Let this be a lesson to any country or organization that even thinks to attempt a rescue effort in these types of situations. Evidence Katrina: Mass chaos when aid was late. Evidence Haiti: Mass chaos when aid was late. Lesson learned: First Secure the area, (no matter what, standard procedure). Then, bring the aid, do it in that order and immediately... We and they would be better off for it.
Woodwose
Man you guys fail to grasp the size of that ship, and what type of supplies it has to take on before its ready to go. Its not like a cruse ship that has their warehouses pre-filled with what they will need on it, and it still takes cruse liners over a day to load up. On top of that, they had to cram as much as they can, because unlike the aircraft carrier, it is not designed to fully re-supply at sea and will more then likely have to leave mid operation. (I know you guys will be back on complaining about the hospital ship leaving too soon) The volume and type of supplies they needed meant flying it in from around the country. Not to mention manning it.
Compounded by the fact that their port is shot, what good can it do if people cant board, they had to figure out and establish (equipment, man it, supply it, secure it) an airlift route between the Island and the ship that doesnt disrupt airport operations.
Compounded by the fact that their port is shot, what good can it do if people cant board, they had to figure out and establish (equipment, man it, supply it, secure it) an airlift route between the Island and the ship that doesnt disrupt airport operations.
I think the lesson here is that as long as you don't prepare but place your future in the hands of another that you might as well get used to waiting. I noticed on the news that all of the reporters are complaining about how long it is taking to get the aid to the people. I did not hear a single one praise the efforts and how great it was that aid from all over the world has arrived so quickly in spite of the lack of infra-structure. After all, it is no ones responsibility but those in trouble.
The country of Haiti was one of the poorest countries in the world before this happened, which means DISORGANIZED and NO GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION.
You cant expect us to fix their whole country in a matter of days, and trying to sort through one of the worst earthquake disasters in recent history.
The port was destroyed, the airport damaged, both of which were small before this. You can only force so much water through a garden hose...
We will feed them. We will rebuild their country. We will heal their people. And what happens? They will end up hating us for it...
You cant expect us to fix their whole country in a matter of days, and trying to sort through one of the worst earthquake disasters in recent history.
The port was destroyed, the airport damaged, both of which were small before this. You can only force so much water through a garden hose...
We will feed them. We will rebuild their country. We will heal their people. And what happens? They will end up hating us for it...
Annexation?
With no government structure intact, wouldn't it be a perfect time to annex Haiti to our country? Of course, then we have the option of using it for our purposes. Strategic military outpost? Hmmm, not far enough off the coast to be a benefit for that. There might be other options.
With no government structure intact, wouldn't it be a perfect time to annex Haiti to our country? Of course, then we have the option of using it for our purposes. Strategic military outpost? Hmmm, not far enough off the coast to be a benefit for that. There might be other options.
just like katrina folks expected fridgdaires to be parachuted from the skys ,the gov going to make it all better and the media there to keep score. stupid walmart mentality. it comes with a money back guaranty---not
I ask you...
How could we have done it faster?
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jkG6AVse8STcejoWk_o4-4_AuZIA
The airport is tiny and a mess, there was no forms of communication, there was no government, there were minimal police. I just don't see how we could have done it much faster.
Its also important to note that the airport in day 1 was jammed with flights the did not have enough fuel to take back off. How can you fly without fuel? Most airports have massive fuel stores, its too bad Haiti didn't.
How could we have done it faster?
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jkG6AVse8STcejoWk_o4-4_AuZIA
The airport is tiny and a mess, there was no forms of communication, there was no government, there were minimal police. I just don't see how we could have done it much faster.
Its also important to note that the airport in day 1 was jammed with flights the did not have enough fuel to take back off. How can you fly without fuel? Most airports have massive fuel stores, its too bad Haiti didn't.
I honestly feel for those in Haiti, but...
Who in the heck said that it is OUR responsibility in the first place?!?!
Assistance, be it them to us or us to them, to me is something freely given. It should not be expected and folks shouldn't bitch about it being late. Maybe they had a contract with the US government that I didn't read about that detailed what we would provide if anything like this should befall them. Anyone? If not, what right does anyone have to complain about the timeframe?
Holy sheet. It's like the guy on the street with the sign 'Hungry, Need Food'. I gave him a sandwich and he bitched about it being on wheat bread. :xeye:
Who in the heck said that it is OUR responsibility in the first place?!?!
Assistance, be it them to us or us to them, to me is something freely given. It should not be expected and folks shouldn't bitch about it being late. Maybe they had a contract with the US government that I didn't read about that detailed what we would provide if anything like this should befall them. Anyone? If not, what right does anyone have to complain about the timeframe?
Holy sheet. It's like the guy on the street with the sign 'Hungry, Need Food'. I gave him a sandwich and he bitched about it being on wheat bread. :xeye:
We did, by being a world power.
It is the responsibility of the more powerful nations to help those less fortunate especially in times like this. In a global community we (and every other world power) are expected to act.
I believe the US does not get the credit it deserves for all the aid it delivers worldwide, or does the media just portray it that way? But for ever one person bitching about how its not good enough, there are thousands who are alive and grateful for what we have contributed.
They will not hate us for "it". "It" being the aid and support in pulling out the survivors. They won't hate us for bringing food and water. And providing shelter. They won't hate us for providing them homes and some health care. They won't hate us for these things.
They will hate us when our agenda is no longer taking care of them, and the new agenda is to restructure their lifestyles. Their hate will come out when we don't support the traditional ways. The voodoo crowd will rebel against the medical help. The social workers will interfere with the social norms. The current politicos will undermine attempts at democratic processes.
Thats when they will hate us.
I am proud and grateful for all of our assistance in this tragedy. I don't believe we will be hated for our efforts. The reasons they will hate us will take place after the living are saved, the dead are buried, and we have overstayed our welcome.
They will hate us when our agenda is no longer taking care of them, and the new agenda is to restructure their lifestyles. Their hate will come out when we don't support the traditional ways. The voodoo crowd will rebel against the medical help. The social workers will interfere with the social norms. The current politicos will undermine attempts at democratic processes.
Thats when they will hate us.
I am proud and grateful for all of our assistance in this tragedy. I don't believe we will be hated for our efforts. The reasons they will hate us will take place after the living are saved, the dead are buried, and we have overstayed our welcome.
Having read a small amount about the situation pre-earthquake it seems to me that Haiti has moved from being a state where gangs, militias and the general public killed each other it has now moved to gangs, militias and the general public killing each other whilst hungry and standing in rubble.
Very strict rules should be implemented on these people, if they want our food they should play by our rules, yes they have an inndividual culture, yes they have the right to practice it, no they do not have the right to demand we help them how they want to be helped.
I wonder how many people will have grabbed all they could and moved out into the countryside?
Very strict rules should be implemented on these people, if they want our food they should play by our rules, yes they have an inndividual culture, yes they have the right to practice it, no they do not have the right to demand we help them how they want to be helped.
I wonder how many people will have grabbed all they could and moved out into the countryside?
Under a convention Haiti (or some organisation claiming to be their government) signed (the Montevideo convention) it's doubtful whether Haiti can be considered a state. Sure, it has a defined territory and a permanent population, but at the moment it hardly has a government or a capacity to enter into relations with other states.
Anyway, it has a population of over 9 million, most of whom would have been on their way home at the time, or otherwise outside - i.e. not capable of being trapped under rubble. Where were they? Couldn't they have pulled out their fellow countrymen from the rubble, and piled up supplies they'd dug out? Food staples would be alright. Water can be distilled and strained. Shelters could be erected using the rubble. Don't tell me, everything inside the buildings was absolutely annihalated, and nothing could be salvaged?
We *do* need to 'overstay our welcome' there, to give them a working government.
