Tuesday, September 06, 2005

A look at Katrina Aid from Other Countries

 (AP) Dozens of nations are offering Hurricane Katrina aid.
Here are some of the offers:
-- AUSTRALIA: $8 million to American Red Cross.
-- AUSTRIA: Water pumps, plastic sheets, cots.
-- BANGLADESH: $1 million.
-- BELGIUM: Medical, logistics, civil engineering and diving teams, pumps, generators.
-- BRITAIN: 500,000 ration packs, medical experts, search gear, marine engineers, high-volume pumps.
-- CANADA: Three navy ships, coast guard vessel, Sea King helicopters, about 1,000 personnel.
-- CHINA: $5 million.
-- CUBA: 1,100 doctors.
-- CZECH REPUBLIC: Rescue teams, field hospital, pumps, water processing equipment.
-- DENMARK: Water purification units.
-- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Rescue workers, doctors and nurses.
-- EL SALVADOR: 100 soldiers, including medical personnel and engineers.
-- FRANCE: 300 tents, 980 cots, 60 generators, three water purification units, 30 pumps.
-- GERMANY: 70,000 ration packs, medical supplies, vaccination teams, water purification equipment, medical evacuation aircraft.
-- GREECE: Two cruise ships to house homeless.
-- GUATEMALA: 80 specialists from army, health and interior departments.
-- HONDURAS: 134-member medical and search team.
-- INDIA: $5 million to American Red Cross, medical teams.
-- INDONESIA: 45 doctors and 155 other staff, 10,000 blankets.
-- ISRAEL: Doctors, trauma experts, other medical staff, field hospital.
-- ITALY: 300 cots, 300 blankets, 600 sheets, pump, first-aid kits, baby food.
-- JAPAN: $1 million, tents, blankets, power generators, portable water tanks.
-- KOSOVO: $500,000.
-- KUWAIT: $500 million worth of oil and other goods.
-- LATVIA: Disaster team, financial aid, blankets, bottled water.
-- LITHUANIA: Rescue teams, meals, building materials.
-- LUXEMBOURG: Two jeeps, 1,000 cots, 2,000 blankets.
-- MEXICO: Navy ship with food, amphibious vehicles, helicopters, medical team; 15 army vehicles carrying food, health workers, water-treatment equipment, mobile kitchens.
-- THE NETHERLANDS: Three giant water pumps, frigate with water, medicine, helicopters and beds.
-- NEW ZEALAND: $1.4 million, search team, victim identification team.
-- NICARAGUA: Flooding and sanitation experts.
-- NORWAY: Navy divers, 10,000 blankets, unspecified financial aid.
-- PAKISTAN: Doctors and paramedics.
-- PANAMA: 120,000 pounds of bananas.
-- PERU: 80 to 100 doctors.
-- THE PHILIPPINES: 25-man relief team.
-- PORTUGAL: Loan of 2 percent of strategic oil reserve -- 500,000 barrels of oil.
-- QATAR: $100 million.
-- ROMANIA: Two medical teams.
-- RUSSIA: Three transport planes with generators, food, tents, blankets, drinking water, medical supplies.
-- SINGAPORE: Three CH-47 transport helicopters and 38 soldiers based in Texas flying supply and airlift missions.
-- SLOVAKIA: Water purification gear, cots, water.
-- SLOVENIA: Cots, bedding, first aid kits.
-- SOUTH KOREA: $30 million, search team, relief supplies.
-- SPAIN: Firefighters and equipment, medical staff, tents, cots, blankets, water treatment units, heating equipment, seals, water, generators.
-- SRI LANKA: $25,000 to American Red Cross.
-- SWEDEN: First aid kits, blankets, meals, generators, plastic sheeting, two water purification units.
-- SWITZERLAND: 50 tons of supplies.
-- TAIWAN: $2 million.
-- THAILAND: At least 60 doctors and nurses, rice.
-- URUGUAY: Two mobile water purification units, two tons of powdered milk.
-- VENEZUELA: 1 million barrels of gasoline, $5 million in cash, water purification plants, 50 tons of canned food and water.
-- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Tents, clothing, food, other aid.

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