Response by national governments

• Afghanistan finance minister Omar Zakhilwal handed a cheque worth $1 million to

Pakistani ambassador Mohammad Sadiq at the end of a press conference in Afghan
capital Kabul.[87]

• Argentina have sent drinkable water.[88]

• Australia announced a A$35 million aid-package,[89] as well as committing two C17

Globemaster aircraft to deliver emergency supplies and to assist relief efforts [90] and
deploying a medical task force consisting of up to 180 personnel and more than 33 tonnes
of equipment.[91]

• Austria donated 5.6 million euros to Pakistan.[92]

• Azerbaijan gave US$2 million financial assistance to help the victims and eliminate
the aftermath of the disaster.[93] The Azerbaijani embassy in Pakistan said the Azerbaijani
president, Ilham Aliyev ordered to send two Il-76 planes with a humanitarian assistance
on board to Pakistan. One of the planes delivered 40 tonnes of humanitarian cargo to
Pakistan.[94] Also the staff of Azerbaijan embassy in Pakistan also transferred its two-
days’ salary worth around $2,000 to relief fund.[95]

• Bahrain donated $2.6 million to Pakistan.[96]

• Bangladesh has pledged $2 million for relief and will also dispatch a medical team
along with material assistance including tents, blankets, water purification tablets,
mineral waters, life saving drugs and vaccines, oral saline, hygiene kit, biscuits and
packed dry food.[97]

• Belarus donated blankets, tents, canned meat, water, and medicines, all worth around
$200,000.[98]

• Belgium donated 150,000 Euro for the victims.[99]

• Brazil donated US$ 0.7 million through World Food Programme or life-saving
assistance to the affected.[100]

• Canada announced that it would donate $2 million worth of emergency aid. $750,000
are expected to be donated to the ICRC for distribution of shelter-materials and water,
sanitation and health-services, while the remainder goes to the WFP to provide much-
needed food-assistance. On 14 August the Canadian government announced an additional
$32 million Dollar in aid.[101][102] The Canadian government announced on August 22 that
it will match, dollar-for-dollar, citizen donations made to registered charities between
August 2 and September 12,[103] later extended to October 3, 2010.[104] On 14 September,
an additional $7.5 million in relief aid was announced by the Canadian government.[105]
• China has so far provided 320 million yuan (47.1 million USD) worth of humanitarian
supplies to Pakistan in four batches.[106] "As Pakistan's neighbor and all-weather friend,
China empathizes with Pakistan on the heavy casualties and property loss caused by the
natural disasters," said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu.[107] It initially
announced that it would provide emergency aid worth 10 million yuan (approx. US$ 1.48
million) to help the flood-victims.[108] The People's Liberation Army donated another 10
million yuan to Pakistan.[109] The Chinese Red Cross has also given US $50,000 in cash to
Pakistan.[109] The Chinese ambassador to Pakistan traveled to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and
expressed his condolences to those affected by the tragedy.[110][111] On 13 August, China
announced another emergency humanitarian aid worth 50 million yuan (US$7.35 million)
bringing the total official Chinese relief aid then to more than 70 million yuan(approx.
US$ 10.3 million) to the flood-affected Pakistani people.[112] A Chinese search and rescue
team arrived in the southern Pakistani city of Thatta, Sindh Province, where heavy floods
swept away hundreds of villages. The Chinese rescue team, consisting of more than 60
members, set up tents and field hospitals to provide medical services to flood victims.
The Red Cross Society of China and some of China's local governments, including
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Sichuan Province, had also offered cash and
material assistance to Pakistan. China announced another aid package of 200 million
RMB on September 6, saying it was sincere, timely and unconditional and that China
would continue to offer Pakistan support and help for the reconstruction.[106] Chinese
ambassador in Pakistan Lui Jian while meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf
Raza Gilani said that Chinese total contribution has reached 50 million dollars.[113]

• The Czech military have sent 24 flights with humanitarian aid.[114]

• Denmark has donated 63 million DKK (11M USD) in relief efforts and another 130
million DKK (22M USD) in further development aid.[115][116]

