denmark.

"We express our sincere condolences towards the victims of the earthquake in Alor. We hope that the assistance will contribute towards alleviating the suffering for the survivors," said Michael Elmquist, chief of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Indonesia.