For how to donate in each country--or to international institutions such as UNICEF, UNHCR, etc. see Floods 2010 Donating

OverviewEdit

• National Disaster Managment Authority's update of August 27, 2010 at: http://ndma.gov.pk/Documents/flood_2010/misc/Foreign_ass_for_flood.pdf
• Ministry of Economics [sic] Affairs & Statistics Updates: http://202.83.164.26/wps/portal/Moeas/!ut/p/c1/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os_hQN68AZ3dnIwML82BTAyNXTz9jE0NfQwNDE_1wkA6zeAMcwNFA388jPzdVvyA7rxwAicV1Mg!!/dl2/d1/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS9ZQnB3LzZfT0ZMTzlGSDIwT0cwRjAyRENBRDNGMzNRTjM!/?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/MoeasCL/ministry/highlights/country+wise+update+of+foreign+assistance+for+flood+affectees

UN/InternationalEdit

• ReliefWeb's Summary, part of the UN Financial Tracking System:

http://fts.unocha.org/pageloader.aspx?page=emerg-emergencyDetails&appealID=905

ChinaEdit

http://www.daily.pk/flag-raising-ceremony-marks-start-of-chinese-teams-relief-work-in-pakistan-20970/

IndiaEdit

Offered $5 Million and relief help that Government of Pakistan initially dilly-dallied about.

Saudi ArabiaEdit

$105 Million from government

$15 Million from national telethon

United StatesEdit

GovernmentEdit

Government Officials, including Foreign Ministry (State Department) and Foreign Minister (Secretary of State Hilary Clinton) actively promoting SMS donation campaign and other efforts. (see Twitter accounts @StateDept @WhiteHouse, etc.)

Military also participating in Relief efforts. See story at:

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\08\21\story_21-8-2010_pg7_16

Controversy over an Air Force base in Sindh being supposedly covertly in American control. [need stories that provide perspective rather than raw news]

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesman FACT SHEET Update: U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster September 1, 2010 http://islamabad.usembassy.gov/pr-10090101.html