Over the weekend, World Vision distributed blankets and water containers in Santiago and flew a team of relief experts to Concepcion to conduct a rapid assessment and verify the safety of staff and community members who have been cut off from communication or road access. The agency will also open a second operations center in the south to coordinate with the Santiago team. Before the quake, supplies had been prepositioned in the Santiago warehouse, and World Vision now plans to purchase additional high-priority items in country. These goods will be rushed to communities in the Concepcion area as soon as air transport can be arranged. The agency will also bring in additional supplies from its regional warehouses, including one in Bolivia.