America’s friends abroad, and even some of its foes, have responded to the horrific destruction to the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina by pledging money and sending supplies to assist the recovery effort. Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates lead the pack, offering $100 million each. A touching $25,000 was pledged by tsunami-ravaged Sri Lanka. And Iran offered 20 million barrels of oil—if the United States lifts its sanctions. FP offers a complete breakdown of the kind (and sometimes surprising) generosity of more than 50 countries around the world.
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| Afghanistan | $ 100,000 | | | Albania | Pledged $ 300,000 | | | Argentina | | 6 disaster relief & rescue coordinators, 4 bilingual mental health experts | | Armenia | $ 200,000 | | | Australia | $ 7.6 million | | | Austria | | Water pumps, plastic sheets, cots; an Austrian Red Cross team is in Houston to set up a communication network | | Azerbaijan | $ 500,000 | | | Bahamas | $ 50,000 for victims | Additional aid to Bahamian citizens in stricken areas | | Bahrain | $ 5 million | | | Bangladesh | $ 1 million | | | Belgium | | Medical and logistics support, civil engineering, diving teams, pumps, generators | | Bolivia | | Pledged 5 civil defense officers to work with Mississippi National Guard | | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Pledged $ 76,362 | | | Britain | | 400,000 ready-to-eat meals, medical experts, search-and-rescue gear, marine engineers, high-volume pumps | | Brunei | $1 million | | | Cambodia | Pledged $ 20,000 | | | Cameroon | $ 450,000 | | | Canada | Pledged $5 million to Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund | 3 Navy ships, a Coast Guard vessel, several Sea King helicopters, and about 1,000 personnel, including divers to help clear waterways and inspect damaged levees. | | Chile | | Pledged sheets and blankets, diapers, and bandages | | China | $ 5.1 million to survivors | 1000 tents, 600 generators, bedsheets | | Colombia | | Offered rescue and paramedic teams, 4 mental health experts | | Cuba | | 1,100 doctors (turned down) | | Cyprus | $ 50,000 | | | Czech Republic | | 24,000 blankets, 600 camp beds, 14 large tents, rescue teams, a field hospital, pumps and water processing equipment, as well as transport planes | | Denmark | | 50,000 blankets, 3,500 first-aid kits, water purification units, and personnel | | Djibouti | $ 50,000 | | | Dominica | | Police to help patrol disaster zone | | Dominican Republic | $ 50,000 | Offered rescue workers, doctors, and nurses | | Egypt | | 6,000 blankets and relief supplies | | El Salvador | | 100 Army troops, including medical personnel, and engineers | | Ethiopia | Pledged $ 100,000 to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund | | | Equitorial Guinea | $ 1.5 million | | | Finland | | 3 logistics specialists and a search-and-rescue team, offered sheets, tarps, first-aid kits, and pillow covers | | France | Pledged $1 million in private donations | 300 tents, 980 cots, 60 generators, 3 water purification units, 30 water pumps, offered aircraft and 2 ships with helicopters, disaster unit with 20 soldiers, civil defense detachment of 35 people | | Gabon | $ 500,000 | | | Germany | | 70,000 meals, medical supplies, vaccination teams, water purification equipment, medical evacuation aircraft, and crisis management experts | | Ghana | $ 15,000 | | | Greece | | 2 cruise ships to house homeless, 2,000 face and body towels, relief supplies, and rescue crews | | Georgia | $ 50,000 | | | Guatemala | | 80 specialists from Army, health, and interior departments | | Guinea | Pledged $ 500,000 | | | Honduras | | 134-member medical and rescue brigade; mayor of capital, Tengucigalpa, offers a similar group | | Hungary | $ 5,000 | | | Iceland | Pledged $ 500,000 to Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund | | | India | $ 5 million | 22-ton shipment of supplies (tarps, blankets, personal-hygiene kits and sheets), medical teams with experience in waterborne diseases, offer to set up water purification plants | | Indonesia | Pledged $ 25,000 | Medical team of 45 doctors and 155 other staff, 10,000 blankets | | Iraq | $ 1 million | | | Ireland | $ 1 million | | | Israel | | Sending medical team, offering hundreds of doctors, trauma experts, and other medical staff, as well as a field hospital | | Italy | | 300 cots, 300 blankets, 600 sheets, a water pump, 6 life rafts, 11,200 chlorine tablets, first-aid kits, and baby food | | Japan | $ 200,000 cash, $ 1.5 million in private donations | | | Kenya | $ 100,000 to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund | | | Kosovo | $ 500,000 | | | Kuwait | $ 100 