The aid delivered so far includes thousands of sachets of oral rehydration salts to prevent diarrhoeal dehydration, as well as water purification tablets, family hygiene kits, essential medicines, first aid kits and shelter materials.
Basics: Insect repellent, toilet paper, rope, trash bags, small sewing kit, essential medications, first aid kit, and sunscreen, and perhaps a mosquito net if warranted where you're headed.
UNICEF is also planning to provide vitamin A capsules, essential drugs and first aid kits to local ambulatories to ensure adequate stock of basic medical supplies.
Start with essential items like first aid kits and flashlights and end with optional gear like skewers and marshmallows.
The bag has essentials though, essentials like a mini first aid kit -- because you never know when a shoelace will touch a public bathroom floor, and you have the rest of the day to think about what disease is slithering its way into the shoe and then under your toe nail, and finally, into your brain stem.
UNICEF continues to send health supplies such as essential drug kits and first aid kits to villages, temporary shelters and hospitals in the affected areas.
UNICEF continues to send health supplies such as essential drug kits and first aid kits to the villages, temporary shelters and hospitals in the affected areas.
Make absolutely sure to pack any sort of health related essential items (braces, medication, first aid, etc).. Make sure you bring a little extra gear such as two hats, or two sets of gloves in case you lose something.
Signs imploring hikers to bring 10 essential items, including a compass, first aid kid and pocket knife, as well as the "Hiker Responsibility Code," which tells hikers they are responsible for themselves, are posted at the beginning of New Hampshire trails.
