(Photo hat tip to Gallia Watch)
(Hat tip to Gates of Vienna for this news item from the Sydney Morning Herald)
The Sydney Morning Herald has published this list of countries who are helping the relief effort in Haiti or pledging aid.
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World Bank
$US100 million ($108.2 million).
International Monetary Fund
$US100 million.
European Commission
€3 million ($4.7 million).
World Food Program
15,000 tonnes of food.
Medicins sans Frontieres
Inflatable field hospital, including two operating theatres, 100 beds, medical staff.
International Red Cross
40 tonnes of medical supplies.
US
$US100 million.
Washington is sending ships, helicopters, planes, rescue teams, a floating hospital and more than 5000 troops.
The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier was to arrive later in the day with destroyers and more Coast Guard ships were en route and 5000 troops on standby.
Australia
$10 million.
Japan
$US5 million.
China
50 Chinese soldiers, who brought three sniffer dogs with them, and a rescue team, plus 20 tonnes of aid.
Canada
Willing to match its citizens’ donations up to a combined total of $C100 million ($105 million). Ottawa also readied two warships, helicopters and planes with supplies, as well as a large relief and rescue force. Rescue team and relief supplies.
Britain
Close to $US10 million, rescue team and relief supplies.
France
Two teams of firefighters with trained dogs, rescue team and relief supplies.
Belgium
Rescue team and relief supplies.
Germany
Rescue team and relief supplies.
Italy
Rescue team and relief supplies.
The Netherlands
Rescue team and relief supplies.
Portugal
Rescue team and relief supplies
Poland
Rescue team and relief supplies.
Russia
Rescue team and relief supplies.
Spain
Rescue team and relief supplies.
Switzerland
Rescue team and relief supplies.
Cuba
30 doctors.
Brazil
$US10 million.
Dominican Republic
Rescue team.
Venezuela
Rescue team.
Chile
Promised help.
Colombia
Promised help.
Guatemala
Promised help.
Mexico
Promised help.
Peru
Promised help.
Taiwan
Offered aid.
South Korea
Offered aid.
New Zealand
Offered aid.
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I see that many of our adversaries are demanding that the US send aid to Haiti. We are. Once again, the US is leading the way. Our people are already on the ground-including our military. While many countries talk-we act. It was the same thing during the southeastern Asian tsunami. Everybody was talking and holding meetings. We were there.
The next time you go overseas, never be ashamed to say you are an American.
While your major point is valid - that the U.S. is on the forefront of helping the people of Haiti, I think that this list is missing some info.
ReplyDeleteI don't have it front of me, but in my local paper yesterday I specifically remember some of the countries on that list having donated money and aid. (Like Germany for instance - I specifically remember a dollar amount.)
Lance,
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that changes every day and that more countries will join in. I heard today that a Brazilian rescue team has already saved a woman.