Anyway, it has a population of over 9 million, most of whom would have been on their way home at the time, or otherwise outside - i.e. not capable of being trapped under rubble. Where were they? Couldn't they have pulled out their fellow countrymen from the rubble, and piled up supplies they'd dug out? Food staples would be alright. Water can be distilled and strained. Shelters could be erected using the rubble. Don't tell me, everything inside the buildings was absolutely annihalated, and nothing could be salvaged?
We *do* need to 'overstay our welcome' there, to give them a working government.
We should have learned how to do it faster during katrina. Why is it that there are only a few that think "it can happen to me" and a lot of them that think "it will never happen to me?"
Defiance of logic.
Defiance of logic.
im sorry but maybe im just a cold person.. but why do we have to clean up their problems?
i mean dang most of the people lived in shacks and small houses but we are sending over all this money for what? so they can build another shack?
now if something like this happens again they are going to be like oh obama save us wawawa...
yeah i feel sorry for the people and who's family they have lost but you didnt see them come over here when katrina happened...
and they want us to just send cash... i think we are getting ripped of by our own gov. again..
we are in so much debt as is!
or i just wrong lol
i mean dang most of the people lived in shacks and small houses but we are sending over all this money for what? so they can build another shack?
now if something like this happens again they are going to be like oh obama save us wawawa...
yeah i feel sorry for the people and who's family they have lost but you didnt see them come over here when katrina happened...
and they want us to just send cash... i think we are getting ripped of by our own gov. again..
we are in so much debt as is!
or i just wrong lol
I know that the Quake in Hati was terriable, and it was very unfortinate for those who had to deal with it. However the uUnited States Has thousands of Hungry sick and poor RIGHT HERE! Why don't we help them more? Instead we turn our back on our own to "rush" to help other countries... call me selfish, or whatever, America is in a BAD fix RIGHT NOW! and we're more focused on rushing out to be the big brother to help everybody else. Has anybody seen Hati before all of this? It was a WRECK then. If they would build better and establish a better government and prepare for disasters they wouldnt be quite as bad off. Don't get me wrong, I'm all about helping others... When we have the ability to. Its like his.... you are tying to help a man hanging off of a cliff, you reach out to help him with your right hand, mean while your not holding on to anything with your left hand... your both gonna be in trouble... I'm tired of all of the world EXPECTING hand outs and free rides from the us (America). We seriously have to draw the line somewhere.... We cannot sustain the world... Especially when our economy is on the brink of total colapse... Who's going to come to our aide then? Hati? Hell NO!... UK? no... anybody? nope! all I'm saying is we need to work from the inside out.
The tragedy in Haiti was bad, but consider this.
Haiti has one of the highest AIDS rates in the world, due mostly to their bad behavior and bad choices. Why do we really want to encourage a society like that? I believe the last number I heard was 70% in Haiti have AIDS. All they have to do is spit in your eye because you handed out the potato chips too slow, and that's enough to give it to you. The number is higher in Uganda.
I can understand a little disease here and there and I don't begrudge that. But 70% is an epidemic.
When a gov't forces you to help someone you don't know, it's called socialism. When people voluntarily help a stranger, it's called community. The difference is, one is forced, one is not.
Huh. A special I saw last year said the AIDS/HIV rate in Uganda was about 80%. However this site https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2155rank.html says 5.4% for Uganda, and 26.10% for Swaziland. The web page lists Haiti at 2.2% but programs in the 1990's stated much higher stats.
Haiti has one of the highest AIDS rates in the world, due mostly to their bad behavior and bad choices. Why do we really want to encourage a society like that? I believe the last number I heard was 70% in Haiti have AIDS. All they have to do is spit in your eye because you handed out the potato chips too slow, and that's enough to give it to you. The number is higher in Uganda.
I can understand a little disease here and there and I don't begrudge that. But 70% is an epidemic.
When a gov't forces you to help someone you don't know, it's called socialism. When people voluntarily help a stranger, it's called community. The difference is, one is forced, one is not.
Huh. A special I saw last year said the AIDS/HIV rate in Uganda was about 80%. However this site https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2155rank.html says 5.4% for Uganda, and 26.10% for Swaziland. The web page lists Haiti at 2.2% but programs in the 1990's stated much higher stats.
I havent heard any Haitians say they hate America, instead I know that most of them are grateful for the help Americans and others are giving. Haiti has had gangs before the quake, and its the gangs running wild that have been robbing and causing trouble. and as for the violence you see at times of food distribution, its because they are starving, and starving people, like drowing people, in desperation become violent. the mission groups that have worked in Haiti for many years know better than to drive a truck full of food into an area and begin distributing food, without ARMED GUARDS. what happens is that the gangsters get the food first. most aid agencies I know of would separate the women and the men so that the men dont grab and crush the women and children, so that the women and children can get food.
some groups wouldnt even give food to the men at all.
some groups wouldnt even give food to the men at all.
Im not going to get into an arguement over this but i will state my opinion. I think it is our duty as humans to aid others in a disaster of this size no matter who it is! Yes we got our own problems right here to solve but so does everyone else. I dont know if haiti helped us during katrina but i know LOTS of other countries did. Yes even countries that couldnt afford it and had plenty of their own problems. Even countries i thought wouldnt **** on us if we were on fire came to aid! And im sure they are aiding haiti as well. Whether haiti aided during katrina im not sure as they have nothing to offer really, BUT free haitians DID come to our aid in the rev. war did they not?
I googled katrina aid and this came up first. I didnt check all this but the references are there and ive seen all this before. Haiti isnt on there but lots of other poor countries are...If youre still stuck on the "me,me,me" attitude then maybe we should stop giving aid and fix us? Then next time a disaster hits here, this list will be alot shorter?
Below is a list of countries who offered aid. Some of these efforts were not formally accepted by the U.S. government (see "Actual Funds Used" below).
Afghanistan
Donated $100,000 to the hurricane victims.[3]
Albania
Donated $300,000.[4]
Argentina
Made offers of help and assistance. Argentina also dispatched an elite team of bilingual mental health professionals.[5]
Armenia
Pledged $200,000 and made offers of help and assistance.[6]
Australia
AUD 10 million (approximately USD 8-9 Million), and a team of 20 emergency response officers immediately. Donated AUD 10 million to American Red Cross.[7]
Austria
140 specialists of the AFDRU were put on stand-by. Their focus was to have been on providing clean water with portable water-treatment plants. Within the EU Emergency Assistance for Katrina, Austria set up a communication network using IT and communication equipment for assistance/support, provided 10 sets petrol driven dirty water pumps, 500 pieces tarps/plastic sheeting and 300 camp beds.[8]
Azerbaijan
Donated $500,000.[9]
The Bahamas
Pledged $50,000.
Bahrain
Donated $5 million.[10]
Bangladesh
Donated humanitarian aid worth $1 million and said it would send 160 disaster management experts, including doctors, nurses, engineers and others.
Belarus
Made offers of help and assistance.
Belgium
Offered 3 Medical teams of 31 personnel, logistic team of 10 personnel, coordination team of 4 personnel, civil engineering team of 10 personnel, diving team, and also balloon-lamps, low and high capacity pumps and small generators.[8]
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Made offers of help and assistance.
Brunei
Donated $1 million.[10]
Cambodia
The king donated $20,000 to match the $20,000 Cambodian government donation.
Canada
Main article: Canadian response to Hurricane Katrina
September 5, 35 military divers were poised to depart by air Sunday from Halifax and Esquimalt, B.C., for the New Orleans area.September 4, On the request from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Canada sent thousands of beds, blankets, surgical gloves and dressings and other medical supplies. On September 2 the Government of Canada announced it was sending three warships along with a Coast Guard vessel, and three Sea King helicopters to the area. Over 1,000 personnel are involved in the operation, including engineers and navy divers. The Canadian Heavy Urban Search and Rescue out of Vancouver was in Louisiana from September 1, due to security they started their mission on Sept 3. Ontario Hydro, Hydro-Québec, and Manitoba Hydro, along with other electrical utilities, had crews set to go to the affected areas. On September 2 Air Canada participated along with U.S. member airlines of the Air Transport Association, in a voluntary airline industry initiative to support rescue and relief operations. Money donations although where very high, the province of Alberta alone threw in 5 million dollars. Although it is hard to put an exact number on Canadian cash donations because of some Canadians donating directly to the American agencies, but it is thought to be one of the highest international donors nation.