• Egypt donated medicine, medical supplies and foodstuffs.[117]

• Estonia donated 64,000 euros.[118]

• The European Union released €10 million to help Pakistan's flood victims on 11
August, as part of emergency aid to flood-stricken country.[119] By 18 August, the EU had
committed to spending €70 million (90 million dollars) on aid for victims of the floods.
[120]

• Finland government donated €1.2 million for humanitarian assistance to the flood
victims. €600,000 were channeled through the World Health Organization, €400,000
through the UNHCR and €200,000 through Finn Church Aid.[121][122]

• France donated 1.05 million euros and 35 tonnes of emergency supplies, tarpaulins,
tanks, blankets, jerry cans, kitchen sets, water purification tablets, 200 shelters and anti-
cholera medicines.[123]
• Germany initially committed €1 million for the victims, which was further increased
to €2 million on 6 August.[124] On 12 August, Germany announced a $13 million aid
package.[125] On 13 August Germany increased its aid commitment by €10 million to now
€25 million in direct help plus €43 million via contributions through international
organizations with which it is associated. In addition there have been private donations to
charities in the scale of €24 million up to 18 August.

• Greece donated €100,000.[126]

• Hong Kong has donated HK$ 3 million to World Vision for a relief project for flood
victims in Pakistan.[127]

• Iceland contributed ISK 23 million (US $190,000) to emergency aid in areas impacted
by the monsoon floods in Pakistan.[128]

• Indonesia The Government of Indonesia dispatched a cargo flight carrying

humanitarian assistance of US$1milliion for the flood victims. The relief assistance
which arrived at the Chaklala Air base by a charted cargo flight consisted of 15 tons of
emergency supplies included 4.5 tons of ready to eat meals’ packets, 3 tons of medicines,
5 tons of powdered milk for children, 4000 blankets and 4000 Sarongs.On behalf of the
Government of the Republic of Indonesia the donation of the relief goods was handed
over by the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia H.E. Mr. Ishak Latuconsina to the
State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mr. Sumsam Ali Shah Bukhari at the
Chaklala Air base on August 7, 2010.

• India, on 13 August, offered condolences and $5 million in financial aid.[129] Pakistan

accepted the offer on 20 August, a day after the meeting between Indian and Pakistani
Prime Ministers.[130] On 1 September 2010, India raised the aid amount to US$25 million.
[131]
Nearly 400 Indian medical staff have been waiting for the Pakistan government's visa
approval to help flood victims.[132] India has also already supplied the first consignment of
25 truck-loads of potato to Pakistan.[133]

• Iran had committed over 400 tonnes of relief goods; out of which 330 tonnes[134] had
already been delivered by the Iranian transport aircrafts as of 24 August 2010. These
goods included tents, floorings, clothes, canned food, bread and medical supplies. Iranian
red crescent society has also been on the ground along with Pakistan Red Crescent
Society as a part of its ongoing relief operation inside Pakistan to more than 100,000
flood vicitms. In addition to the Iranian government help Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi
Golpaygani has announced that one third of collected Khums will be donated to Pakistan
for humanitarian assistance.[135][136][137][138][139][140] Iran's chamber of commerce also donated
US $1 million to the flood affectees.[141] Iran has also offered to setup field hospitals and
community centers for flood victims in Pakistan.[142] In response to UN's appeal for help
at New York, Iran committed US $10 million towards the flood relief. In addition to this
fund, Imam Khomeini Relief Committee was directed to collect private donations from
Iranians and donate it to Pakistani government. Iranian interior minister also visited
Pakistan as the head of a humanitarian mission assessing the needs of Pakistani people in
 order to facilitate the distribution of Iranian aid to Pakistan. During the visit the Pakistani
interior minister was invited to Tehran for discussing the flood situation among other
matters, and the Pakistani minister visited Iran on 22 August 2010.[143][144][145][146][147][148]
Iranian interior minister during a meeting with Pakistani interior minister informed the
latter that Iran is the third largest donor nation in terms of delivered aid.[149] Iran has also
assured Pakistan of its continued support and aid into future.[150] In order to better supply
relief to flood victims, Iranian president Dr. Ahmadinejad would visit the flood hit areas
of Pakistan.[134] Iran has also donated 50,000 tents and has sent 500 doctors and nurses to
help with ongoing international relief operation.[151] Iran started to send an additional
1,100 tonnes of relief goods to Pakistan on 5 September 2010 as part of its ongoing relief
operation.[152] Iran is also setting up 15 relief and medical camps in every Pakistani
province each capable of holding 1,000 families.[153] On 12 September 2010, Iran
allocated an additional US $100 million for Pakistan flood relief.[154][155]

