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Daimler Trucks donates Fuso Canter trucks worth over half a million euros to distribute food supplies in Haiti
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Agile Fuso Canter trucks are ideal for distributing aid supplies in Haiti's destroyed cities

Daimler Trucks is supporting the
people of Haiti, the Caribbean island that has been hard-hit by the
recent earthquakes, by promptly sending them 20 Fuso Canter trucks
worth over half a million euros. The trucks were handed over to the
Haiti aid initiative of former US President Bill Clinton. Clinton had
already presented this project last week at the World Economic Forum in
Davos.
Andreas Renschler, the Daimler AG Board of
Management member responsible for Daimler Trucks and Daimler Buses,
commented, “Everyone who looks at the images coming out of Haiti is
asking himself, ‘What can I do?’ And trucks are what we do best. That's
why we're giving the helpers in Haiti 20 trucks worth over half a
million euros. We’re happy that with this donation we can help to
provide the people of Haiti with urgently needed aid materials. The
global presence of Daimler Trucks is an advantage for us here, because
we've been able to access at short notice the Fuso Canter trucks that
are already in the region.”
Thanks to their high payload capacity, Fuso
Canter trucks are ideal for distributing aid materials such as
blankets, medicines, food, and water in the refugee camps. And because
of their agility the Canter trucks will be able to travel reliably
through devastated areas and along roads blocked by wreckage in order
to reach even distant camps.
Aid materials coming from all over the world
are piling up in the airports and harbors of Haiti and the neighboring
Dominican Republic.
The aid organizations are pointing out the crucial
importance of the reliable distribution of food, some of which is
liable to spoilage, and the fact that transport vehicles are therefore
urgently needed. Daimler Trucks — the world's largest globally
operating truck manufacturer — believes that this situation calls for
its expertise in transport mobility. That's why it's supporting the
assistance efforts by donating 20 Fuso Canter trucks.