Chile
Made offers of help and assistance.
People's Republic of China
On September 2, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it will offer $5 million along with emergency supplies, including 1,000 tents, 600 generators, bed sheets, immediately for disaster relief. China also offered to send medical care and rescue workers if they were needed.[11] This aid package consisting of 104 tons of supplies later arrived in Little Rock, Arkansas.[12] A chartered plane carrying the supplies arrived on September 7.[13]
Colombia
Made offers of help and assistance.
Cuba
One of the first countries to offer aid, Cuba offered to send 1,586 doctors and 26 tons of medicine. This aid was rejected by the State Department.[14] Also, before the 2006 World Baseball Classic, Cuba said they would donate their share of the winnings to Katrina victims to ensure the United States embargo against Cuba was not violated. However, after the tournament, the U.S. government refused to allow the donation
Cyprus
Offered $50,000.
Czech Republic
Offered rescue teams, field hospital and pumps and water processing equipment.
Denmark
Offered Water purification units.[8]
Djibouti
Offered $50,000.[2]
Dominica
Offered police to monitor hard-hit areas.
Dominican Republic
Offered rescue workers, doctors and nurses.
Ecuador
Made offers of help and assistance.
Egypt
Sent 2 C-130 planes loaded with blankets, medical equipment, and canned food.
El Salvador
Offered to send troops to help keep order in New Orleans.
Equatorial Guinea
Pledged $500,000.
Finland
Sent Finn Rescue Force—the group consists of 30 firemen and three Red Cross logistics experts.. Additionally Finland offered 300 tents, a water purification unit, sterile gloves, bed sheets, pillow covers, tarps and first aid kits.
France
Main article: French response to Hurricane Katrina
Concrete help was refused by the US government initially, however on September 2, Condoleezza Rice said that the US authorities would assess the situation and contact French authorities accordingly. On September 4, US authorities formally requested French assistance. France offered disaster relief stocks prepositioned in Martinique (600 tents, around 1000 beds, 60 electrogenic groups, 3 pumps, 3 water purification stations, 1000 folding jerricanes and other material). A 35-person team of the Sécurité civile (Civil defence) from Guadeloupe and Martinique were made ready, and a 60-man "catastrophe intervention" aeromobile detachment were prepared to be ferried from mainland in a short time. The Ministry of Defence offered 2 planes already in the zone and 6 more from mainland France, and two ships of the French Navy (probably the BATRAL Francis Garnier or Champlain, and the frigate Ventôse) and a 20-person team of emergency medical specialists. The non-governmental organisation Télécoms sans frontières and the company Véolia environnement offered aid in communications and water management, respectively. On September 7, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs stated that an Airbus Beluga from Toulouse with 12,7 tonnes of supplies flew to Mobile, Alabama, after a brief stop in the UK to load more food.[15] Two Casa airplanes from Martinique landed in Little Rock, Arkansas, ferrying tents, covers and 1000 rations of food for 24 hours.[8][16][17]
Gabon
Pledged $500,000.[2]
Georgia
Made offers of help and assistance.
Germany
Two German Army Airbus planes landed in Florida with about 25 tonnes of food rations to be transported to the disaster area. Further planes were prepared. Germany offered airlifting, vaccination, water purification, medical supplies including German air force hospital planes, emergency electrical power and pumping services. The aid was ready to go on German air force and chartered planes. A team of specialists from THW (German federal agency for technical relief) were planning technical measures and logistics in close contact with local authorities. A team of 89 flood fighting specialists and 5 medical personnel were dispatched from Ramstein Air Base to Louisiana by the United States Air Force. They brought 15 high performance pumps (10 pumps with a capacity of 15,000 litres per minute and 5 pumps with a capacity of 5,000 litres per minute) and 28 vehicles.[18] On Saturday, September 10 at 4:30 p.m., the THW started the first 15,000 litre pump at pumping-station No. 19. Three other 15,000 litres pumps followed. The drainage of New Orleans would have taken much more time if these pumps and the THW specialists had not been provided.[19]
The Minister-President of the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate addressed a letter to the commanders of the American forces stationed in his state offering financial support to those affected by the flooding.
Another German Air Force cargo plane carrying several thousand military rations (MRE) was denied entry into US airspace since, according to US authorities, they were not certified BSE-free. This was disputed by German authorities, pointing out that they were BSE-free according to NATO rules, that US soldiers would eat them regularly during joint operations (e.g. Afghanistan) and that these meals fully complied to UN rules.[20]
Greece
Offered $85,000[21], two cruise ships to house those left homeless, a rescue team, and supplies.
Guatemala
Made offers of help and assistance.
Guyana
Made offers of help and assistance and is organizing a telethon to raise money for victims.
Honduras
Offered 135 flooding and sanitation experts.
Hungary
Pledged $5,000 and offered to send a Special Search and Rescue Team, and also five doctors.
Iceland
Offered $500,000.
India
India offered to contribute $5 million to the United States Red Cross for relief and rehabilitation of the victims. They also offered to donate medicines and large water purification systems for use in households and small communities in the stricken areas, where potable water was a key concern.[22] India sent tarps, blankets and hygiene kits. An Indian Air Force IL-76 aircraft delivered 25 tonnes of relief supplies for the Hurricane Katrina victims at the Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas on September 13, 2005.[23]
Indonesia
Offered to send 45 doctors and 155 other medical staffers and 10,000 blankets to help survivors.
Iran
Offered to send humanitarian aid and 20 million barrels (3,200,000 m3) of crude oil.[17][24]
Iraq
Pledged $1 million to the Red Cross via the Red Crescent.
Republic of Ireland
Offered to send 30 members of the Irish Defence Forces. The Irish army would have supplied thousands of ready meals, tents, blankets, water purification services and medical aid, including first aid kits, crutches and wheelchairs. The group would have included about ten experts in stress debriefing. Six of the troops would have operated two water purification plants. The Irish Government also announced it is to provide initial funding of EUR 1.2 million for the victims.
Israel
Offered field hospitals and hundreds of doctors, nurses, technicians and other experts in trauma, natural disasters and public health.[25]
An Israeli airlift arrived in Little Rock, Arkansas with an eighty-ton shipment of humanitarian aid, including baby food, diapers, water, ready-to-eat meals, clothes, tents, blankets, mattresses, stretchers, first aid kits, wheelchairs, and other medical supplies.
The Magen David Adom began "United Brotherhood Operation," which sent a plane-load of supplies and financial assistance.
IsraAid sent a delegation of medical personnel, psychologists, and experienced search-and-rescue divers. The 18-member team — which included physicians, mental health professionals, trauma specialists, logistics experts and a special unit of Israeli police divers — arrived in St. Bernard Parish and Plaquemines Parish on Sept. 10 and spent a week and a half assisting fire department search-and-rescue squads and sitting in on daily planning meetings that included local leadership and a complement of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), police, military and fire representativesmedical team.[26]
Five universities in Israel welcomed displaced American students from the affected areas and invited both undergraduate and graduate students to continue their studies in Israel.[27] In particular, medical students unable to attend the Tulane University in New Orleans can attend Tel Aviv University's Sackler School of Medicine.[28]
Italy
Italy offered to send two Hercules C130 cargo aircraft fitted with emergency aids, including 300 Adult camp beds, 300 blankets, 600 sheets, 1 suction pump, 6 lifecrafts, 11.200 chlorine tablets, 5 units of large first aid kits, baby food formula pumps, tents and power generators. Italy also offered to send some experts of the Protezione Civile to help coordinating relief efforts in the damaged area.[8]
Jamaica
Made offers of help and assistance.
