Newsgroup: it.politica
Titolo: Continuing Support For Tsunami Relief

Gli USA per i paesi colpiti dallo Tsunami.
President Bush on February 9, 2005, announced that he is seeking $950 million as part of the supplemental request to support the
rehabilitation and reconstruction of areas devastated by the Indian Ocean Tsunami and to cover the costs of the U.S. government's
relief efforts to date. This amount, which is part of the supplemental appropriations request, is an expansion of his initial
commitment of $350 million and is based on the information available and the assessments to date.
The $950 million tsunami supplemental will include estimated allocations for the following activities:
$339 million for reconstruction of infrastructure, such as the construction of roads, schools, and water distribution systems;
$168 million to help victims transition back to their communities, including food aid, shelter, housing reconstruction, education,
and programs that help victims recover and get back to work;
A total of $35 million for early warning and disaster mitigation efforts -- $23 million to improve the international and U.S.
tsunami early warning system, and $12 million to enhance tsunami early warning and disaster mitigation in the affected countries;
$62 million for good governance and technical assistance for planning reconstruction activities and the costs of U.S. government
agency operations in the region; and
$346 million to replenish costs incurred by the United States Agencies for International Development (USAID) and the Defense
Department for provision of immediate relief.
The supplemental may fund debt deferment for tsunami affected countries, if necessary.
Relief Efforts To Date:
To date, the United States has committed $350 million in emergency relief assistance - which will be replenished in the supplemental
to enable the United States to respond to future emergencies. This is in addition to operational costs incurred by the Department of
Defense.
Relief resources have been focused on emergency food assistance, provision of relief supplies, shelter, water and sanitation,
health, education, cash for work, livelihoods recovery, psychological and social support, protecting women and children from
human-trafficking, logistics and coordination, and debris clean-up.
When the earthquake hit, USAID immediately worked to mobilize staff to respond to the humanitarian needs in the affected countries.
At the height of the relief effort, more than 150 USAID personnel, including Disaster Assistance experts, were on the ground in
Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the Maldives, and the Seychelles conducting assessments of affected areas, managing U.S.
civilian response, participating in the overall coordination of relief and reconstruction activities, apprising funding requests,
and recommending appropriate U.S. Government relief efforts.
The United States, through USAID, has funded debris clean-up and other community rehabilitation projects in the relief phase
benefiting more than 344,000 people through cash-for-work projects and temporary shelter for more than 165,000 people in Indonesia,
Sri Lanka, and India.
USAID has also funded water and sanitation activities in the emergency phase benefiting more than 885,000 people in Indonesia, Sri
Lanka, India, and the Maldives.
USAID provided 21,220 metric tons for the first four months of World Food Program (WFP) operations, contributing to WFP's
beneficiary total of 1.4 million tsunami victims.
The Defense Department brought into action military assets to support relief operations in Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and the
Maldives. The Defense Department has been providing vital supplies and logistics to the humanitarian effort since December 30.
At the height of the DOD humanitarian support activities, there were nearly 16,000 U.S. military personnel in the region focused on
this effort.
There were 26 ships, 58 helicopters, and 43 fixed wing aircraft.
DOD delivered over 10 million pounds of food and supplies and provided well over 400,000 gallons of fresh water.
To date, DOD has treated almost 2,500 patients.


L' Unione delle Comunità Israelitiche italiane devolverà gran parte dell' 8
per mille dato loro dai contribuenti italiani per la  costruzione di sei
centri materno infantili nello Sri-Lanka.
Luciana Cencioni

 Gli USA per i paesi colpiti dallo Tsunami.
uau!
E di Arafat che dopo l'11 settembre era stato ripreso mentre donava il
sangue per gli USA cosa ne pensi? Era sempre il capo dei terroristi o
per te li è diventato buono?

 Gli USA per i paesi colpiti dallo Tsunami.
uau!
E di Arafat che dopo l'11 settembre era stato ripreso mentre donava il
sangue per gli USA cosa ne pensi?
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Non č morto poco dopo ? Ehhhh il destino.
Arafat con tutto il sangue altrui che ha sulla coscienza, nemmeno se si fosse dissanguato avrebbe rimediato alle sue colpe terrene.
Clas