Subject: ODC Humanitarian Assistance Project in support of COVID-19 Efforts
From: "Rurua, Tamar LN (GEO)" <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, "Bilbo, Joseph C LTC USARMY EUCOM ODC (USA)" <[email-masked]>, "Doll, Quintin T MAJ USARMY NG GAARNG (USA)" <[email-masked]>, Amita Kulkarni <[email-masked]>, Marika Olson <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 10:56:58 +0000

Dear Eka and Tinatin,

As I already spoke with Eka over the phone, the Office of Defense
Cooperation of the US Embassy in Tbilisi is ready to provide assistance to
MoH in support of COVID-19 efforts by handing over Personal Protection
Equipment (PPE) through $15,000 Humanitarian Assistance project funded by
the US Department of Defense. With this project, we will be able to purchase
PPE from local vendors and hand it over to MoH. In order for us to formally
initiate the process, we need a letter of request from MoH stating the need
for an assistance and listing the necessary PPE in required quantities.

For your reference, I am attaching a 2018 letter of request from MoH for the
HA project supporting Hepatitis C elimination program.  

I do realize the pressure put on MoH in this challenging times, but I ask
you to provide us the new letter of request for PPE in response to COVID-19
at your earliest convenience to enable the timely execution of the project. 

Respectfully,
Tamar

Tamar Rurua
Humanitarian Assistance Program Manager
Office of Defense Cooperation, Bilateral Affairs Office
US Embassy Tbilisi, Georgia
Office: +995 322 91 14 73 (ext. 100)
Cell: +995 595 42 61 63; +995 557 26 75 05