Japan
The Japanese Foreign Ministry said that it would provide $200,000 to the American Red Cross to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina. Japan also identified needs in affected regions via the U.S. government and provided up to $300,000 in emergency supplies such as tents, blankets and power generators if they receive requests from the U.S. for such assistance. One Japanese individual, Takashi Endo, donated USD 1 million from his personal funds to Katrina relief efforts.[13]
Jordan
Made offers of help and assistance.
Kenya
Offered $100,000.[2] There were also early reports of $400 million in petroleum products being donated from Kenya, though these later proved to be erroneous.[29]
Korea, South
Offered $ 30 million and dispatched a rescue team.[13]
Kuwait
Parliament approved $500 million for aid in oil and other humanitarian aid.
Latvia
Offered a disaster relief team.
Lithuania
Made offers of help and assistance.
Luxembourg
Team of five persons, 1000 camp beds and 2000 blankets.[8]
Malaysia
Pledged $1 million to American Red Cross.
Maldives
Sent $25,000 to American Red Cross.
Mauritania
Promised $200,000 to American Red Cross.
Malta
Made offers of help and assistance.[8]
Mexico
Main article: Mexican response to Hurricane Katrina
Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas received almost 196 Mexican troops, 14 truckloads of water, a mobile surgical unit, 45 military vehicles, 3 tons of purified water, and more than 250 tons of food, bottled water, canned food, disposable diapers and medical supplies. The Mexican Government sent $1 million through the Mexican Red Cross which collected an additional million, as well as 200 tons of food delivered in five airplanes from the Mexican Air Force by another Mexican Government body. The Mexican Navy sent two ships, 385 troopers, eight all-terrain vehicles, seven amphibious vehicles, two tankers, two helicopters, radio communication equipment, medical personnel and 296 tons of food as well. The state of Jalisco also sent four experts in disaster, while the Federal government offered to send expert teams in epidemiology and to cover the costs of returning any Mexican national back to Mexico.
Mongolia
Pledged $50,000.
Nepal
Pledged $25,000.[30]
The Netherlands
Royal Netherlands Navy Frigate Hr. Ms. Van Amstel arrived from the Netherlands Antilles. The frigate was filled with supplies and had helicopters on board that can be used in rescue actions. Further, The Netherlands sent experts on the subject of water containment and dikes, identification teams and pumps to deliver clean drinking water, F-16s with sophisticated infra red or thermography camera pods (to look for weaknesses in the levees, corpses and hidden survivors) and divers from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps. On September 7 The U.S. government announced that it would take up the Dutch government's offer to send water pumps, and also five water management experts.
New Zealand
Main article: New Zealand response to Hurricane Katrina
Pledged $2 million though the Red Cross. This contribution was in addition to the offers the government has already made to send an Urban Search and Rescue Team, a Disaster Victim Identification team or post disaster recovery personnel.[31]
Nicaragua
Made offers of help and assistance.
*****ia
Pledged $1 million to hurricane disaster relief.
Norway
Made offers of help and assistance. An amount of NOK 10 million was given through the Norwegian Red Cross and the UN. In addition, Norway offered divers and medicines.
Oman
Pledged $15 million.
Pakistan
On September 4 Pakistan offered to send a team of doctors and paramedics to support the relief agencies. Pakistan also pledged $1 million through the Red Cross.
Palau
Pledged $50,000.
Papua New Guinea
Promised $10,000 to American Red Cross.
Paraguay
Made offers of help and assistance.
Peru
Offered to send 80-100 doctors to help survivors.
the Philippines
Offered to send a 25-member team of aid workers. The Philippines Red Cross donated $25,000.
Poland
Made offers of help and assistance.
Portugal
Offered tents, mattresses, blankets, hygiene kits. Portugal lent 2% of its strategic oil reserve, equivalent to 500,000 barrels (79,000 m3) of oil.[citation needed]
Qatar
Pledged $100 million to the victims.[32]
Romania
Offered 2 Teams of medical experts.[8]
Russia
Was one of the first countries to offer assistance. Up to four jets were placed on standby at the Ramenskoe airport near Moscow as early as August 30, including heavy Ilyushin Il-76-TDs with special evacuation equipment, medical equipment, a water-cleansing system, a rescue helicopter BK-117 and two special cars; and a passenger IL-62, which brought 10 coordinators and 50 rescuers, as well as 6 tons of drinking water. On September 6, the Bush administration gave its approval.[33]
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Refining, a Houston-based subsidiary of state oil firm Saudi Aramco, donated $5 million to the American Red Cross, as well as $250,000 from AGFUND.
Singapore
Main article: Singaporean response to Hurricane Katrina
Three Singaporean CH-47 Chinook helicopters and thirty-eight RSAF personnel from a training detachment based in Grand Prairie, Texas assisted in relief operations from 1 September. They had so far ferried about 700 evacuees and hauled tons of supplies in 39 sorties on 4 September. One more CH-47 Chinook helicopter was sent to aid in relief efforts.[34]
Slovakia
Promised blankets, beds, first aid kits.
Slovenia
$120,000 worth of cots, mattresses, blankets, temporary shelters and first-aid kits.[35]
Spain
Spain sent 2.1 million barrels (330,000 m3) of crude oil from its strategic reserves (the 1.75% of the Spanish reserves) for a 30 day period.[36] On September 7 two Hercules cargo aircraft took off with 15 tonnes of food rations, electrical generators and batteries, medical equipment and other humanitarian assistance collected by the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (AECI). A second envoy was sent a few days later.[37]
Sri Lanka
Pleged $25,000 for relief efforts.[38]
Sweden
Main article: Swedish response to Hurricane Katrina
Sweden offered to send medical and technical aid, and a Hercules cargo aircraft filled with three complete GSM systems, first aid kits, blankets, Ready-to-eat meals, generators, 2 heavy water purification plants, as well as water sanitation experts. On September 4 the U.S. State Department declined the aid, saying it was currently unable to accept foreign aid packages. On September 12 the Hercules plane left the Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, carrying a cargo of three Ericsson GSM network systems. A team of technical consultants to help with the aid package was also provided.[39]
Switzerland
Switzerland offered specialised personnel and material to the USA and the World Health Organisation (WHO). In accordance with US requirements, 50 tonnes of rescue equipment were ready to be sent, along with two logisticians of the Direction du développement et de la coopération (DDC, "Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation") to help coordinate distributions. Four physicians and two water specialists were also put to the disposal of the WHO.
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Pledged more than $3 million to the relief effort, plus supplies.[17]
Thailand
Sent at least 60 doctors and nurses along with rice.
Tunisia
Sent two C-130s with relief supplies.
Turkey
Promised $2.5 million in cash and aid.
Uganda
Offered $200,000.[2]
United Arab Emirates
Pledged $100 million.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom dispatched 500,000 ration packs worth EUR 3 million, to the region. However, many of the ration packs did not reach victims due to laws regarding mad cow disease[40]. It also offered medical experts, Urban Search and Rescue equipment, Marine engineers and high-volume pumps, skilled personnel including engineers who could support recovery efforts for installations and systems, technicians, staff trained in disaster management and emergency response activities. It also pledged to release an extra 2.2 million barrels (350,000 m3) of oil.[8][41]
Venezuela
President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela offered one million barrels of oil and 5 million dollars in aid to the United States. This aid was rejected by the State Department.[42] State-owned Petróleos de Venezuela, the parent company of Citgo Petroleum Corporation, has also pledged a $2 million donation for hurricane aid.[43] Two mobile hospital units were also offered, but were declined, according to Jesse Jackson.[44]
Vietnam
Pledged $100,000.
