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FACTBOX-Aid for Pakistan, key details
11 Oct 2005 06:18:22 GMT
Source: Reuters
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(Adds Australia and Singapore) Oct 11 (Reuters) - Donor countries are rushing doctors, helicopters, food, tents and sniffer dogs to Pakistan as the true scale of last weekend's earthquake becomes clear. More than 20,000 have been killed but that is likely to rise with many people still buried under rubble. Hundreds of thousands have been left homeless and international donors have announced millions of dollars in emergency aid. Here are some key details. * An eight-member U.N. team has began coordinating relief in the worst-hit areas. * The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said aid trucks were being sent from Peshawar to the badly affected Mansehra district in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province. * The Asian Development Bank said it would offer $10 million, reallocated from existing projects, for immediate assistance for the worst-affected areas of Pakistan. * The International Red Cross said it aimed to provide emergency food and shelter to 120,000 vulnerable people stranded in the freezing autumn conditions. * NATO prepared to offer troops, aircraft and humanitarian aid to Pakistan. Some 50 German troops have already been sent from NATO's peacekeeping force in neighbouring Afghanistan. AROUND THE WORLD: * President George W. Bush offered American helicopters and an initial $50 million in emergency aid funds. Several transport aircraft have already sent relief supplies, heavy equipment and a humanitarian coordination team and further flights are due to arrive on Tuesday. A disaster assistance response team is also being sent to help relief coordination. * Japan has pledged $20 million in grant aid and is also considering sending helicopters and troops. This is in addition to rescue teams and equipment worth 25 million yen ($218,900) already pledged. * The European Union has aid workers on the ground in Pakistan and has allocated 3.6 million euros ($4.4 million) in initial aid. * In the Arab world, Kuwait donated $100 million and the United Arab Emirates pledged $100 million for quake relief; Yemen said it would send two aid planes. * South Korea said it would provide $3 million in aid and send rescue workers to Pakistan. * A 46-member search and rescue team including 18 medical officers from Malaysia was due to leave for Pakistan. Malaysia also pledged $1 million in aid. * Australia lifted its aid contribution to A$10 million ($7.6 million), which would be used to buy medical supplies, field hospitals, water containers and purification tablets. * Pakistan said Russia, the United Arab Emirates and Spain had sent sniffer dogs, while specialist rescue teams had been sent by Britain, France, China and Turkey. * Germany and the Netherlands also sent help, while Hong Kong's richest tycoon Li Ka-shing said he would donate $500,000. * Britain has already sent two rescue teams to the area and the Department for International Development said it had pledged one million pounds ($1.7 million), which would be increased. * Singapore pledged $200,000 and dispatched a 44-member disaster rescue team, while Sri Lanka, a major victim of the Asian tsunami, offered $100,000 in assistance. * Thailand has also donated $100,000 and offered 50 doctors and nurses, while the Philippine National Red Cross has offered to send a team of doctors and engineers. * South Africa said it was sending 18 doctors, 10 paramedics, and 30 tonnes of aid. (For more news about emergency relief visit Reuters AlertNet http://www.alertnet.org email: alertnet@reuters.com. +44 207 542 9484)
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