million | $ 400 million in oil | | Laos | $ 25,000 | | | Latvia | | A disaster-relief team, financial aid, blankets, bottled water | | Liberia | Pledged $ 100,000 | | | Lithuania | Pledged 10,000 EU | Rescue teams, meals, building materials | | Luxembourg | | 2 jeeps, 1,000 cots, 2,000 blankets | | Macedonia | Pledged $ 300,000 | | | Malaysia | $ 1 million via Red Cross | | | Maldives | $ 25,000 | | | Malta | Pledged $ 12,000 | | | Marshall Islands | $ 10,000 | | | Mauritania | $ 200,000 from the American-Mauritanian Business Council | | | Mexico | Government set up bank accounts to collect donations, which reached $ 1 million so far | 45 truckloads of supplies, health brigades, water-treatment plants, mobile kitchens with capacity to feed 7,000 people a day, search-and-rescue team, Navy ship carrying food, amphibious vehicles, helicopters, and a medical team. | | Mongolia | Pledged $ 50,000 | | | Morocco | Pledged $ 500,000 | | | Namibia | | Pledged $ 100,000 worth of canned fish | | Nepal | Pledged $ 25,000 | | | The Netherlands | | A frigate with water, medicine, helicopters, and beds; offered 3 giant water pumps, expertise in dike and water engineering, and forensic identification help | | New Zealand | $ 1.4 million | Offered to send an urban search-and-rescue team, a disaster vistim identification team, or recovery personnel | | Nicaragua | | Flooding and sanitation experts | | Nigeria | Pledged $ 1 million | | | Norway | $ 1.54 million | 12,000 blankets, Navy divers, first-aid kits | | Organization of Amercan States | $ 25,000 | | | Palau | Pledged $ 50,000, another $ 50,000 from donor drive | | | Palestinian Authority | $ 10,000 via Red Cross | | | Pakistan | $ 1 million | Doctors and paramedics | | Panama | | nearly 120,000 pounds of bananas (turned down) | | Papua New Guinea | $ 10,000 | | | Peru | | 80 to 100 doctors with expertise in tropical diseases and disasters; U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld requested Peru instead send medical supplies; Peru will try to comply. | | The Philippines | Philippine Red Cross donating $ 25,000 | Government offers 25-person relief team | | Portugal | | Lending 2 percent of its strategic oil reserve, equivalent to 500,000 barrels of oil | | Qatar | Pledged $ 100 million in humanitarian assistance | | | Romania | | 2 teams of medical experts, tents | | Russia | | 3 transport planes with generators, food, tents, tents, blankets, drinking water, and medical supplies. | | Rwanda | Pledged $ 100,000 | | | Samoa | Pledged $ 10,000 | | | Sao Tome and Principe | Pledged $ 18,000 | | | Saudi Arabia | Pledged $ 100 million from Aramco, $250,000 from Agfund, $5 million via Red Cross | Offers to increase oil production to replace shortfalls caused by Katrina | | Senegal | Pledged $ 100,000 | | | Singapore | | 3 CH-47 transport helicopters and 38 soldiers | | Slovak Republic | | Water purification gear, cots, water, 25,000 blankets, 500 camp beds, 1,000 first-aid kits, more than 20,000 fluid ounces of liquid soap | | Slovenia | | 780 blankets, 250 camp beds, 250 mattresses, 2,000 first-aid kits | | South Korea | $ 30 million in government and civilian assistance | Sending search team and relief supplies | | Spain | | Firefighters and equipment, medical staff, search-and-rescue expertise, tents, ctos, blankets, water treatment units, heating equipment, meals, water, generators | | Sri Lanka | $ 25,000 | | | Sweden | | Telecommunication equipment and technicians, first-aid kits, blankets, meals, generators, plastic sheeting, 2 water purification units and instructors, aircraft ready for immediate employment | | Switzerland | | Blankets, 50 tons of aid supplies, 2 logistics experts from the Swiss agency for Development and Cooperation, 2 doctors and 2 water specialists | | Taiwan | $ 2 million | Medical Supplies | | Thailand | | At least 60 doctors and nurses, supplies of rice, pledged 3 tons of canned corn | | Togo | Pledged $ 100,000 | | | Trinidad & Tobago | Pledged $ 2 million | Local Red Cross sending 10-15 relief workers | | Tunisia | | Blankets, sheets, relief supplies | | Turkey | Pledged $ 1.5 million via Red Cross | | | Uruguay | | 2 mobile water purification units and 2 tons of powdered milk | | United Arab Emirates | $ 100 million | Tents, clothing, and food | | Uganda | Pledged $ 200,000 | | | Ukraine | Pledged $ 2 million covering transport for Dutch water pumps | | | Venezuela | Pledged up to $ 1 million | | | Vietnam | Pledged $100,000 | | | Yemen | Pledged $100,000 | |
Sources: Department of State, Associated Press, www.reliefweb.int
For omissions, corrections, or updates, contact Elizabeth Hallinan at
EHallinan@CarnegieEndowment.org.
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