Yemen
Pledged $100,000 through the Red Cross.
Below is a list of countries who offered aid. Some of these efforts were not formally accepted by the U.S. government (see "Actual Funds Used" below).
Afghanistan
Donated $100,000 to the hurricane victims.[3]
Albania
Donated $300,000.[4]
Argentina
Made offers of help and assistance. Argentina also dispatched an elite team of bilingual mental health professionals.[5]
Armenia
Pledged $200,000 and made offers of help and assistance.[6]
Australia
AUD 10 million (approximately USD 8-9 Million), and a team of 20 emergency response officers immediately. Donated AUD 10 million to American Red Cross.[7]
Austria
140 specialists of the AFDRU were put on stand-by. Their focus was to have been on providing clean water with portable water-treatment plants. Within the EU Emergency Assistance for Katrina, Austria set up a communication network using IT and communication equipment for assistance/support, provided 10 sets petrol driven dirty water pumps, 500 pieces tarps/plastic sheeting and 300 camp beds.[8]
Azerbaijan
Donated $500,000.[9]
The Bahamas
Pledged $50,000.
Bahrain
Donated $5 million.[10]
Bangladesh
Donated humanitarian aid worth $1 million and said it would send 160 disaster management experts, including doctors, nurses, engineers and others.
Belarus
Made offers of help and assistance.
Belgium
Offered 3 Medical teams of 31 personnel, logistic team of 10 personnel, coordination team of 4 personnel, civil engineering team of 10 personnel, diving team, and also balloon-lamps, low and high capacity pumps and small generators.[8]
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Made offers of help and assistance.
Brunei
Donated $1 million.[10]
Cambodia
The king donated $20,000 to match the $20,000 Cambodian government donation.
Canada
Main article: Canadian response to Hurricane Katrina
September 5, 35 military divers were poised to depart by air Sunday from Halifax and Esquimalt, B.C., for the New Orleans area.September 4, On the request from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Canada sent thousands of beds, blankets, surgical gloves and dressings and other medical supplies. On September 2 the Government of Canada announced it was sending three warships along with a Coast Guard vessel, and three Sea King helicopters to the area. Over 1,000 personnel are involved in the operation, including engineers and navy divers. The Canadian Heavy Urban Search and Rescue out of Vancouver was in Louisiana from September 1, due to security they started their mission on Sept 3. Ontario Hydro, Hydro-Québec, and Manitoba Hydro, along with other electrical utilities, had crews set to go to the affected areas. On September 2 Air Canada participated along with U.S. member airlines of the Air Transport Association, in a voluntary airline industry initiative to support rescue and relief operations. Money donations although where very high, the province of Alberta alone threw in 5 million dollars. Although it is hard to put an exact number on Canadian cash donations because of some Canadians donating directly to the American agencies, but it is thought to be one of the highest international donors nation.
Chile
Made offers of help and assistance.
People's Republic of China
On September 2, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it will offer $5 million along with emergency supplies, including 1,000 tents, 600 generators, bed sheets, immediately for disaster relief. China also offered to send medical care and rescue workers if they were needed.[11] This aid package consisting of 104 tons of supplies later arrived in Little Rock, Arkansas.[12] A chartered plane carrying the supplies arrived on September 7.[13]
Colombia
Made offers of help and assistance.
Cuba
One of the first countries to offer aid, Cuba offered to send 1,586 doctors and 26 tons of medicine. This aid was rejected by the State Department.[14] Also, before the 2006 World Baseball Classic, Cuba said they would donate their share of the winnings to Katrina victims to ensure the United States embargo against Cuba was not violated. However, after the tournament, the U.S. government refused to allow the donation
Cyprus
Offered $50,000.
Czech Republic
Offered rescue teams, field hospital and pumps and water processing equipment.
Denmark
Offered Water purification units.[8]
Djibouti
Offered $50,000.[2]
Dominica
Offered police to monitor hard-hit areas.
Dominican Republic
Offered rescue workers, doctors and nurses.
Ecuador
Made offers of help and assistance.
Egypt
Sent 2 C-130 planes loaded with blankets, medical equipment, and canned food.
El Salvador
Offered to send troops to help keep order in New Orleans.
Equatorial Guinea
Pledged $500,000.
Finland
Sent Finn Rescue Force—the group consists of 30 firemen and three Red Cross logistics experts.. Additionally Finland offered 300 tents, a water purification unit, sterile gloves, bed sheets, pillow covers, tarps and first aid kits.
France
Main article: French response to Hurricane Katrina
Concrete help was refused by the US government initially, however on September 2, Condoleezza Rice said that the US authorities would assess the situation and contact French authorities accordingly. On September 4, US authorities formally requested French assistance. France offered disaster relief stocks prepositioned in Martinique (600 tents, around 1000 beds, 60 electrogenic groups, 3 pumps, 3 water purification stations, 1000 folding jerricanes and other material). A 35-person team of the Sécurité civile (Civil defence) from Guadeloupe and Martinique were made ready, and a 60-man "catastrophe intervention" aeromobile detachment were prepared to be ferried from mainland in a short time. The Ministry of Defence offered 2 planes already in the zone and 6 more from mainland France, and two ships of the French Navy (probably the BATRAL Francis Garnier or Champlain, and the frigate Ventôse) and a 20-person team of emergency medical specialists. The non-governmental organisation Télécoms sans frontières and the company Véolia environnement offered aid in communications and water management, respectively. On September 7, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs stated that an Airbus Beluga from Toulouse with 12,7 tonnes of supplies flew to Mobile, Alabama, after a brief stop in the UK to load more food.[15] Two Casa airplanes from Martinique landed in Little Rock, Arkansas, ferrying tents, covers and 1000 rations of food for 24 hours.[8][16][17]
Gabon
Pledged $500,000.[2]
Georgia
Made offers of help and assistance.
Germany
Two German Army Airbus planes landed in Florida with about 25 tonnes of food rations to be transported to the disaster area. Further planes were prepared. Germany offered airlifting, vaccination, water purification, medical supplies including German air force hospital planes, emergency electrical power and pumping services. The aid was ready to go on German air force and chartered planes. A team of specialists from THW (German federal agency for technical relief) were planning technical measures and logistics in close contact with local authorities. A team of 89 flood fighting specialists and 5 medical personnel were dispatched from Ramstein Air Base to Louisiana by the United States Air Force. They brought 15 high performance pumps (10 pumps with a capacity of 15,000 litres per minute and 5 pumps with a capacity of 5,000 litres per minute) and 28 vehicles.[18] On Saturday, September 10 at 4:30 p.m., the THW started the first 15,000 litre pump at pumping-station No. 19. Three other 15,000 litres pumps followed. The drainage of New Orleans would have taken much more time if these pumps and the THW specialists had not been provided.[19]
The Minister-President of the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate addressed a letter to the commanders of the American forces stationed in his state offering financial support to those affected by the flooding.
Another German Air Force cargo plane carrying several thousand military rations (MRE) was denied entry into US airspace since, according to US authorities, they were not certified BSE-free. This was disputed by German authorities, pointing out that they were BSE-free according to NATO rules, that US soldiers would eat them regularly during joint operations (e.g. Afghanistan) and that these meals fully complied to UN rules.[20]
Greece
Offered $85,000[21], two cruise ships to house those left homeless, a rescue team, and supplies.
Guatemala
Made offers of help and assistance.
Guyana
Made offers of help and assistance and is organizing a telethon to raise money for victims.
Honduras
Offered 135 flooding and sanitation experts.
Hungary
Pledged $5,000 and offered to send a Special Search and Rescue Team, and also five doctors.
Iceland
Offered $500,000.
