Nonprofit Will Distribute 200 Tons Of Aid Once Ship Reaches Gaza

World Central Kitchen (WCK), the nongovernmental organization (NGO) that launched an aid ship from Cyprus to Gaza, says it plans to distribute aid itself once the vessel reaches Gaza, Muhammad Darwish, Niamh Kennedy and Richard Allen Greene reported for CNN.

WCK said it had partnered with the United Arab Emirates, Cyprus, and the Spanish nongovernmental organization Open Arms to coordinate the dispatch. I Photo: World Central Kitchen Facebook

A WCK spokesperson told CNN the organization will distribute 200 tons of food, which equates to roughly 500,000 meals. WCK is working with thousands of contractors and volunteers locally to organize and distribute the aid, the spokesperson added.

WCK said it had partnered with the United Arab Emirates, Cyprus, and the Spanish nongovernmental organization Open Arms to coordinate the dispatch.

The organization said it couldn't disclose the location of the jetty in Gaza where the Open Arms ship will land, but said that its teams are "working on it 24/7."

Israel's Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) told CNN Tuesday that Israel had “participated in the process of inspecting the ship.” COGAT has been accused by aid agencies of denying access for arbitrary reasons or no reason at all.

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