International Aid Contributions
| By THE IRRAWADDY | Wednesday, May 7, 2008 |
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Foreign governments and international aid agencies have now pledged more than US $30 million in humanitarian aid and technical support to Burma in the wake of the destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis.
The Burmese military government has accepted the offers of international relief, but, according to the aid agencies, is simultaneously frustrating efforts by placing travel restrictions and bureaucratic conditions on the aid groups, slowing down their ability to work effectively.
The following are the foreign government contributions to the Burmese government and United Nations. The UN, in turn, distributes the cash to aid agencies such as World Vision, the Red Cross, Médecins Sans Frontières and the World Food Programme, which is then converted into emergency aid, medical care and supplies to directly assist the victims of the cyclone in Burma.
UNITED KINGDOM: $10 million for emergency relief efforts.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: $3 million for fast-track humanitarian aid.
UNITED STATES: $3 million through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), from an initial $250,000 in emergency aid.
AUSTRALIA: US $25 million in emergency aid to UN, with an extra $900,000 to aid agencies to provide shelter, water purification and food.
NORWAY: $2 million in aid.
CANADA: Nearly $2 million distributed among the UN, International Red Cross and the World Food Program.
INDONESIA: $1 million to UN, plus food, medicines and other humanitarian aid.
SPAIN: $775,000 to the World Food Program for Burma.
GERMANY: $775,000 to German aid organizations to provide shelter, drinking water and mosquito nets.
CHINA: $500,000 in cash, plus supplies such as tents, blankets and food.
NEW ZEALAND: $394,000 direct to UN.
FRANCE: $320,000 in aid.
GREECE: $300,000, plus an airlift of supplies.
JAPAN: $267,570 in emergency aid and supplies to UN.
SINGAPORE: $200,000 in humanitarian assistance, plus an offer to send rescue and medical teams.
THAILAND: $100,000 direct to Burmese government, plus airlifts of food and medicine.
SOUTH KOREA: $2.1 million in material aid, including tents, medicines and water-purifying chemicals.
CZECH REPUBLIC: An initial $165,000 in aid, followed by an additional $165,000.
SRI LANKA: $25,000 direct to Burmese government.
SWEDEN: Has pledged generators and other emergency equipment.
INDIA: Two naval ships containing food, tents, blankets, clothing and medicine sent to Rangoon. Two aircraft carriers with supplies to leave for Burma on Wednesday.
The Burmese military government has accepted the offers of international relief, but, according to the aid agencies, is simultaneously frustrating efforts by placing travel restrictions and bureaucratic conditions on the aid groups, slowing down their ability to work effectively.
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| Indian soldiers load relief supplies for Burma onto a transport aircraft at the airport in New Delhi. (Photo: Reuters) |
UNITED KINGDOM: $10 million for emergency relief efforts.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: $3 million for fast-track humanitarian aid.
UNITED STATES: $3 million through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), from an initial $250,000 in emergency aid.
AUSTRALIA: US $25 million in emergency aid to UN, with an extra $900,000 to aid agencies to provide shelter, water purification and food.
NORWAY: $2 million in aid.
CANADA: Nearly $2 million distributed among the UN, International Red Cross and the World Food Program.
INDONESIA: $1 million to UN, plus food, medicines and other humanitarian aid.
SPAIN: $775,000 to the World Food Program for Burma.
GERMANY: $775,000 to German aid organizations to provide shelter, drinking water and mosquito nets.
CHINA: $500,000 in cash, plus supplies such as tents, blankets and food.
NEW ZEALAND: $394,000 direct to UN.
FRANCE: $320,000 in aid.
GREECE: $300,000, plus an airlift of supplies.
JAPAN: $267,570 in emergency aid and supplies to UN.
SINGAPORE: $200,000 in humanitarian assistance, plus an offer to send rescue and medical teams.
THAILAND: $100,000 direct to Burmese government, plus airlifts of food and medicine.
SOUTH KOREA: $2.1 million in material aid, including tents, medicines and water-purifying chemicals.
CZECH REPUBLIC: An initial $165,000 in aid, followed by an additional $165,000.
SRI LANKA: $25,000 direct to Burmese government.
SWEDEN: Has pledged generators and other emergency equipment.
INDIA: Two naval ships containing food, tents, blankets, clothing and medicine sent to Rangoon. Two aircraft carriers with supplies to leave for Burma on Wednesday.
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