India
India offered to contribute $5 million to the United States Red Cross for relief and rehabilitation of the victims. They also offered to donate medicines and large water purification systems for use in households and small communities in the stricken areas, where potable water was a key concern.[22] India sent tarps, blankets and hygiene kits. An Indian Air Force IL-76 aircraft delivered 25 tonnes of relief supplies for the Hurricane Katrina victims at the Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas on September 13, 2005.[23]
Indonesia
Offered to send 45 doctors and 155 other medical staffers and 10,000 blankets to help survivors.
Iran
Offered to send humanitarian aid and 20 million barrels (3,200,000 m3) of crude oil.[17][24]
Iraq
Pledged $1 million to the Red Cross via the Red Crescent.
Republic of Ireland
Offered to send 30 members of the Irish Defence Forces. The Irish army would have supplied thousands of ready meals, tents, blankets, water purification services and medical aid, including first aid kits, crutches and wheelchairs. The group would have included about ten experts in stress debriefing. Six of the troops would have operated two water purification plants. The Irish Government also announced it is to provide initial funding of EUR 1.2 million for the victims.
Israel
Offered field hospitals and hundreds of doctors, nurses, technicians and other experts in trauma, natural disasters and public health.[25]
An Israeli airlift arrived in Little Rock, Arkansas with an eighty-ton shipment of humanitarian aid, including baby food, diapers, water, ready-to-eat meals, clothes, tents, blankets, mattresses, stretchers, first aid kits, wheelchairs, and other medical supplies.
The Magen David Adom began "United Brotherhood Operation," which sent a plane-load of supplies and financial assistance.
IsraAid sent a delegation of medical personnel, psychologists, and experienced search-and-rescue divers. The 18-member team — which included physicians, mental health professionals, trauma specialists, logistics experts and a special unit of Israeli police divers — arrived in St. Bernard Parish and Plaquemines Parish on Sept. 10 and spent a week and a half assisting fire department search-and-rescue squads and sitting in on daily planning meetings that included local leadership and a complement of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), police, military and fire representativesmedical team.[26]
Five universities in Israel welcomed displaced American students from the affected areas and invited both undergraduate and graduate students to continue their studies in Israel.[27] In particular, medical students unable to attend the Tulane University in New Orleans can attend Tel Aviv University's Sackler School of Medicine.[28]
Italy
Italy offered to send two Hercules C130 cargo aircraft fitted with emergency aids, including 300 Adult camp beds, 300 blankets, 600 sheets, 1 suction pump, 6 lifecrafts, 11.200 chlorine tablets, 5 units of large first aid kits, baby food formula pumps, tents and power generators. Italy also offered to send some experts of the Protezione Civile to help coordinating relief efforts in the damaged area.[8]
Jamaica
Made offers of help and assistance.
Japan
The Japanese Foreign Ministry said that it would provide $200,000 to the American Red Cross to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina. Japan also identified needs in affected regions via the U.S. government and provided up to $300,000 in emergency supplies such as tents, blankets and power generators if they receive requests from the U.S. for such assistance. One Japanese individual, Takashi Endo, donated USD 1 million from his personal funds to Katrina relief efforts.[13]
Jordan
Made offers of help and assistance.
Kenya
Offered $100,000.[2] There were also early reports of $400 million in petroleum products being donated from Kenya, though these later proved to be erroneous.[29]
Korea, South
Offered $ 30 million and dispatched a rescue team.[13]
Kuwait
Parliament approved $500 million for aid in oil and other humanitarian aid.
Latvia
Offered a disaster relief team.
Lithuania
Made offers of help and assistance.
Luxembourg
Team of five persons, 1000 camp beds and 2000 blankets.[8]
Malaysia
Pledged $1 million to American Red Cross.
Maldives
Sent $25,000 to American Red Cross.
Mauritania
Promised $200,000 to American Red Cross.
Malta
Made offers of help and assistance.[8]
Mexico
Main article: Mexican response to Hurricane Katrina
Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas received almost 196 Mexican troops, 14 truckloads of water, a mobile surgical unit, 45 military vehicles, 3 tons of purified water, and more than 250 tons of food, bottled water, canned food, disposable diapers and medical supplies. The Mexican Government sent $1 million through the Mexican Red Cross which collected an additional million, as well as 200 tons of food delivered in five airplanes from the Mexican Air Force by another Mexican Government body. The Mexican Navy sent two ships, 385 troopers, eight all-terrain vehicles, seven amphibious vehicles, two tankers, two helicopters, radio communication equipment, medical personnel and 296 tons of food as well. The state of Jalisco also sent four experts in disaster, while the Federal government offered to send expert teams in epidemiology and to cover the costs of returning any Mexican national back to Mexico.
Mongolia
Pledged $50,000.
Nepal
Pledged $25,000.[30]
The Netherlands
Royal Netherlands Navy Frigate Hr. Ms. Van Amstel arrived from the Netherlands Antilles. The frigate was filled with supplies and had helicopters on board that can be used in rescue actions. Further, The Netherlands sent experts on the subject of water containment and dikes, identification teams and pumps to deliver clean drinking water, F-16s with sophisticated infra red or thermography camera pods (to look for weaknesses in the levees, corpses and hidden survivors) and divers from the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps. On September 7 The U.S. government announced that it would take up the Dutch government's offer to send water pumps, and also five water management experts.
New Zealand
Main article: New Zealand response to Hurricane Katrina
Pledged $2 million though the Red Cross. This contribution was in addition to the offers the government has already made to send an Urban Search and Rescue Team, a Disaster Victim Identification team or post disaster recovery personnel.[31]
Nicaragua
Made offers of help and assistance.
*****ia
Pledged $1 million to hurricane disaster relief.
Norway
Made offers of help and assistance. An amount of NOK 10 million was given through the Norwegian Red Cross and the UN. In addition, Norway offered divers and medicines.
Oman
Pledged $15 million.
Pakistan
On September 4 Pakistan offered to send a team of doctors and paramedics to support the relief agencies. Pakistan also pledged $1 million through the Red Cross.
Palau
Pledged $50,000.
Papua New Guinea
Promised $10,000 to American Red Cross.
Paraguay
Made offers of help and assistance.
Peru
Offered to send 80-100 doctors to help survivors.
the Philippines
Offered to send a 25-member team of aid workers. The Philippines Red Cross donated $25,000.
Poland
Made offers of help and assistance.
Portugal
Offered tents, mattresses, blankets, hygiene kits. Portugal lent 2% of its strategic oil reserve, equivalent to 500,000 barrels (79,000 m3) of oil.[citation needed]
Qatar
Pledged $100 million to the victims.[32]
Romania
Offered 2 Teams of medical experts.[8]
Russia
Was one of the first countries to offer assistance. Up to four jets were placed on standby at the Ramenskoe airport near Moscow as early as August 30, including heavy Ilyushin Il-76-TDs with special evacuation equipment, medical equipment, a water-cleansing system, a rescue helicopter BK-117 and two special cars; and a passenger IL-62, which brought 10 coordinators and 50 rescuers, as well as 6 tons of drinking water. On September 6, the Bush administration gave its approval.[33]
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Refining, a Houston-based subsidiary of state oil firm Saudi Aramco, donated $5 million to the American Red Cross, as well as $250,000 from AGFUND.
Singapore
Main article: Singaporean response to Hurricane Katrina
Three Singaporean CH-47 Chinook helicopters and thirty-eight RSAF personnel from a training detachment based in Grand Prairie, Texas assisted in relief operations from 1 September. They had so far ferried about 700 evacuees and hauled tons of supplies in 39 sorties on 4 September. One more CH-47 Chinook helicopter was sent to aid in relief efforts.[34]
Slovakia
Promised blankets, beds, first aid kits.
