Yolanda (Typhoon Haiyan): Aid, donations from intl community FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 1. Australia P530 million (A$13 million) to the United Nations Flash Appeal; P530 million (A$13 million) to be provided through Australian non-government organizations and their partners on the ground for immediate life-saving assistance P82 million (A$2 million) for the urgent deployment of an Australian medical assistance team P41 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 P41 million (A$1 million) to be provided to the Australian and Philippine Red Cross to support response efforts. Two Royal Australian Air Force aircraft, a C-17A Globemaster and a C-130J Hercules, have already deployed to the Philippines to assist the relief effort. Both arrived in the Philippines overnight, transporting Australian doctors, nurses, paramedics, other medical specialists, and ADF logistic support staff. The C-130J will transfer the medical personnel and equipment from Cebu to Tacloban The AusMAT arrived on an ADF C17 flight from Darwin, Australia on Wednesday and will begin work in the coming days. It includes 12 doctors, 14 nurses, three paramedics, a radiographer, a pharmacist and six logisticians. ADF has also assigned an additional RAAF C-130J Hercules and stands ready to deploy a second C-17A Globemaster if required The Royal Australian Navy ship, HMAS Tobruk, has also been made available to support the relief and recovery effort if required. HMAS Tobruk has heavy lift capability, on board accommodation and ability to support helicopter and landing craft operations 2. Belgium 35 experienced doctors and nurses Field hospital Mobile water treatment unit Relief goods 3. Cambodia Pledge of US$100,000 4. Canada CAD$5 million pledge CAD$30 thousand to International Federation of the Red Cross Canada launched a matching fund: All the funds raised by Canadian citizens and NGOs that are for Yolanda victims, the Government will match it “effectively doubling their contribution.” Canada is deploying its Disaster Assistance and Response Team (DART) – comprised approximately of more than one hundred Canadian Forces personnel ready to be deployed quickly to help support international relief operations in the disaster area A Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft carrying personnel and equipment deploying as part of the DART has arrived in Iloilo City - Nov 13. In-kind donations Canada will prioritize the processing of immigration applications on request from Filipinos who are significantly and personally affected by Typhoon Yolanda 5. China US$100,000 to Red Cross Additional US$100,000 financial aid P73.2 million worth of relief materials such as blankets and tents Ready to provide more relief assistance and help in post-disaster rebuilding process. (Chinese Embassy, Manila) 6. Czech Republic CZK4 million pledge for humanitarian assistance 7. Denmark DKK10 million (US$2 million) through UN OCHA 8. Finland 2 motor boats fro rescue operations EUR1 million through Finnish Red Cross to supply 9,500 vaccines and medical packages 9. 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 Action Internationale contre la Faim (AICF) - 16 civil security officers French Governments Crisis Center - 2 officers 40 French firefighters 100 tons of equipment - including water purification systems, materials for shelter, and medical kits. 10. Germany In-kind donations Medics Rapid response team (RRT) Search and rescue personnel EUR500 thousand approved for release Additional EUR1 million pledge Additional EUR3 million German government studying possibility of additional EUR1 million German Federal Agency for Technical Relief sent a search and rescue team 11. Hungary Medics Rapid response team (RRT) Search and rescue personnel Search dogs 12. India Plane with relief goods 13. Indonesia C130 aircrafts bringing relief goods worth US$1 million Naval asset US$1 million financial aid 14. Ireland EUR1.5 million emergency funding announced by Irish Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore on November 10 15. 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 16. Italy Participating in a humanitarian flight leaving out of Dubai with goods (tents, blankets, water bottles, and purifiers) valued at EUR350,000 EUR300,000 additional contribution to the World Food Programmes emergency food assistance plan EUR350,000 donation coursed through Red Cross 17. Japan US$52.1 million worth of aid composed of: Emergency grant aid US$30 milllion Emergency relief goods worth US$0.6 million Assistance through Japanese NGOs worth US$1.5 million Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction of Asian Development Bank (ADB) US$ 20 million 25 Medics, Rapid response team (RRT), and search and rescue personnel 18. Kuwait US$10 million for emergency relief through Red Crescent Society 19. 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 20. Malaysia Military Medics Rapid response team (RRT) Search and rescue personnel Blankets, medicine 21. Mexico US$1 million through Red Cross 22. The Netherlands EUR2 million pledge via Red Cross and UNOCHA in addition to EUR50,000 initially released to Red Cross 23. New Zealand NZ$2.15 million through Red Cross and other agencies Relief goods 2 C-130 planes will be in the country for 4-5 days to help in transportation 24. Norway NOK20 million via UNOCHA and Red Cross 25. Panama Pledged US$200,000 26. Qatar One plane loaded with relief goods 27. Russia Hospital plane (Ilyushian 76 Soviet aircraft) loaded with humaniarian goods and offered a medical team (EMERCOM) 28. Saudi Arabia US$ 100,000 in relief 29. Singapore Civil Defense Force to assist UN office in coordinating humanitarian activities SGD200,000 in financial aid 30. Slovakia Pledged EUR20,000 31. Slovenia Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Miroslav Lajcák donated 20,000 euros of financial humanitarian aid from his own Department’s budget 32. Spain Two planes loaded with relief goods Team to assist in humanitarian activities 33. South Korea US$5 million worth of assistance Disaster relief team on board C130 planes 34. Sweden Aid (unspecified amount) through UNOCHA 35. Switzerland Humanitarian assistance amounting to P160 million (US$3.4 million) National fund raising drive will take place in Switzerland on Nov 18. Swiss nationals are expected to raise a multi-miliion dollar donation Swiss disaster relief operations arrived in the Philippines 48 hours after Yolanda struck. 