Beasley said there has been a 269 per cent increase in food insecurity in the region since the pandemic struck. He also met with Pentney's crew as they loaded tonnes of personal protective equipment, medical supplies and other humanitarian supplies onto the Globemaster. As you can imagine, we're extremely grateful to the Canadian government for providing this support," Beasley said. It was absolutely magnificent because that's life-saving humanitarian support. "My message to Canadians is they can be very proud of the support that's being provided and the work that's being done to look after our global neighbours," Pentney said.

Source: CBC News August 01, 2020 14:45 UTC