Slovenia
$120,000 worth of cots, mattresses, blankets, temporary shelters and first-aid kits.[35]
Spain
Spain sent 2.1 million barrels (330,000 m3) of crude oil from its strategic reserves (the 1.75% of the Spanish reserves) for a 30 day period.[36] On September 7 two Hercules cargo aircraft took off with 15 tonnes of food rations, electrical generators and batteries, medical equipment and other humanitarian assistance collected by the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (AECI). A second envoy was sent a few days later.[37]
Sri Lanka
Pleged $25,000 for relief efforts.[38]
Sweden
Main article: Swedish response to Hurricane Katrina
Sweden offered to send medical and technical aid, and a Hercules cargo aircraft filled with three complete GSM systems, first aid kits, blankets, Ready-to-eat meals, generators, 2 heavy water purification plants, as well as water sanitation experts. On September 4 the U.S. State Department declined the aid, saying it was currently unable to accept foreign aid packages. On September 12 the Hercules plane left the Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, carrying a cargo of three Ericsson GSM network systems. A team of technical consultants to help with the aid package was also provided.[39]
Switzerland
Switzerland offered specialised personnel and material to the USA and the World Health Organisation (WHO). In accordance with US requirements, 50 tonnes of rescue equipment were ready to be sent, along with two logisticians of the Direction du développement et de la coopération (DDC, "Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation") to help coordinate distributions. Four physicians and two water specialists were also put to the disposal of the WHO.
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Pledged more than $3 million to the relief effort, plus supplies.[17]
Thailand
Sent at least 60 doctors and nurses along with rice.
Tunisia
Sent two C-130s with relief supplies.
Turkey
Promised $2.5 million in cash and aid.
Uganda
Offered $200,000.[2]
United Arab Emirates
Pledged $100 million.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom dispatched 500,000 ration packs worth EUR 3 million, to the region. However, many of the ration packs did not reach victims due to laws regarding mad cow disease[40]. It also offered medical experts, Urban Search and Rescue equipment, Marine engineers and high-volume pumps, skilled personnel including engineers who could support recovery efforts for installations and systems, technicians, staff trained in disaster management and emergency response activities. It also pledged to release an extra 2.2 million barrels (350,000 m3) of oil.[8][41]
Venezuela
President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela offered one million barrels of oil and 5 million dollars in aid to the United States. This aid was rejected by the State Department.[42] State-owned Petróleos de Venezuela, the parent company of Citgo Petroleum Corporation, has also pledged a $2 million donation for hurricane aid.[43] Two mobile hospital units were also offered, but were declined, according to Jesse Jackson.[44]
Vietnam
Pledged $100,000.
Yemen
Pledged $100,000 through the Red Cross.
Heres what i found on aid for haiti. Dont know how accurate it is but it shows we are not alone. I see some very poor countries on the list...im proud that we are there as well.
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The Associated Press Governments have pledged nearly $1 billion in aid to Haiti, according to an Associated Press estimate, including $575 million from the European Union’s 27 nations. Those promises include:
AUSTRALIA: $13.8 million in aid pledged.
AUSTRIA: $1.9 million to United Nations and international aid organizations.
BRAZIL: $19 million in aid pledged. Eighteen flights have delivered 200 tons of aid including food, water, tents, medicine, a hospital and medical equipment. Forty six medical doctors and nurses have been sent, along with 50 firefighters who specialize in search and rescue using search dogs. Nearly 1,300 Brazilian U.N. peacekeepers are working in rescue operations.
BRITAIN: $33 million in aid. A 64-member search and rescue team is on the ground.
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: $80,000 in aid.
CAMBODIA: $50,000 in aid from the government; $10,000 from Cambodian Red Cross.
CANADA: $130 million in aid pledged. So far, Canadians have privately contributed more than $39 million and Ottawa will match those funds. Some 2,000 military personnel, including two warships.
CHAD: $500,000 in aid.
CHILE: 15 tons of food and medicine, search and rescue team, 20 doctors.
CHINA: $4.2 million in aid pledged. Deployed a 60-member rescue team to the island, including search and rescue specialists with sniffer dogs and monitoring equipment, medics, and seismological experts.
COLOMBIA: $900,000 in aid pledged through Colombian Red Cross. $1 million in food, water, tents and medical supplies sent. Colombia’s air force has flown in more than 200 rescue and medical workers and 18 sniffer dogs.
CONGO: $2.5 million in aid.
COSTA RICA: Engineers, health workers, disaster experts.
CROATIA: $137,000 from the government and a similar amount donated from citizens to the Red Cross.
CUBA: 30 doctors.
CYPRUS: $141,000 in aid.
CZECH REPUBLIC: $1.1 million in aid pledged.
DENMARK: $9.67 million in aid.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: $11.4 million in aid.
FINLAND: $5 million in aid. Aid groups collect $2 million in private donations. Finnish Red Cross and Finn Church Aid providing medical staff and supplies, shelter, provisions, and water.
FRANCE: $28.6 million in aid pledged, plus more than 500 personnel, especially rescue workers, and 61 tons (55 metric tons) of supplies. Dispatched Francis Garnier, a ship that specializes in humanitarian missions, and three military transport planes.
GERMANY: $14.28 million in aid pledged by government. $25.56 million donated by private citizens.
GRENADA: $215,000 in aid.
GUATEMALA: Rescue team.
HUNGARY: $140,000 within an aid program co-ordinated by the EU, plus three medical teams and three search dogs.
ICELAND: Search and rescue team.
INDIA: $5 million in aid.
ISRAEL: Established field hospital, sent some 150 doctors and rescue workers and 10 tons (nine metric tons) of medical equipment.
ITALY: $8.14 million as part of $131.37 million in emergency aid from EU member states. Separately it is donating $2.57 million to international groups to help children in Haiti. A field hospital that can treat 150 patients a day has been airlifted in.
JAPAN: $5 million in aid, plus $330,000 in emergency supplies. One 24-member civilian medical team on the ground, sending 110-member military team of medical and other personnel via a Japanese C-130 transport plane.
LIBERIA: $50,000 in aid.
MEXICO: Rescue team.
NEW ZEALAND: $1.4 million in government funding for relief efforts plus $1.3 million collected by nongovernment groups.
NETHERLANDS: Public pledges $57 million in aid and the government has said it will match. Government sent two military ships to assist with reconstruction, and a plane with search-and-rescue teams and sniffer dogs.
NORWAY: $17.5 million in aid earmarked for the World Food Program, Doctors Without Borders, the Red Cross and other aid organizations. The country’s Red Cross and other aid organizations have raised at least $4.5 million for the country.
PERU: Two planes with 50 tons of aid, mainly food; two field hospitals.
PORTUGAL: Around $860,000 from private donations. The government has sent a military transport plane with more than 20 emergency rescue workers and sniffer dogs, as well as medical equipment and water.
RUSSIA: Has sent 138 emergency workers, a mobile air hospital, and doctors and five transport planes to deliver aid.
SENEGAL: $1 million in aid. President Abdoulaye Wade has said he would give a region of Senegal to Haitians wishing to move to Africa. He argued that because Haiti was settled by African slaves they are owed a right of return. The eccentric proposal was met with criticism by many who say the government is not even able to house its own people.
SERBIA: $100,000 in aid.
SIERRA LEONE: $100,000 in aid. The government has also offered to send police, soldiers and medical teams.
SLOVENIA: $70,000 in aid, and has sent tents worth $98,000.
SOUTH AFRICA: $135,000 in aid, and has sent a search-and-rescue team and plans to send forensic experts to help identify bodies.
SOUTH KOREA: $10 million in aid from government, aid agencies, religious groups and business companies, plus relief workers.
SPAIN: $8.56 million in emergency aid disbursed, sending 450 troops, 50 doctors, technicians and specialists.
SRI LANKA: $25,000 in aid and 2,200 pounds (1,000 kilograms) of tea for the victims.
SWEDEN: $25.6 million to organizations working in Haiti, including the U.N. and E.U.
