Aid to U.S. from abroad

09.11.2005
Arizona Daily Star

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Aid offered by foreign countries and groups to help the U.S. with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, according to the State Department:

1. Afghanistan: $100,000
2. Albania: $300,000 pledged
3. Armenia: $200,000 pledged
4. Australia: $7.6 million
5. Austria: tarps, camp beds
6. Azerbaijan: $500,000
7. Bahamas: $50,000 pledged
8. Bahrain: $5 million pledged
9. Bangladesh: $1 million pledged
10. Belgium: operations teams, generators, water pumps, nine-member logistical team to work with the Red Cross
11. Bosnia/Herzegovina: $6,414 pledged
12. Cambodia: $20,000 pledged
13. Canada: $5 million pledged to the hurricane relief fund headed by former Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, two Griffin helicopters, search and rescue teams, Air Canada evacuation flights, supplies, security team, three Canadian forces ships with three Sea King helicopters
14. China: $5.1 million, 1,000 tents, 600 generators, bed sheets
15. Cyprus: $50,000
16. Djibouti: $50,000 pledged
17. Equatorial Guinea: $500,000 pledged
18. European Commission: Civil Protection Cooperative Mechanism activated
19. France: 600 tents, supplies
20. Gabon: $500,000 pledged
21. Georgia: $50,000
22. Germany: high-speed pumps, supplies
23. Greece: two cruise ships
24. Hungary: $5,000
25. Iceland: $500,000 pledged to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund
26. International Committee of the Red Cross: Web-based tracking system for displaced people
27. India: $5 million; 3,000 each of personal-hygiene kits, blankets and sheets; 150 tarps
28. Iraq: $1 million pledged to the Red Cross via the Red Crescent
29. Ireland: $1 million euros (about $1.24 million U.S.)
30. Italy: generators, water pumps and purifiers, tents, supplies
31. Japan: $200,000, $844,000 in supplies and private pledges of more than $1 million
32. Kenya: $100,000
33. Kuwait: $100 million plus an additional $400 million in oil products
34. Malaysia: $1 million to the Red Cross
35. Maldives: $25,000 to the Red Cross
36. Mauritania: $200,000 from the American Mauritania Business Council to the Red Cross
37. Mexico: 45 truckloads of supplies, transport vehicles, two field kitchens, two helicopters
38. Mongolia: $50,000 pledged
39. Morocco: $500,000 pledged
40. Nepal: $25,000 pledged
41. Netherlands: Levee inspection team to assist Army Corps of Engineers, water pumps, frigate
42. New Zealand: $1.4 million to the Red Cross
43. Nigeria: $1 million pledged
44. Norway: $1.54 million in cash and supplies
45. Oman: $15 million
46. Organization of American States: $25,000, created fund for donations from member states to the International Committee of the Red Cross
47. Pakistan: $1 million pledged to the Red Cross, supplies
48. Palau: $50,000 pledged plus $50,000 donor drive
49. Papua New Guinea: $10,000 to the Red Cross
50. Qatar: $100 million pledged
51. Republic of Korea: $30 million, supplies
52. Russia: air transport, generators, tents, blankets, water, water pumps, supplies
53. Sao Tome and Principe: $18,000 pledged
54. Saudi Arabia: $5 million from Aramco, $250,000 from AGFUND
55. Singapore: four helicopters
56. Spain: relief supplies
57. Sri Lanka: $25,000 to the Red Cross
58. Sweden: telecommunications equipment
59. Taiwan: $2 million, supplies
60. Thailand: blankets, supplies
61. United Arab Emirates: $100 million pledged
62. Uganda: $200,000 pledged
63. United Kingdom: relief supplies
64. Venezuela: up to $1 million to the Red Cross and state governments
65. Vietnam: $100,000 to victims
66. Yemen: $100,000 to the Red Cross
    
    SOURCE: State Department

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