U.S. Army Sgt. Kornelia Rachwal gives a young Pakistani girl a drink of water as they are airlifted from Muzaffarabad to Islamabad, Pakistan, aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter on the 19 October (photo: Air Force Tech. Sgt. Mike Buytas)

In the international response to the 2005 Kashmir earthquake many countries, international organizations and non-governmental organizations offered relief aid to the affected regions. The aid given was in the form of monetary donations and pledges, as well as relief supplies including food, medical supplies, tents and blankets. Rescue and relief workers were sent from different parts of the world to the region and they brought along rescue equipment, including helicopters and rescue dogs. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 581 pixel Image in higher resolution (1280 × 929 pixel, file size: 590 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Edited version: noise reduced. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 581 pixel Image in higher resolution (1280 × 929 pixel, file size: 590 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Edited version: noise reduced. ... The Kashmir earthquake (also known as the South Asia earthquake or Pakistan earthquake) of 2005 was a major earthquake whose epicenter was the Pakistan-administered disputed region of Kashmir. ... A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors, each rotor consisting of two or more rotor blades. ... Rescue dogs are dogs like Bernese Mountain Dogs, Newfoundlands, and Saint Bernards. ...

Africa

•  Tunisia - The Tunisian government has sent a C-130 plane with 14 tons of relief supplies, including food, blankets and medical supplies to Pakistan.

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Asia

•  Afghanistan - The Afghan government sent four rescue helicopters from its nascent air force, as well as a fixed-wing plane loaded with four tons of medicine and army medical personnel, to help with disaster relief in the hardest-hit areas of Kashmir. The country also pledged USD 500,000 in aid. The Afghan Red Crescent Society has also announced that it will donate 20 tons of dried food and send teams of medical personnel.

•  Cambodia – The Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has pledged USD 60,000 dollars in assistance. [1]

•  People's Republic of China - The government of the People's Republic of China, offered emergency aid worth USD 6.2 million (PKR 370.14 M) to help earthquake victims in Pakistan. [2] A 49-member international rescue team and the first batch of rescue materials were sent to Pakistan on October 9, 2005. [3] USD 1 million in cash was sent out on October 10, 2005. A rescue team with sniffer dogs is now up and running. [4] [5]

•  Hong Kong - The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has approved a grant of HK$ 3.5 million from the Disaster Relief Fund to World Vision Hong Kong to undertake relief projects. The Government has procured and is arranging to air-freight 20 tons of relief supply, including tents and blankets, to Pakistan. [6]

•  India - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offers quake assistance to Pakistan. Indian and Pakistani High Commissioners are in touch regarding cooperation in relief work. India has sent 25 tonnes of relief material to Pakistan including food, blankets and medicine. Big Indian companies such as Infosys have offered aid up to $226,000. On October 12, an Ilyushin-76 cargo plane ferried across seven truckloads (about 82 tons) of army medicines, 15,000 blankets and 50 tents and returned to New Delhi. A senior airforce official also stated that they had been asked by the Indian government to be ready to fly out another similar consignment. [7] On October 14, India dispatched the second consignment to relief material to Pakistan, by train through the Wagah Border. The consignment includes 5,000 blankets, 370 tents, 5 tons of plastic sheets and 12 tons of medicine. The third consignment is of medicine and relief material is being readied and will be sent shortly, also by train.[8]. India also pledged $25 million as aid to Pakistan. [9]

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•  Indonesia - Indonesia is sending a C-130 Hercules aircraft with a medical team, medicine and various emergency materials to Pakistan. The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) is also ready to send humanitarian relief and a special team. [10] [11]

•  Iran - Iran has dispatched foodstuff, blankets, tents and medicine through two aircraft. [12]

•  Israel - Israel offered aid to Pakistan and India immediately following the earthquake; Pakistan has recently accepted this aid on the condition that the aid be channeled through a third-party organization such as the United Nations. The nature of the aid has not yet been determined. [13] [14]

•  Jordan – Prince Rashid bin Al Hassan, chief of the Jordanian Relief Agencies arrived in Pakistan on October 11, bringing with him a 50-bed mobile hospital to be deployed in Rawalkot. [15]