• An initial €200,000 was donated by the government of Ireland.[156] An additional

€550,000 was added on 9 August 2010.[156] Then the total was €960,000.[157] The Irish
media were critical of the country's government for providing less than half the aid it
donated to Haiti after the earthquake there.[158] €1.19 million was added on 19 August,
bringing the total at that stage to €2 million, the total given to the Haiti disaster.[158][159]
Minister for Overseas Development Peter Power, TD, said at the time that more aid
would be forthcoming from Ireland and that the country had provided a "proportionally
greater" amount than "most other European countries".[158][160] The Irish public had
provided an additional sum of more than €2.5 million by 20 August.[161]

• Israel has offered aid to Pakistan, but the officials said they have not received an
answer from Pakistan on whether or not the aid should be forwarded.[162]

• Italy provided € 1.33 million, including a humanitarian aid flight carrying emergency
supplies such as medicines, generators, water purifiers and containers.[163]

• Japan provided US$ 0.23 million for emergency relief goods, while additional
assistance of up to US$3 million has been committed for the disaster aftermath.In a press
release, Japan announced to extend the aid to 14.4 million USD (approx. 1.22 billion
JPY) in total, in the form of the provision of emergency relief goods, as well as food,
water, sanitation etc.[164] Japan is also expected to send a unit of six helicopters and some
300 SDF Troops [165]

• Jordan A plane carrying food and medical supplies left for Pakistan on 15 August. It
is carrying a 25-member medical team, including nine doctors, as well as 21,000 typhoid
and cholera vaccines.[166]

• Kosovo donated €150,000 to the Government of Pakistan's flood relief efforts.[167]

• Kuwait donated US $5 million to victims of the severe floods in Pakistan, according

to Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS).[168]
• Lebanon sent a plane to Pakistan with humanitarian aid.[169]

• Lithuania donated LTL 50,000.[170]

• Malaysia has donated $1 million to help people in flood-hit Pakistan.[171]

• Maldives collected MVR 10 million(US $1 million) for Pakistan.The people are

collecting more money.All the Maldivians broadcasting channels held a 24 hour Telethon
to help Pakistan and got MVR 1 million .[172]

• Morocco sent a plane carrying 12 tonnes of humanitarian aid.[173]

• Nepal cabinet provided cash assistance of Rs 10 million for flood victims in Pakistan.
[174]

• Netherlands donated €3.6 million euros.[175] Netherlands The population of the

Netherlands has collected more more than 17 million euros for relief aid in Pakistan.[176]

• New Zealand donated NZ$4 million towards relief efforts in Pakistan.[177]

• Nigeria also assisted Pakistan by donating US$ 1 million.[178]

• Norway facilitated relief operation by providing NOK 30 million. NOK 9 million

were given to UN Central Emergency Response Fund, and NOK 21 million were
allocated to UNICEF, Pakistan Emergency Response Fund (ERF), and Pakistan Red
Crescent Society[179]

• The Oman Charitable Organisation (OCO) send 2,336MT of aid to Pakistan,

comprising foodstuffs, water, Dates, tents, relief supplies and tools.[166]

• Palestine donated 3000 tons humanitarian supplies to Pakistan.[180]

• Qatar Red Crescent has appealed for QR 6.5 million and as part of its Ramadan
campaign allocated QR1.5 million to its humanitarian mission.[166] QATAR Charity (QC)
has started delivering food packs worth QR7 million ($2 million) in collaboration with
the World Food Programme (WFP).[181] It also plans to airlift 80 tonnes of emergency
relief items, totalling around QR 2.2 million ($600,000).[182]

