**Just yesterday USAID signed a $120 million 5-year contract with a construction firm to help with rebuilding hospitals, healthcare facilities, ect. **
370,000 people in the affected areas received relief commodities through a vast airlift of urgently needed relief supplies beginning within 24 hours of the earthquake. USAID completed 25 flights of emergency relief commodities that delivered 97,725 blankets; 1,570 winterized tents; 8,050 rolls of plastic sheeting for shelter for 36,672 families; 15,000 water containers; 17 water bladders and two purification units; 10 WHO emergency health kits; 20 concrete cutting saws; and 136 shelters donated by Alaska Structures.
5,912 relief operations were flown by U.S. military and government helicopters. With the roads across the region blocked by rubble, these sorties delivered 14,322 tons of relief supplies and transported 19,638 people, including over 4,547 needing medical attention.
35,000 people received emergency medical treatment— and another 20,000 were inoculated at U.S. military hospitals in Muzaffarabad and Shinkiari, helping prevent severe outbreaks of disease. In March 2006, at the conclusion of relief operations, the U.S. Army donated to Pakistan its last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), the site of over 400 operations and emergency care for 20,000 patients during the relief effort.
*]1,000 tons of relief supplies and 107 pieces of heavy engineering equipment were delivered in a coordinated effort involving seven U.S. military vessels. Separately, a U.S. Navy construction battalion completed a dozen projects, clearing over 50,000 cubic yards of debris and building 85 temporary shelters, many of which were used for schools. http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/south_asia_quake/
Re: U.S. Aid delivered to Pakistan for earthquake effort nears $500 million
^ who is the 'we' you are talking about. easy to refuse aid while hiding behind a computer in your comfortable surroundings. I dont think the ppl affected would be refusing aid and the generosity of ppl and nations trying to help.
Re: U.S. Aid delivered to Pakistan for earthquake effort nears $500 million
Smurf, When was the last time US bombed pakistan? Bhaijaan, khuda ka khoof karo.... people affected by the quake need help urgently and this aid is needed and very much appreciated. Please take your hate glasses off.
Re: U.S. Aid delivered to Pakistan for earthquake effort nears $500 million
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I don't hate America or Americans, they have sexy accents, a cool modern cosmopolitan culture not stuck in past tradition/roots (all that bollocks) and I heard Florida has lovely weather which is a big deal for us sun starved Brits but I only hate their goverment due to it's foreign policies and I use to think combat gear looks cool but the sight of somebody dressed like a marine now turns my stomach..
Re: U.S. Aid delivered to Pakistan for earthquake effort nears $500 million
It is indeed a great gesture by America. People in that region badly need help, I have read most of them do not have the basic necesities to carry on with their lives. This money and effort will go a long way in restoring not only the image of America in that region but also strenghten the bond between Pakistan and U.S.