Asian earthquake and tsunamis - What we are doing
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- Situation report 4 February 2005
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- Humanitarian Strategy in response to the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami
Friday 28 January 2005
Wednesday 26 January 2005
Monday 24 January 2005
Friday 21 January 2005
Wednesday 19 January 2005
Tuesday 18 January 2005
- International Development Minister, Gareth Thomas attends the start of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, Japan
Monday 17 January 2005
Friday 14 January 2005
Thursday 13 January 2005
- Three DFID funded Super Puma helicopters have arrived in Subang, Malaysia (the UN’s Regional Logistics Hub), where the UN will deploy the helicopters to meet existing needs.
Wednesday 12 January 2005
- Situation Report 12 January 2005
- Situation Report 12 January 2005 at 16:00 hrs
- A DFID flight carrying 5 Land Rovers left East Midlands Airport for Jakarta, Indonesia, to supply the Office of the UN Security Coordinator (UNSECOORD) activities in the region.
Tuesday 11 January 2005
- The Secretary of State, Hilary Benn, today announced a UK commitment of £40 million to the United Nations Flash Appeal for urgent humanitarian assistance in the region. The appeal - which will cover the period to the end of June 2005 - will help meet immediate needs for shelter, food, health, water and sanitation, as well as economic recovery and rebuilding damaged infrastructure
- The HIC (Humanitarian Information Centre), which is a mobile office containing maps, computers, vehicles and electrical generating equipment for OCHA (UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs) has arrived in Banda Aceh
- Situation Report 11 January 2005
Monday 10 January 2005
- Prime Minister announces increase in financial aid for Tsunami hit area. Total UK assistance to the region now, £75 million. Statement by the Prime Minister Tony Blair to the House of Commons
- A DFID chartered flight left from East Midlands Airport carrying Oxfam aid (393 packages of water filtration equipment) for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- A DFID chartered flight carrying Christian Aid relief equipment ( 3 vehicles, pumps, a generator and emergency food rations ) left from Billund Airport, Denmark, for Medan, Indonesia.
- Situation Report 10 January 2005
Sunday 09 January 2005
Saturday 08 January 2005
Secretary of State Hilary Benn visits Amapara and Batticoala in Sri Lanka. Whilst in Batticoala, he meets families affected by the disaster, visits a centre for displaced people and has meetings with local government officials, MPs, UN agencies and other donors. He also visits crews from HMS Chatham and RFA Diligence who are helping with the relief effort. Hilary Benn visits Sri Lanka.
DFID approves £1 million for the International Organisation for Migration for logistics, transport, storage and distribution of relief items throughout the tsunami affected region.
DFID approves £484,163 for HelpAge International for health, water, food, non-food items for 30,000 people in India and 10,000 people in Sri Lanka.
- DFID chartered flight from Cologne takes more tents to the region.
- RAF flights carry UN relief goods from Brindisi depot (Italy) over the weekend.
MoD Operation Garron.
Friday 07 January 2005
- The Secretary of State for International Development, Hilary Benn, travels from Indonesia to Sri Lanka as part of his visit to the areas affected by the tsunami.
- International Development Minister, Gareth Thomas, attended the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council, in Brussels, which was attended by Development, Foreign Affairs and Health ministers of the European Union member states.
- Total DFID spending committed to date is £26.4 Million.
- Situation report 07 January 2005 at 14.00 hrs
- DFID approves £3.5 Million for World Food Programme:
- £2 Million to provide food aid to Indonesia
- £0.5 Million for Sri Lanka
- £1 Million for Special Operations (Logistics)
- UK Chancellor Gordon Brown unveils an agreement to freeze debt repayments from countries affected by the tsunami which could save debtor countries about $5bn (£2.6bn).
- A DFID chartered flight carrying Christian Aid relief equipment ( 5 vehicles, tents, tarpaulins and water purification equipment ) left from Oslo Airport for Medan, Indonesia.
Thursday 06 January 2005
- International Development Secretary, Hilary Benn witnesses the devastation in Banda Aceh. Hilary Benn interviewed on the Today programme.
- An IL 76 aircraft chartered by the DFID left from Nottingham East Midlands Airport bound for Kuala Lumpur, from where shipment will be arranged to Banda Aceh and Medan. The plane carries a mobile humanitarian centre for use by
- Situation report 06 January 2005 at 14.00 hrs
Wednesday 05 January 2005
- DC8 aircraft arrives in the Maldives carrying 40 tonnes of water and collapsible plastic jerry cans.
- DFID approves £4,000,000 for UNICEF for water and sanitation activities in Indonesia, the Maldives, India and Sri Lanka.
