, Oct. 2, 2009

List Of Countries That Have Sent Aid To Indonesia

List Of Countries That Have Sent Aid To Help Indonesia Cope With Sumatra Earthquake

(AP)  List of donors and the aid material they have sent or pledged to Indonesia to help it cope with Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude earthquake on Sumatra island.

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UNITED STATES: Emergency aid worth $300,000. It has also pledged $3 million, a Hercules transport aircraft and crew.

EUROPEAN UNION: Aid worth 3 million euros ($4.35 million).

GERMANY: Emergency aid worth 1 million euros ($1.45 million).

SOUTH KOREA: A 43-person search and rescue team and $500,000 in aid.

CHINA: Emergency aid worth $500,000. China's Red Cross has also provided $50,000.

AUSTRALIA: A team of 10 army engineers and a 36-member civilian search and rescue team. A Navy ship equipped with a hospital and a helicopter, which can deliver aid to more inaccessible areas, will sail for Padang in coming days.

JAPAN: A team of 60 search and rescue workers and 23 medical personnel. It will also provide emergency goods such as tents, sleeping mats, blankets and power generators.

SINGAPORE: Has pledged $50,000 worth of emergency relief supplies, including temporary shelters, blankets and medicine. It has also sent a 42-member Civil Defense Force search, rescue contingent and three helicopters.

RUSSIA: Two aircraft, logistical supplies, medical supplies, doctors, nurses, and a search and rescue team with sniffer dogs.

QATAR: An aircraft, search and rescue team, logistical supplies.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: A 56-member search and rescue team, medical supplies, heavy equipment.

DENMARK: A six-man crew and camp material.

SWITZERLAND: A search and rescue team.

BRITAIN: Humanitarian experts to assess the scale of the earthquake damage.



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by armyoftwelve October 3, 2009 9:04 PM EDT
What, no money from the Saudis, Iran or the sultan of Brunei???

Cheap mutha's...Maybe its time to take a break from funding terror and deal with the real needs of your fellow man.
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