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Iridium assists in medical relief efforts for Kosovo refugees
1999.05.06SK Telecom donated two Iridium handsets to Global Care, an international voluntary group to give emergency medical help to the refugees at the refugee camps in the border area in Albania.
SK Telecom said that it had decided to donate the handsets in an effort to assist Global Care in carrying out the relief efforts successfully, and the handsets would help members of the group communicate in emergency situations as effective means of communication are almost nonexistent where the refugee camps are located.
Founded in February 1997 and led by Byung Su Kim, President of Yonsei University, Global Care is an international voluntary group consisting of medical doctors that had participated in the voluntary activities to provide the underprivileged with medical services before joining the group.
SK Telecom has been assisting the group?s activities through such efforts as the donation of medical vehicles and funds for surgery and medical equipment, and a campaign for public health.
SK Telecom said that it had decided to donate the handsets in an effort to assist Global Care in carrying out the relief efforts successfully, and the handsets would help members of the group communicate in emergency situations as effective means of communication are almost nonexistent where the refugee camps are located.
Founded in February 1997 and led by Byung Su Kim, President of Yonsei University, Global Care is an international voluntary group consisting of medical doctors that had participated in the voluntary activities to provide the underprivileged with medical services before joining the group.
SK Telecom has been assisting the group?s activities through such efforts as the donation of medical vehicles and funds for surgery and medical equipment, and a campaign for public health.