- Christian Aid was one of the first British agencies to submit a proposal to DFID and to transfer the money to India.
- Situation report 05 January 2005 at 14.00 hrs
- Situation report 05 January 2005
Tuesday 04 January 2005
- Secretary of state announces that Sri Lanka will be added to the list of countries for the new multilateral debt relief initiative announced by the Chancellor in September 2004
- DFID approves £1,500,000 for the International Committee of the Red Cross for the provision of health, water and sanitation, logistics, food, non-food items and tracing of missing persons in Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
- DFID approves £897,000 for The Mentor Initiative for malaria and dengue fever prevention in Aceh.
- Secretary of State leaves the UK to visit Banda Aceh and Sri Lanka
- Situation report 04 January 2005
Monday 03 January 2005
- HMS Chatham arrives in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- DFID chartered flight leaves from Brindisi Airport (Italy) carrying 40 tonnes of World Vision aid (tarpaulins, blankets, cooksets, jerrycans and water systems) to Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- A DFID funded DC8 aircraft left for Maldives carrying over 40 tonnes of water (donated by Scottish Water and Strathmore Water) and colllapsible plastic jerry cans (donated by Scottish Water). It is due to arrive on Wednesday morning.
- Situation report 03 January 2005
Sunday 02 January 2005
- Press Release - UK to airlift further 45 tones of water and supplies to Maldives
- 'We've an obligation to help survivors' - Hilary Benn interviewed in The Observer newspaper.
- IHP flight carrying supplies (vehicles, electrical lighting, generators and water purification tablets from DFID stockpile) arrives in Banda Aceh.
- Situation report 02 January 2005
Saturday 01 January 2005
- DFID flight carrying emergency kits arrives in Jakarta. C17 flight leaves Denmark for Indonesia with vehicles, electrical lighting, generators and water purification units from DFID stockpile.
- Hilary Benn interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
- Situation report 01 January 2005
Friday 31 December 2004
- DFID offers to assist the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) in transporting any items purchased from the Tsunami Earthquake Appeal to affected people in Asia.
- The Royal Fleet Auxiliary and the frigate HMS Chatham have been directed into the disaster zone, and are expected to arrive on 4th January. The ships' precise destination will be determined by a recce team leaving for the area today, but is likely to be either Sri Lanka or the Maldives. No 10 statement on Ministry of Defence assistance
- Situation report 31 December 2004 at 07.00hrs
Thursday 30 December 2004
- DFID announces an additional £35 million for the victims of the earthquake, bringing the total to £50 million. Among the first allocations so far is £2 million to the International Federation of the Red Cross.
- A DFID airlift of medical supplies leaves Amsterdam and is due to land in Indonesia on 1 January. DFID is providing ten emergency health kits that each provide basic medical supplies for 10,000 people for three months.
- Comment on the Indian ocean earthquakes and tsunamis by Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for International Development in the Yorkshire Post
- Situation report 30 December 2004 at 07.00 hrs
Wednesday 29 December 2004
- A team of 3 DFID humanitarian advisers are deployed to Indonesia to support the DFID Office
- DFID announces £15 million of aid to help the victims of the Asian earthquake.
- DFID brokers First Choice flight from Manchester to the Maldives carrying Scottish Water bottles to people in need of fresh water.
- DFID chartered flight leaves from East Midlands airport carrying Oxfam aid (40 tonnes of water equipment) to Colombo, Sri Lanka and then on to Medan, Indonesia.
- Situation report 29 December 2004 at 06.00 hrs
- Situation report 29 December 2004 at 19.00 hrs
Tuesday 28 December 2004
- DFID completes the purchase of 20,000 tarpaulins, 4,500 cooking sets, 40,000 sleeping mats, 5,000 water cans that will be dispatched to the region as soon as possible.
Monday 27 December 2004
- DFID despatches an aircraft with plastic sheeting and tents to Sri Lanka. Total value of contribution £250,000.00.
- DFID provides $100,000 (£55,000 (approx)) to the World Health Organisation to facilitate the mobilisation of assessment and response teams.
- DFID provides further £400,000 to Save the Children Fund for their response in Sri Lanka.
- DFID provides a further £400,000 to Christian Aid for their response in India.
Sunday 26 December 2004
A series of earthquakes hit southern Asia on Sunday at around 0800 hrs local time, setting off a tsunami that has reaches Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India, and Thailand.
- DFID staff hear within an hour of earthquake hitting and mobilise emergency unit.
- DFID immediately provided team members for two UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination Teams.
- DFID despatches own assessment team to Sri Lanka.
Related links
- How you can help
- Disasters and Emergencies
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- Ministry of
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- BBC news
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