A round up of the aid pledges to the Philippines

Reuters Alert Net has a com­plete break­down of all of the pledges in aid that have been promised to the Philip­pines. The United Nations asked the inter­na­tional com­mu­nity for 75 mil­lion dol­lars to aid the typhoon hit coun­try. Only 17 mil­lion has been pledged so far.

Our snip­pet only con­tains some of the “big” coun­tries, a com­plete list can be found here.

EUROPEAN UNION

- The Euro­pean Union and some member-states, includ­ing Spain, France, Ger­many and Switzer­land, have con­tributed a total of $5.6 million.

UNITED NATIONS

The World Food Pro­gramme has com­mit­ted to deliver about $500,000 worth of rice and brought in 3 heli­copters and 7 boats to help deliver food and relief mate­ri­als to flooded areas.

The World Health Organ­i­sa­tion has promised $42,000 in relief funds while UNICEF has ini­tially pro­vided $226,350 in food and relief materials.

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

- $3 mil­lion in cash donation

UNITED STATES

- $100,000 in relief efforts. Jerry cans and hygiene kits worth $400,000 were being brought by char­tered flight last week. The U.S. mil­i­tary has deployed two ships, 11 heavy-lift heli­copters and engi­neer­ing equip­ment to help in the clean up effort.

CHINA

- $140,000 in dona­tions, includ­ing con­tri­bu­tions from Huawei Corporation.

JAPAN

- $220,000 worth of relief goods, includ­ing thou­sands of blan­kets and sleep­ing bags, waters tanks and water purifiers.


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