Humanitarian Aid to Pakistan IDPs as announced by Hillary Clinton

May 20th, 2009 by Kashif Aziz ( 1,011 Views )

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Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, announced a package of $110 million in humanitarian aid from the State Department and Defense Department to help Internally Displaced Persons in Pakistan.

Here is the break down:

$20 million from the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance to provide family relief kits, tents, FM radios, and generators that will provide light and water.
$26 million for the immediate purchase of wheat, other food, and related items from local sources.
$17 million from Food for Progress for 50,000 tons of wheat arriving in May and June.
$10 million to respond to forthcoming emergency appeals by the United Nations.
$15 million for shipments of food items such as lentils, dried peas, and other basic foodstuffs.
$12 million for an emergency response center for direct humanitarian needs.

In addition, there is $10 million from US Department of Defence:

$10 million to be used water trucks, halal food, and large tents with environmental units, such as air conditioning, for hot weather.

Source: The White House

Also check the extensive resource page to support Internally Displaced Persons from Swat Crisis

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4 Responses to “Humanitarian Aid to Pakistan IDPs as announced by Hillary Clinton”

1

HMS Nerd
May 21st, 2009 01:42 GMT
Swat is being called the next Rwanda, unless things can be turned around quickly: http://www.newsy.com/videos/ussendsaidforpakistanirefugees

The basics of the situation and the U.S. aid package are lain out quite nicely in the video above. One issue that needs clarification, though, is what sorts of guarantees about counter-insurgency campaigns the U.S. is going to require for additional aid distribution?
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Shakir Lakhani
May 21st, 2009 09:42 GMT
“They came to Pakistan via Afghanistan which is financing them.” And Afghanistan recently got a billion dollars from India to do just that!
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Shakir Lakhani
May 21st, 2009 09:47 GMT
You forgot the 10% (11 million dollars) which will eventually land up in Swiss bank accounts!
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Ashraf Ali
June 8th, 2009 21:13 GMT
R/sir,

i m idp in peshawar pakistan, i was working as a medical represntative in mingora based. with surge laboratories pakistan ltd.
since last month, me my wife and 4 years daughter are spending very crucial life in school camp Hayat abad peshawar,
i m n tenssion about my daughter life, and future,
i want support from any where
Thanking you.
Ashraf Ali

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