• Russia have sent two Russian Il-76 cargo planes with emergency relief.[183]

• Samoa donated US$20,000.[184]

• Saudi Arabia released a statement announcing the establishment of an air-bridge to

ferry relief-supplies to Pakistan. In total Saudi Arabia has allocated US $112.3 million.
[185]
for the relief-operation. So far relief goods worth USD 40 million has been delivered
and some USD 67 million worth of relief goods are in pipeline besides USD 5.3 million
has been handed over to National Disaster Management Authority – NDMA Pakistan in
 cash. Two 100-bed mobile hospitals were also donated by the Saudi Government to the
flood victims.[186]

• Singapore donated 50 thousand US dollars, 800 water filters and 10,000 blankets.[187]

• Slovakia donated power generators, water pumps and tents.[188]

• Sri Lanka dispatched 18 metric tons of relief goods worth approx US$ 3 million to
Pakistan on a Sri Lankan Air Force C-130.[189][190][191] The Health Ministry will also send
will be in the 15 member special medical team to Pakistan.[192]

• Spain have sent out two aircraft containing 15 tonnes of aid material for the victims.
[193]

• Sweden will send eight water cleaning aggregates which together have a capacity to
support 18,000 people with clean drinking water.[194]

• Switzerland donated CHF 3 million to Pakistan.[195]

• Sudan donated 10 tonnes of food, medicine and shelter equipments as well as a

medical team including all disciplines.[196]

• Syria announced that it would send 35 tonnes of foodstuffs, medical supplies,

medicines and many other necessary materials to help flood victims.[197]

• Thailand donated $75,000.[198]

• Tunisia sent a plane with 13 tons of food products, medicine, blankets and clothes.[199]

• Turkey has donated US$ 5 million to Pakistan initially, in addition to 115 tonnes of
humanitarian aid consisting of food packages, blankets, sleeping bags and beds delivered
to Pakistan Red Crescent Society.[136][200] By 18 August, Turkey has donated more than
US$11 million and issued a rallying cry and launched a large-scale relief effort for flood-
ravaged Pakistan.[201][202]

• Turkmenistan sent about 40 tons of cargo, including food and medicines.[203]

• United Arab Emirates A fleet of Chinook helicopters was deployed to help in

evacuation, according to the commander of the UAE Armed Forces Relief Team in
Pakistan. The UAE Force in Afghanistan distributed 30MT of relief materials and food to
flooded areas of the country. The UAE also pledged to donate $ 5 million for the flood
relief operations in Pakistan.[204] A telethon campaign by the Red Crescent Authority
(RCA) raised 79 million AED ($21 million) for the flood victims. The Red Crescent also
dispatched 70 tons of essential relief supplies.[205][206]
• The United Kingdom has committed £64.3 million (US $100 million) to the relief and
recovery effort, in addition to bringing forward a £10 million bridge project to replace
some of those washed away. Interventions carried out or under way include the flying in
of 400 metric tons of aid, and providing tents, shelter kits, blankets, water containers and
nutritional interventions.[207] Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has also
acknowledged the slow international response and urged British public to donate
generously.[208] British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II has made a personal donation to the
relief effort for flood victims in Pakistan, the Queen gave an undisclosed amount via the
British Red Cross.[209] Additionally Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, described the
international response as "absolutely pitiful" on August 16.[210]