•  Japan - Japan is providing experts and equipment for rescue operations. On October 11, Japan pledged a further USD 20 million dollars and stated that it was ready to dispatch dozens of troops and several transport helicopters to aid relief efforts. A statement by the Japanese Defense Ministry clarified on October 12, that they would be sending approximately 290 troops and three helicopters to help with the relief work in Pakistan. [16] [17] [18]

•  Kuwait - The Kuwaiti government announced a USD 100 million in aid to Pakistan. Half of the aid package will be offered in the form of relief assistance, while the other half (approximately USD 51 million) will be used to repair damaged infrastructure. [19]

•  Malaysia - Malaysia has dispatched a search-and-rescue team to quake-ravaged Pakistan and USD 1 million (MYR 3.8 million) to its government. The Malaysian team comprises 50 men from various agencies and non-governmental organisations, including the National Security Division, Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART), Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Malaysian Red Crescent Society and Mercy Malaysia. [20]

•  Nepal – Nepal has offered USD 50,000 dollars in relief to Pakistan. [21]

•  Pakistan - In late 2006, a staggering $20 billion development scheme was mooted by Pakistan for reconstruction and rehabilitation of the earth-quake hit zones in Azad Kashmir. [22] A land use plan for Muzaffarabad city had been prepared by Japan International Cooperation Agency.

•  Qatar - A spokesman for the Qatari foreign ministry said that the country was also willing to give humanitarian assistance to Pakistan.

•  Saudi Arabia - Saudi King Abdullah has announced an emergency aid package worth 133 million dollars for Pakistan. [23] As of Oct 15, 2005 this is the largest single donation by any country for Kashmir Earthquake 2005. Earlier, Saudi King Abdullah ordered the rapid establishment of an airlift of doctors, medicine, tents and emergency supplies to the affected region. [24]
  Saudi Arabia is one of the largest contributors to the earthquake relief efforts. The Saudi public has also made a big contribution to helping victims of the earthquake, on the call of Saudi government. The Saudi government went one step further by institutionalizing this assistance in the form of Saudi Public Assistance for Pakistan Earthquake victims (SPAPEV).

•  Singapore - (Main article: Singaporean response to 2005 Kashmir earthquake). Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, on behalf of the people of Singapore, expressed his deepest condolences and sympathies to the families of the victims. The Singapore Civil Defence Force was preparing to dispatch a 44-member Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team to help Pakistan's relief and rescue operations. Another two medical relief teams were also sent.

•  South Korea - The South Korean government sent USD 500,000 dollars along with blankets, relief food and medical supplies to Pakistan as part of their initial response. A further USD 3 million in aid was announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on October 10. [25]

•  Turkey - Turkey is sending 30 aircraft carrying medical teams to Pakistan. [26]. Furthermore, on October 20 Turkey announced a relief package of USD $150 million; financial assistance of $100 million and relief goods worth $50 million including 1 million blankets, 50,000 tonnes of flour and 25,000 tonnes of sugar. [27] The Turkish Red Crescent sent 90 health personnel to Pakistan, built tent cities and hospitals. The Turkish Red Crescent has also started building a new tent city that will provide shelter for 70,000 people. [28]

•  United Arab Emirates - The total monetary commitment so far is USD 100 million. [29] United Arab Emirates President Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, has ordered the immediate dispatch of humanitarian aid to the region and rescue teams. The Dubai police have also begun to leave for Pakistan.

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Europe

•  Norway - Norway is providing some NOK 240 million ($38 million) in aid. [30]

•  Belgium - Belgian Federal Government allocates EUR 250,000 (PKR 18 million) and Flemish Government EUR 125,000 (PKR 9 million) for equipment and relief assistance in Pakistan and India. A 5 people strong rescue team has been sent and 22 people of the special B-fast rescue team, departed for the region on October 11, 2005. The main purpose of the B-fast team is to set up a field hospital for performing basic operations. [31]

•  Czech Republic - The prime minister Jiří Paroubek announced on TV, that the Czech Republic will provide the victims with CZK 25 million (PKR 61 million). [32]

•  Denmark - The Danish Government initially granted DKK 10 million (PKR 97 million) in aid, but has since offered two additional grants of DKK 20 million each, making the total aid DKK 50 million (PKR 485 million). [33]

