Islamic Relief USA partnered with Operation USA to send over $7 million of emergency aid for tsunami victims in Indonesia. A 747 cargo plane, donated by Polar Air Cargo, left for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this morning from Los Angeles International Airport. Islamic Relief USA has partnered with the United Nations World Food Program to facilitate shipping the items from Kuala Lumpur to Islamic Relief Worldwide's warehouse in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.

Included among the over 100 tons of aid items are medicine, medical and surgical supplies, shelter material, food items and hygiene kits. Half of the contents of the shipment was provided by Islamic Relief USA, and the other half was provided by Operation USA.

Local and national media outlets covered the airlift at a press conference at Los Angeles International Airport. This shipment, the largest in-kind donation in Islamic Relief USA's history, marks the transition from the emergency phase for tsunami relief to the critical development phase. Recontruction and rehabilitation projects in Indoensia are already underway, and will continue until at least until 2007, in sha' Allah (God-willing).