• The United States stated that it would provide 56,000 ready meals on 1 August and 2,
twelve temporary bridges and two water-filtration-plants to help the flood-victims as part
of a US$10 million aid-pledge.[211] Commenting on the floods, the United States Secretary
of State, Hillary Clinton, stated, "The Pakistani people are friends and partners, and the
United States is standing with them as the tragic human toll mounts from flooding in
northwest Pakistan."[212] Hillary Clinton personally donated $10 for flood-relief in an
effort to encourage people to donate, no matter how small the amount.[213] On 10 August,
US announced another $20 million to provide relief for the affected,[214] taking the flood
related aid from United States to US$ 55 million.[215] On 11 August, US increased its
assistance for flood-ravaged Pakistan to $ 71 million.[216] Additionally, United States
initially provided six US Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters from their duty in
Afghanistan. On 12 August, it provided two more CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters to
assist Pakistan Army in their relief efforts. The two helicopters are first of 19 helicopters
that US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has urgently ordered for Pakistan in next few
days.[217] Senator John Kerry also visited Pakistan in order to survey the damage from the
disaster, and to raise US public awareness about Pakistani relief needs.[218] On 13 August,
US increased its aid to US $84 million as USS Peleliu gets ready to dispatch more
helicopters pledged earlier by US Defense Secretary.[219] In addition to this, the United
States is providing $3 million to the World Health Organization to expand the capacity of
Pakistan's Disease Early Warning System (DEWS) and to establish the first 15 treatment
centers for water-borne illness. It is also working with the humanitarian community to
spread awareness through radio stations regarding safety precautions against water-borne
diseases.[220] On 14 August, further two CH-53E Super Stallion and a MH-53E Sea
Dragon arrived in Pakistan to work with Pakistan military in flood-affected areas.[221] On
Thursday, 20 August, the United States pledged an additional $60 million to the U.N.
flood relief effort in Pakistan, bringing its total contribution to $150 million in a move
designed to encourage other governments and private donors to boost their aid. On
Friday, 27 August, the USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) and her Amphibious Ready Group will
deploy to Pakistan to assist.[222]

• Uzbekistan has sent 300,000 dollars worth of humanitarian aid to Pakistan.[223]

• Vietnam donated 50,000 dollars.[224]

• Yemen has donated relief materials including medicine and edible oil.[225]
 • World Bank provided US$ 1.3 million to Pakistani government for relief work.[226] The
bank has additionally approved a loan of US$ 900 million for medium and long term
reconstruction.[2]

• International Monetary Fund (IMF) has also offered to discuss how to help Pakistan
manage the economic impact of the floods.[227]

• Asian Development Bank has offered a loan of 2 billion dollars for the reconstruction
efforts.[228]

• Islamic Development Bank has offered a loan of 11 million dollars for the reconstruction
efforts.[229]

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[edit] DEC and member charities

The UK based Disasters Emergency Committee, reported that as of 6 September its flood relief
appeal had raised £47 million (US $72 million).[230] As of 27 August, DEC member agencies and
their partners had reached over 800,000 people.[231] For the first time in the DEC's 45 year
history, they saw donations rise rather than fall in the second week of an appeal,[232] and they then
saw them rise again in the 3rd week.[231]

• Oxfam is currently providing clean water and hot meals to over 180,000 people. In total,
Oxfam aims to reach around 900,000 people with clean water, sanitation kits and hygiene
supplies.[233]

• Save the Children is using helicopters, donkeys and boats to deliver doctors and medical
supplies to families cut off by the water. It has sent a medical team and medicines on
donkeys in Allai, treated more than one thousand patients, and plans to distribute 800
shelter kits, including tarpaulins, jerry cans and plastic glasses, to flood-affected families.
[234]

• The Red Cross has dispatched food and shelter items for distribution by Pakistan Red
Crescent volunteers to tens of thousands of people. Additionally, it has provided
medicines and medical supplies to hospitals and health centers enabling Pakistan Red
Crescent health-care units to treat thousands of people.,[235][236]

• CARE International has provided water purification tablets, tents, family hygiene kits,
kitchen sets, tarpaulins and mosquito nets to thousands of survivors. Mobile and basic
healthcare units have provided health services to around 4,500 people.[237]
 • Islamic Relief is distributing 3,570 family hygiene kits in Nowshera and Mardan districts
benefitting 24,990 people. Also it is distributing 2,850 household kits (containing
mattresses, mosquito nets etc.) and 2,850 kitchen sets to benefit 19,950 people.[238]
Pakistani cricket star Shahid Afridi is working with the NGO in raising the aid for the
disaster.[239]