•  Estonia - Estonia sent a 18-member medical disaster relief team to the northern Pakistan city Batagram. The team worked there for two weeks, during which they built up a hospital tent complex, which was the main facility in the city for medical assistance [34]

•  Finland - Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland will allocate EUR 1 million to support the joint field hospital of Finnish and Norwegian Red Cross organizations. The hospital staff includes 20 Finnish medical workers, who will leave for Pakistan on October 12, 2005 and October 13, 2005. Finland also donated 1.000 tents capable of housing 15.000 individuals. [35] [36]

•  France - France is continuing its efforts to assist the earthquake victims in Pakistan. After sending many rescue teams with dogs and equipment for rescue operations, French aid to Pakistan was, in November 2005, reaching 10.5 million euros. In addition to this, once must also consider France's contribution to EU programs and the generous contributions to various NGOs and private companies mobilized in France and in the stricken region since the first day of the quake. [37] On the night of the earthquake, French authorities rushed 25 civil security personnel, 20 rescuers accompanied by dogs and specialized search and rescue material, 41 SAMU (France's emergency medical agency) personnel, and 18 military doctors along with relief materials. [38]

•  Germany - Germany has sent a team of 15 THW experts with dogs and equipment for locating people in collapsed buildings. [39] The German Red Cross stands by with tents, water-purification equipment and mobile hospitals, to support the work of its partner organizations in the region. [40]

•  Netherlands - The Dutch department of International Co-operation promised EUR 1 million. A team of 66 rescue workers has arrived and works now in Bagh. The government added EUR 10 million, on October 11, 2005. [41]

•  Russia - Russia has sent two flights carrying rescue teams with dogs and equipment for rescue operations, and is sending a field hospital. [42]

•  Sweden - Sweden has given 196 million kronor (24,2 million dollars approximately). Sweden is prepared to assist a rescue effort lead by the UN in Pakistan according to Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Laila Freivalds. [43]

•  Switzerland - Switzerland dispatched ten disaster relief experts to Islamabad and the Swiss government pledged CHF 1 million and non-governmental organisations pledged another CHF 750,000.

•  United Kingdom - Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said that Britain was sending out 60 disaster response workers including 50 medical staff. International Development Secretary Hilary Benn announced an initial allocation of PKR 10 million, or about GBP 95,000. [44] As of mid-November 2005, Britain has pledged over GBP 100 million. [45]

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Americas

•  Canada - Canada has already offered CAD 100,000 (PKR 5 million) to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement for early needs assessment. An additional CAD 200,000 (PKR 10 million) is being provided to the Canadian High Commission in Pakistan to respond to urgent requirements, ie. housing, water, food and clothing.[46] The Minister for International Cooperation, Aileen Carroll, has also announced a pledge of CAD 20 million (PKR 1 billion)[47] , including 21 tonnes of blankets, dispatched by Canadian Forces aircraft, some of which are being routed to Pakistan from current operations in Afghanistan [48]. The Canadian government also pledged to match all public funds as well as lease two helicopters from the United Nations. A joint team of government officials has also been sent to evaluate further assistance, including the possibility of sending the Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART). [49]Also, due to the fact that many Canadians criticized their government of reacting slowly 10 months ago when the Asian tsunami hit, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin has challenged Canada by saying that his government will match whatever donations Canadians make over the next two weeks to NGOs operating in the region. On October 26, 2005, CIDA increased its funding to $57 million, including $10 million donated to the South Asia Earthquake Matching Fund and the other half to the UN and the Red Cross movement. [50]