19 experts provided emergency relief in Bantayan, Cebu and in Leyte (Ormoc, Naval, Biliran) 21 tons of Swiss relief goods have arrived The Head of the Swiss Humanitarian Relief Unit, Manuel Bessler, to arrive in the Philippines on 16 November 2013 for a three day mission with visits to the disaster area and Manila 36. Taiwan US$200,000 in financial aid 2 planes loaded with relief goods and supplies (15 tons) Pledge: 99 tons of relief goods (94,534 items such as ready-to-eat instant foods, blankets and tents). Goods were airlifted to Cebu by 12 C-130 planes dispatched by the Taiwanese government. 37. Thailand US$200, 000 cash pledge Offer to send medical mission C-130 carrying relief goods 38. Turkey 1 plane loaded with relief goods - tents, blankets, kitchen sets Search and rescue personnel 39. United Arab Emirates US$10 million worth of assistance 40. United Kingdom • P 5.6 billion pesos (over £80 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 • Prime Minister David Cameron says Britain will send the helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious to the Philippines to help with relief efforts • Scotland has pledged GBP500,000. 41. United States of America 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 Agence France-Presse reports that more than 600 US military personnel are currently on the ground in the Philippines, with 6,200 sailors supporting air operations from the USS George Washington strike group. An additional 1,000 Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit are expected to arrive in approximately five days. 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 As of November 16, Agence France Presse reports that in addition to the delivery of relief supplies, US military aircraft have logged nearly 480 flight hours in 186 aircraft sorties, moved nearly 1,200 relief workers into hard-hit Tacloban city and airlifted nearly 2,900 displaced people from the affected areas to date. Over the last 24 hours, more than 118 tons of food, water and shelter items have been delivered to Tacloban, Borongan and Guiuan, the US military said. On November 18, USAID announced US$10 million additional in humanitarian aid 42. Vatican 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. 43. Vietnam US$100,000 in financial aid INTERNATIONAL GROUPS 1. Filipino - Malaysian Community MYR 3000 (US$1000) which will be sent to the Philippine National Red Cross Donations in kind Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur was able to raise P43,000 for donation to the Philippine Red Cross 2. International Committee of the Red Cross Staff on ground to assist in relief ops Relief goods 3. Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) 200 tons of aid -- medicine, tents, hygiene kits 4. European Union • Two 747s loaded with relief goods • Agence France-Presse reports that the European Union upped its contribution by $7.0 million on November 16 to US$20 million. 5. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs (UNOCHA) • US$ 25 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support life-saving efforts 6. Buednis Aktion Deutschland Hilfes CARE, Malteser International and HelpAge • Teams are already in Samar and Leyte coordinating with PH government, rescue, and relief Agencies 7. ADRA, Johanniter Unfallhilfe (German) • Search and rescue team 8. World Vision And the International Search and Rescue Team (ISAR) • 23 tons of relief aid consisting of water, food, hygiene, and medical kits 9. ISAR Germany • Medical team of up to 24 doctors and nurses to the hardest hit areas • Medical tents that can accommodate up to 1,000 persons a day 10. UNICEF • 60 tons of aid (shelters and medicine) • Water purification and sanitation equipment 11. OXFAM • Assesment team ahead of aid 12. Action Medeor • 2 tons of medical supplies sent through ISAR Germany 13. Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) • JPY1 million (approximately P500 thousand) 14. Aeon Co. Ltd. • JPY10 million (P5 million) in humanitarian assistance 15. International Labour Organization (ILO) • As part of the UN Typhoon Yolanda Action Plan, ILO will have a disaster response program focusing on employment opportunities to help rebuild the affected communities infrastructure 16. Disasters Emergency Committee, UK (DEC) • They have set up a rescue appeal that has raised GBP1.5 million (US$2.4 million) in just 15 hours since it was started. The British Monarchy, through Queen Elizabeth has promised to contribute to the appeal. 17. Arab Gulf Fund for UN Development (AGFUND) • US$100,000 18. Marubeni (Japan) • JPY15 million (P6.7 million) handed over by former Japanese Ambassador to Manila Makoto Katsura to the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo 19. Al Ain (UAE) • Relief funds amounting to P110,000 to the Philippine Red Cross 20. KGL Investment Asia (Kuwait) • US$1 million financial assistance 21. Irish Aid • 100 tons of relief goods valued at EUR510,000 (599 tents, 700 tarpaulins, 10,000 blankets, and 880 ropes) – Rappler
Posted on: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 04:19:18 +0000
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