• Concern has helped 18,000 people and 6,400 people in Charsadda district have received
emergency packages.[240] Concern had raised more than €1 million in public donations
from the Irish public by 13 August 2010.[241]

• World Vision is currently providing clean water and food in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa
province and is treating people at five health clinics. The agency plans to reach 150,000
people during the first 90 days with relief items including water purification packets,
hygiene kits, tents, cooking items and food. It also aims to provide cash-for-work
activities to 1,000 people, open additional health posts, set up 20 child-friendly spaces
and 20 women-friendly spaces to provide a safe and comfortable environment for
children and women to interact with peers and receive support. World Vision plans to
expand these efforts as floodwaters recede and more communities become accessible.
[citation needed]

[edit] Other charities

• Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS), has deployed Disaster Assessment Response

Team (DART) members, Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) as well as
Search and Rescue teams to assist in coordination with AKDN helicopters with
evacuations, transport relief supplies and medial teams. In collaboration with the
Pakistani Army, FOCUS has transported 200 MT of relief goods, 126 MT of food across
Gilgit-Baltistan, Sindh, and Chitral. With the support of the Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA), FOCUS is also supplying tents, tarpaulins, water, hygiene
kits and blankets, as well as basic healthcare services, to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwah, Gilgit
Balistan, Sindh and Punjab provinces.[242]

• Humanity First, in collaboration with NCHD has dispatched over 800 tents as well as
mattresses, blankets, floor mats, buckets and shoes. Over 600 water survival boxes have
been provided in collaboration with the British Rotary charity WorldWaterWorks
Limited. HF has handed out 44 tonnes of food aid, and has assisted over 22000 people,
but the response is expected to rise. Moreover, with 31 medical camps over 5000 patients
have been seen.[243]

• MERCY Malaysia has setup two clinics in the districts of Nowshera and Charsadda, each
with a local doctor and three medical staff. It also sent a team on 12 August to support the
clinics. The NGO donated five units of ultra-filtration water systems worth US$15,000
and donated US$40,000 worth of tents, food and drinking water.[244][245]

• ICNA Relief Canada is actively providing emergency relief across the country. ICNA
Relief is running medical relief camps in 13 locations, distributing free medication and
 providing ambulance services. ICNA Relief is also providing food packages (Flour,
Sugar, Cooking Oil, Rice, Lentils, Biscuits and other basics) and shelters to the flood
victims. Tent distribution is being made to help those whose houses have been washed
away by the floods. ICNA Relief Canada has appealed to its donors for $5 million
raise."ICNA Relief Canada". http://www.icnareliefcanada.ca/.

• Muslim Charity has launched £1.5 million appeal to help the victims of floods in Pakistan
and raised £1.5 million as on 08 Sep 2010. Muslim Charity targets to benefit 150,000
people through its activities. Muslim Charity is providing food to 100,000 people for the
month of Ramadan, clean drinking water to 50,000 people, medical facilities to 30,000
people through its 18 medical camps and shelter to 8,000 people. In its second phase of
relief work; Muslim Charity targets to rebuild 500 house, 2 primary schools, 2 medical
centres and 10 mosques in Pakistan.

• Trócaire had raised around €700,000 in donations from the Irish public by 13 August
2010.[241] The organisation later said there were difficulties accessing food.[246]

• UNICEF has set up 24 medical camps in the affected areas, benefiting around one
million people.[247]

• Giving Children Hope donated medical supplies and other aid to several medical centers
in Peshawar.[248]

• Médecins Sans Frontières was in a position to respond immediately due to its long term
presence in the country. MSF has deployed 100 international and 1200 Pakistani staff to
provide medical care, particularly disease prevention, and resettlement services.[249]

[edit] Other organisations

• UN-SPIDER Pakistan’s Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission

(SUPARCO) received assistance through the SpaceAid Framework of the United Nations
Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency
Response (UN-SPIDER) during the first phase of the disaster. Through SpaceAid,
SUPARCO was able to access post and pre-disaster satellite data. This information was
used by Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and relief
organizations to assist response efforts and assess damages. Humanitarian NGOs such as
iMMAP and the Pakistan Youth Organization have been using this information for their
operations as well.[250]