•  Cuba – President Fidel Castro has offered, in a letter addressed to the President of Pakistan and made public by officials in Havana, to send 200 doctors to Pakistan in order to help treat the victims of the earthquake. Some 2,260 Cuban health brigadistas, more than 1,400 of them doctors, are in the area of Kashmir, where they have attended to more than 200,000 patients and saved hundreds of people in imminent danger of dying. [51] [52] [53]
  More than 1,300,442 patients have been assisted (63,0592 women, 48.5%); and more than 12,406 surgical operations have been performed in 30 mobile field hospitals. [54] The fully equipped Cuban Field Hospitals will be handed over to the Pakistani government. [55] The Cuban Government has provided 234.5 tons of medicines and disposable materials, and 275.7 tons of most leading-edge equipment. More than 300 students of medicine have taken courses in the Cuban Field Hospitals. The Cuban Government has decided to offer a wide and free medicine scholarships program for 1,000 young Pakistanis from rural communities. [56]
  The first Cuban medical team was in Pakistan on October 14, six days after the earthquake, the fast acceptance of the aid was a surprise due to the close relation of Pakistan and the US; the two countries have not even exchanged Ambassadors at that time. The leading Pakistani newspaper Dawn quoted President Musharraf as saying that "one of the most heart-warming letters of support" following the earthquake was from Fidel Castro. In his letter, Castro said that it was difficult for him to rest when thousands of Pakistanis were spending their days in pain, awaiting surgery. [57]

•  United States - The United States has announced that it will provide an initial contribution of USD 156 million (PKR 3 billion) for emergency relief in Pakistan, and teams from the United States were the first on the scene to deliver assistance. The U.S. military is also providing supplies and assistance. As of November 3, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has 933 personnel providing relief and reconstruction assistance in support of the Pakistan earthquake relief effort. Five CH-47 Chinook and three UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters are being moved into Pakistan immediately, and a C-17 Globemaster III military aircraft has already been assigned to bring blankets, tents and other relief supplies to the victims. The 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), established October 25 in Muzaffarabad, currently has 36 Intensive Care Unit beds, 60 intermediate minimal care beds, and two operating rooms. To date the MASH has performed 46 surgeries, and treated 548 non-surgical patients. Furthermore, a 23-member logistical support group is also being dispatched from McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey. The United States Agency for International Development has provided more than USD $41.8 million for relief work in Pakistan, including nine completed airlifts of relief supplies. The airlifts delivered a total of 45,000 blankets, 1,570 winterized tents, 6,150 rolls of plastic sheeting for approximately 30,750 families, 15,000 water containers, 17 water bladders, 2 water purification units, 10 WHO emergency health kits, and 20 concrete cutting saws. USAID has also committed funds to the UN, other international organizations and NGOs. On Wednesday, November 9, 2005, business leaders from GE, UPS, Pfizer, Xerox, and Citigroup met with President Bush at the White House to announce the launch of the South Asia Earthquake Relief Fund and website. [58] [59] [60] [61]

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Oceania

•  Australia - Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Bruce Billson offered condolences and said that Australia was donating AUD 500,000 (PKR 23 million) for medical and relief assistance to help provide medical help and shelter to affected communities. Since then, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has said the Government has increased its total aid pledge to AUD 5.5 million (PKR 250 million). As of the 11 October 2005, this has been extended by AUD 4.5 million (PKR 204 million), bringing its total contribution to AUD 10 million (PKR 453 million) [62] [63] [64] In a Ministerial Press Release Defence on November 9, Defence Minister Robert Hill announced an ADF deployment of about 140 personnel; comprising a command element, an aviation detachment of four Blackhawk helicopters, and logistics and communication personnel. They are to be based in Dhanni 20km north-east of Muzaffarabad, where a central medical facility will be established to support efforts in the region. The deployment will last three months with an estimated cost of AUD 20 million. [65] [66]

•  New Zealand - Caretaker Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Marian Hobbs said the government aid agency NZAID would make an initial contribution of NZD 750,000 (PKR 31 million) to the international relief effort. [67] As of the 14 October 2005, this has been extended by NZD 750,000 (PKR 31 million), bringing its total contribution to NZD 1.5 million (PKR 62 million) [68]

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Multinational organizations

• United Nations — An eight-member U.N. relief team arrived in Pakistan to aid in search-and-rescue operations, coordinate relief efforts and assess the impact of the quake. Agencies involved include the: United Nations Children's Fund, United Nations World Food Programme, United Nations Population Fund and the International Nongovernmental Organizations Forum. Supplies such as blankets, clothes, tents, food for infants and medicine were being sent to the disaster regions. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has released USD 100,000 (PKR 5 million) of emergency fund for immediate relief aid. [69]

