So That The World and Filipino People May Know: (UPDATED POST: November 12, 2013 as of 11:27 PM yesterday) 30 COUNTRIES has pledged to assist the Philippines as it struggles to address the devastation caused by super Typhoon Yolanda (international codename: Haiyan). 1. Australia Php164 million (A$4 million) to the United Nations Flash Appeal; Php123 million (A$3 million) to be provided through Australian non-government organizations and their partners on the ground for immediate life-saving assistance Php41 million (A$1 million) for the urgent deployment of an Australian medical assistance team Php41 million (A$1 million) for non-food items such as tarpaulins, sleeping mats, mosquito nets, water containers and health and hygiene kits to assist families affected by this disaster; and Php41 million (A$1 million) to be provided to the Australian and Philippine Red Cross to support response efforts. Php15.5 million in emergency supplies through the Philippine Red Cross and the United Nations Population Fund.), medical team, emergency supplies 2. Belgium 35 experienced doctors and nurses Field hospital Mobile water treatment unit Relief goods 3. Canada CAD$5 million pledge CAD$30 thousand to International Federation of the Red Cross In-kind donations 4. China US$ 100thousand to Red Cross 5. Denmark DKK10 million (US$2 million) through UN OCHA 6. Finland 2 motor boats fro rescue operations EUR1 million through Finnish Red Cross to supply 9,500 vaccines and medical packages 7. France 10 tons of humanitarian goods (to arrive in Cebu on Nov 13) to be received by Red Cross 2 French civil security experts to assist in relief efforts 8. Germany In-kind donations Medics Rapid response team (RRT) Search and rescue personnel EUR500 thousand approved for release German government studying possibility of additional EUR1 million German Federal Agency for Technical Relief sent a search and rescue team 9. Hungary Medics Rapid response team (RRT) Search and rescue personnel Search dogs 10. Indonesia C130 aircrafts bringing relief goods worth US$1 million Naval asset US$1 million financial aid 11. Israel 200 Israeli doctors, nurses, and paramedics on board two 747 planes Rapid response team (RRT) Search and rescue personnel Israeli Foreign Ministry and Defense Personnel Mobile hospital setup 12. Japan 25 Medics, Rapid response team (RRT), and search and rescue personnel US$10 million financial aid JPY60 million (US$607,000) worth of relief goods 13. Luxembourg 4 rescue experts as part of UNOCHAs International Humanitarian Partnerhip Team 2 emergency experts (1 deployed with Swedish team, 1 deployed with Danish team) EUR 400,000 allocated to Luxembourgs humanitarian partners 14. Malaysia Military Medics Rapid response team (RRT) Search and rescue personnel Blankets, medicine 15. Netherlands EUR2 million pledge via Red Cross and UNOCHA in addition to EUR50,000 initially released to Red Cross 16. New Zealand NZ$2 million through Red Cross and other agencies 17. Norway NOK20 million via UNOCHA and Red Cross 18. Russia Hospital plane (Ilyushian 76 Soviet aircraft) loaded with humaniarian goods and medical team 19. Saudi Arabia US$ 100,000 in relief 20. Singapore Civil Defense Force to assist UN office in coordinating humanitarian activities SGD200,000 in financial aid 21. Spain Two planes loaded with relief goods Team to assist in humanitarian activities 22. South KoreaUS$5 million worth of assistance Disaster relief team on board C130 planes 23. Sweden Aid (unspecified amount) through UNOCHA 24. Taiwan US$200,000 in financial aid 2 planes loaded with relief goods and supplies (15 tons) Pledge: 90 tons of relief goods in the coming days 25. Turkey 1 plane loaded with relief goods - tents, blankets, kitchen sets Search and rescue personnel 26. United Arab Emirates US$10 million worth of assistance 27. United Kingdom Php 1 billion pesos (over £14 million) for humanitarian response which includes: Using the Department for International Development’s Rapid Response Facility so partners on the ground can provide crucial humanitarian aid for up to 500,000 people including temporary shelter and access to clean water; Provision of urgently-needed shelter items such as plastic sheeting, and household items like kitchen sets and blankets from the stockpile of humanitarian items at the UK’s warehouse in Dubai; An additional team of four humanitarian experts to join the three advisers already in country, helping to co-ordinate the international response, plus equipment to support them. Royal Navy and Royal Air force to assist to the relief efforts Navy warship and a Boeing C-17 freighter: The Royal Navy has a warship, HMS Daring, in Singapore and it will make straight for the Philippines. In consultation and cooperation with the Philippine government and international partners, HMS Daring and her crew would be able to provide humanitarian assistance, helicopter lift from one on-board Lynx and engineering and first-aid expertise. The Type 45 destroyer also carries equipment to make drinking water from seawater. The first C-17 flight could take place in the next few days. Aid flights from the UK to Cebu in the eastern Philippines to deliver forklift trucks, cutting equipment, 4x4s and other kit to help clear and re-open runways and roads. The delivery of life-saving supplies through Rapid Response Facility partner agencies such as temporary shelters, blankets and water purification tablets to 300,000 people Household goods to allow the safe treatment and storage of water and to help prevent the spread of disease. These includes buckets, water purification tablets, soap and sanitary items. 12 emergency medical staff - 3 emergency physicians, 2 orthopedic surgeons, 1 plastic surgeon, 2 accident and emergency nurses, 1 theater nurse, 2 anaesthetists, 1 physiotherapist 28. United States US$20 million in humanitarian aid following their earlier donation of US$100,000 for health, water, and sanitation support. Deployment of ships and aircrafts Two medical teams - Mammoth and Rubicon Rapid response team (RRT) Search and rescue personnel US Military support (communication, logistical equipment, maritime and airborne search and rescue, medium-heavy helicopter lift support, fixed wing lift support) Air craft carrier USS George Washington carrying 5,000 sailors and other Navy ships are being sent to the Philippines to help in the relief efforts State Department also is cooperating with the Philippines Typhoon Disaster Relief Fund established by The mGive Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit organization, to coordinate donations via mobile phones to benefit victims of the typhoon U.S. government is organizing emergency shipments of critically needed material to provide shelter to the hundreds of thousands of Filipinos driven from their homes by this unprecedented typhoon and also organizing emergency shipments of food and hygiene supplies to thousands of families. Two C130s (already in PH) and Osprey aircraft 29. Vatican City US$150,000 which will be distributed through the local Church in the areas worst hit by the tragedy to support aid operations for displaced people. 30. Vietnam US$100,000 in financial aid Source: Rappler
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 05:24:11 +0000