TAIWAN: $5 million in aid. Dispatched a team of 23 rescue personnel and 33 medical staff.
THAILAND: $120,000 in aid; 20,000 tons (18,000 metric tons) of rice.
UNITED STATES: $130 million in aid, according to USAID. Has sent about 12,000 military personnel so far, 265 government medical personnel, 18 Navy and Coast Guard ships, 49 helicopters and seven cargo planes to assist in aid delivery, support and evacuations. Is managing operations at the Port-au-Prince airport.
VENEZUELA: 679 tons (616 metric tons) of food and 127 tons (116 metric tons) of equipment, including water purification systems, electrical generators and heavy equipment for moving rubble. 225,000 barrels of diesel fuel and gasoline is on its way, and the Venezuela-led Bolivarian Alternative trade bloc also sent two ships carrying 5,248 tons (4,761 metric tons) of food aid. Search and rescue team.
INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: $200 million pledged.
WORLD BANK: $100 million pledged.
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: More than 250,000 ready-to-eat rations delivered. More than 10 million to arrive within the next week.
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The Associated Press Governments have pledged nearly $1 billion in aid to Haiti, according to an Associated Press estimate, including $575 million from the European Union’s 27 nations. Those promises include:
AUSTRALIA: $13.8 million in aid pledged.
AUSTRIA: $1.9 million to United Nations and international aid organizations.
BRAZIL: $19 million in aid pledged. Eighteen flights have delivered 200 tons of aid including food, water, tents, medicine, a hospital and medical equipment. Forty six medical doctors and nurses have been sent, along with 50 firefighters who specialize in search and rescue using search dogs. Nearly 1,300 Brazilian U.N. peacekeepers are working in rescue operations.
BRITAIN: $33 million in aid. A 64-member search and rescue team is on the ground.
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: $80,000 in aid.
CAMBODIA: $50,000 in aid from the government; $10,000 from Cambodian Red Cross.
CANADA: $130 million in aid pledged. So far, Canadians have privately contributed more than $39 million and Ottawa will match those funds. Some 2,000 military personnel, including two warships.
CHAD: $500,000 in aid.
CHILE: 15 tons of food and medicine, search and rescue team, 20 doctors.
CHINA: $4.2 million in aid pledged. Deployed a 60-member rescue team to the island, including search and rescue specialists with sniffer dogs and monitoring equipment, medics, and seismological experts.
COLOMBIA: $900,000 in aid pledged through Colombian Red Cross. $1 million in food, water, tents and medical supplies sent. Colombia’s air force has flown in more than 200 rescue and medical workers and 18 sniffer dogs.
CONGO: $2.5 million in aid.
COSTA RICA: Engineers, health workers, disaster experts.
CROATIA: $137,000 from the government and a similar amount donated from citizens to the Red Cross.
CUBA: 30 doctors.
CYPRUS: $141,000 in aid.
CZECH REPUBLIC: $1.1 million in aid pledged.
DENMARK: $9.67 million in aid.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: $11.4 million in aid.
FINLAND: $5 million in aid. Aid groups collect $2 million in private donations. Finnish Red Cross and Finn Church Aid providing medical staff and supplies, shelter, provisions, and water.
FRANCE: $28.6 million in aid pledged, plus more than 500 personnel, especially rescue workers, and 61 tons (55 metric tons) of supplies. Dispatched Francis Garnier, a ship that specializes in humanitarian missions, and three military transport planes.
GERMANY: $14.28 million in aid pledged by government. $25.56 million donated by private citizens.
GRENADA: $215,000 in aid.
GUATEMALA: Rescue team.
HUNGARY: $140,000 within an aid program co-ordinated by the EU, plus three medical teams and three search dogs.
ICELAND: Search and rescue team.
INDIA: $5 million in aid.
ISRAEL: Established field hospital, sent some 150 doctors and rescue workers and 10 tons (nine metric tons) of medical equipment.
ITALY: $8.14 million as part of $131.37 million in emergency aid from EU member states. Separately it is donating $2.57 million to international groups to help children in Haiti. A field hospital that can treat 150 patients a day has been airlifted in.
JAPAN: $5 million in aid, plus $330,000 in emergency supplies. One 24-member civilian medical team on the ground, sending 110-member military team of medical and other personnel via a Japanese C-130 transport plane.
LIBERIA: $50,000 in aid.
MEXICO: Rescue team.
NEW ZEALAND: $1.4 million in government funding for relief efforts plus $1.3 million collected by nongovernment groups.
NETHERLANDS: Public pledges $57 million in aid and the government has said it will match. Government sent two military ships to assist with reconstruction, and a plane with search-and-rescue teams and sniffer dogs.
NORWAY: $17.5 million in aid earmarked for the World Food Program, Doctors Without Borders, the Red Cross and other aid organizations. The country’s Red Cross and other aid organizations have raised at least $4.5 million for the country.
PERU: Two planes with 50 tons of aid, mainly food; two field hospitals.
PORTUGAL: Around $860,000 from private donations. The government has sent a military transport plane with more than 20 emergency rescue workers and sniffer dogs, as well as medical equipment and water.
RUSSIA: Has sent 138 emergency workers, a mobile air hospital, and doctors and five transport planes to deliver aid.
SENEGAL: $1 million in aid. President Abdoulaye Wade has said he would give a region of Senegal to Haitians wishing to move to Africa. He argued that because Haiti was settled by African slaves they are owed a right of return. The eccentric proposal was met with criticism by many who say the government is not even able to house its own people.
SERBIA: $100,000 in aid.
SIERRA LEONE: $100,000 in aid. The government has also offered to send police, soldiers and medical teams.
SLOVENIA: $70,000 in aid, and has sent tents worth $98,000.
SOUTH AFRICA: $135,000 in aid, and has sent a search-and-rescue team and plans to send forensic experts to help identify bodies.
SOUTH KOREA: $10 million in aid from government, aid agencies, religious groups and business companies, plus relief workers.
SPAIN: $8.56 million in emergency aid disbursed, sending 450 troops, 50 doctors, technicians and specialists.
SRI LANKA: $25,000 in aid and 2,200 pounds (1,000 kilograms) of tea for the victims.
SWEDEN: $25.6 million to organizations working in Haiti, including the U.N. and E.U.
TAIWAN: $5 million in aid. Dispatched a team of 23 rescue personnel and 33 medical staff.
THAILAND: $120,000 in aid; 20,000 tons (18,000 metric tons) of rice.
UNITED STATES: $130 million in aid, according to USAID. Has sent about 12,000 military personnel so far, 265 government medical personnel, 18 Navy and Coast Guard ships, 49 helicopters and seven cargo planes to assist in aid delivery, support and evacuations. Is managing operations at the Port-au-Prince airport.
VENEZUELA: 679 tons (616 metric tons) of food and 127 tons (116 metric tons) of equipment, including water purification systems, electrical generators and heavy equipment for moving rubble. 225,000 barrels of diesel fuel and gasoline is on its way, and the Venezuela-led Bolivarian Alternative trade bloc also sent two ships carrying 5,248 tons (4,761 metric tons) of food aid. Search and rescue team.
INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: $200 million pledged.
WORLD BANK: $100 million pledged.
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: More than 250,000 ready-to-eat rations delivered. More than 10 million to arrive within the next week.
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Dominican Republic - 11.4 million - aren't they on the same island? I can't imagine that they wouldn't have had some effects from the earthquake also, but instead of being on the news for needing aid, they are giving it out. I think it says a lot about the Dominican Republic and also about Haiti (at least their building codes)
Dominican Republic - 11.4 million - aren't they on the same island? I can't imagine that they wouldn't have had some effects from the earthquake also, but instead of being on the news for needing aid, they are giving it out. I think it says a lot about the Dominican Republic and also about Haiti (at least their building codes)
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