• World Health Organization - WHO is rushing 100,000 doses of anti-tetanus globulin to Pakistan as part of their relief effort. WHO already has an extensive deployment in Pakistan's affected area. [70] [71]

• European Union — The European Commission released EUR 3.6 million (PKR 260 million) on 9 October. Funds are being made available to partner humanitarian organisations through ECHO, the humanitarian aid department of the European Commission. [72]

• Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) — Secretary general Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu expressed immense shock and sadness at the tragedy and conveyed his "profound and sincere condolences to the government and the brotherly people of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan". He strongly appealed to all OIC member states and the international community, to expeditiously extend all possible humanitarian assistance and support to the Government and people of Pakistan, to overcome the impact of this tragedy. [73]

• World Bank Group - On October 9, the World Bank committed USD $20 million for recovery in Pakistan. This amount was raised to $40 million on October 11. A further $100 million is offered to build "designed houses" in Northern Pakistan and Kashmir area. [74] [75] [76]

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Non-governmental organizations

• Direct Relief International - Through October 31, 2006, Direct Relief has provided 1.5 million courses of treatment of specifically requested medicines, supplies, and equipment, along with $1.1 million in cash grants to 12 clinics, hospitals, and organizations, to the relief effort, and continues to provide ongoing programmatic support to its partners. [77]

• Oxfam - An emergency assessment and response team was dispatched to the region. A coordinator said that the "initial needs appear to be tents, blankets, medical kits, food aid, water and trauma counseling for those affected." [78]

• The International Rescue Corps are deploying a specialist Urban Search and Rescue team of 14 volunteers to Pakistan as part of the wider UK response. [79]

• Red Crescent - Emergency assessment and response teams are being deployed in all parts of the affected region. [80] A team of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reached Muzaffarabad on October 10. Further teams deployed in Uri and Jammu with the Indian Red Cross Society. The ICRC has set up a website to facilitate the contact between relatives and friends unable to get in touch with each other. [81]

• The Salvation Army - Is mobilizing some truckloads of relief supplies. [82]

• SOS Children have reported that despite the destruction of their Children’s Village in Muzaffarabad all of the children in their care are believed safe. They have announced an emergency relief program in Jammu and Kashmir. [83]

• The Minhaj Welfare Foundation has been active in Pakistan over a decade. At the time of the earthquake they established tent villages with supplies and full medical facilities. [84]

• The Edhi Foundation has been active in Pakistan for two decades. They are providing food, clothes, blankets and medicine to those affected by the disaster. [85]

• The World Islamic Mission Welfare Trust - are sending out phases of doctors to the area, including both General Physicians and Surgeons with tens of thousands of pounds worth of medicine. They are also setting up various dispensaries within affected areas, as well as collaborating with hospitals within the area to take airlifted injured survivors. Rehabilitaion will become the main focus after the immediate phase has paased. [86]

• SPO - Provided relief aid and medical goods at the Lady Reading and Khyber Hospitals, in Peshawar. Till date, goods worth 850 000 Rs. have been sent. [87]

• DEMIRA Deutsche Minenraeumer e.V. deployed an emergency team to Balakot district only hours after the earthquake. In cooperation with the Pakistan army DEMIRA set up a medical facility in the valley of Ghanool providing the hard-hit mountain communities with lifesaving triage and air ambulance.

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New Approach

The chief architects of the response Jan Vandemoortele, Andrew MacLeod, General Farooq Khan and General Nadeem Ahmed used an experimental model of coordination for the 'quake response known as 'Cluster Approach' based on a series of recommendations made during a full review of humanitarian operation conducted through 2005. Whilst it was a new and untried method. the 'Cluster Approach' is now used as a model for global disaster management. Andrew MacLeod, United Nations Disaster Coordination Specialist Andrew Michael MacLeod (born 29 November 1966 in Melbourne, Australia) is an emergency management officer, who most notably served as the Chief of Operations for the United Nations Emergency Coordination Centre in response to the 2005 Pakistan earthquake. ...

• Cluster Approach - Official UN site

Estimate of financial aid

On November 19, 2005 it was estimated that the international community as a whole pledged about 5.8 billion USD. [88] is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Earthquake Jolts Corporate Responsibility