• The United Methodist Church's representatives are on the ground with a project that
within the week will purify more than 3.5 million liters of drinking water and benefit
more than 73,000 people a day. The Methodist are also helping to bring food relief and
emergency shelter to tens of thousands of Pakistanis affected by the flooding.[251]

• The Pakistan Cricket Board and English Cricket Board Cricket Boards are working
together to organize a fundraiser exhibition match for the benefit of flood victims.[252][253]
 • The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) had raised at least AUD$2.8 million for
UNICEF's flood relief efforts through its nation-wide radio appeal from Friday 27 August
until 3 pm on Sunday 29 August 2010.[254]

[edit] Response by individuals

• The Al Waleed bin Talal Foundation donated SR 10 million (USD 2.67 million) along
with 10 tons of relief material including 3,500 shots of malaria medicine, 20,000 doses of
diarrhoea medicine, 1,500 blankets and 1,000 sanitation kits.[255]
• The Open Society Foundation, led by George Soros donated $5 million in addition to an
initial $50,000.[256]
• The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donated $700,000 for flood relief.[257]
• Angelina Jolie donated $100,000 to the United Nations for flood relief operations in
Pakistan.[258]

[edit] Response by Islamic militant organizations

• Jama'at-ud-Da'wah (JuD), an organization which is a front for banned militant group

Lashkar-e-Taiba, stated that it had 2000 workers providing flood relief.[259] JuD was
banned by the United Nations in 2008 after the 2008 Mumbai attacks but was openly
distributing aid under the Falah-e-Insaniyat arm of the organization.[260]

• Al Rasheed trust, an organization under UN sanctions for its links to Al-Qaeda, was
among the first to provide aid to the flood victims.[261]

• Haqqania madrasa, an Islamic school with ties to the Haqqani network, have converted
one of their buildings into a shelter and were caring for 2500 victims.[262]

• The Taliban offered to raise $20 million for flood relief if the Pakistani government
rejected aid from "Christians and Jews".[60]

[edit] Response by corporations

• Coca Cola : The Coca-Cola Corporation for Pakistan and Afghanistan announced
donation of US $1 million.[263]
• Deloitte, a business advisory firm, donated £1 million (US $1.5 million) to the DEC
appeal.[264]
• Google Foundation donated $250,000 for the flood relief efforts. A corporate broadcast
was sent to all employees to raise awareness about the disaster.[265]
• Cisco Systems will match employee donations for flood relief up to $500,000. A
corporate broadcast was sent to all employees to raise awareness about the disaster.
• BMO Financial Group, Canada’s oldest bank, has donated $100,000 in support of Red
Cross relief and recovery efforts. In addition, the company is accepting donations through
its BMO Bank of Montreal branches in Canada and its Harris branches in the United
States. The company is also waiving fees for fund transfers and drafts to Pakistan through
17 September 2010.[266]
• Riverbed Technology will match employee donations to Mercy Corps up to $10,000. A
corporate broadcast was sent to all employees to raise awareness about the disaster.
• Dell has announced a $150,000 donation to the flood victims and has declared to match
any amount donated by Dell employees.[266]
• Intel donated $100,000 to American Red Cross for flood relief. In addition, Intel will
match employee donations up to $2k per employee. A corporate broadcast was sent to all
employees to raise awareness about the disaster.[266]
• Alcatel-Lucent launched a "Matching Gift Program" through the Alcatel Lucent
Foundation. ALU will match one donation per employee, dollar-for-dollar, in response to
this crisis. A Corporate broadcast was made on August 19. Apart from this, employees of
Alcatel Lucent Local setup have donated their 1 day salary and have raised funds each
day (Starting August) to provide Army Aviation with Ready Meals to be air dropped to
the people who have been marooned by the floods.
• JPMorgan donated $100,000.[266]
• SAP has contributed significant amount to relief partners. SAP Solidarity Fund in
Germany has already donated funds to help with immediate relief efforts. The SAP
matching gift program will match employee donations up to 10k per employee.
Information about SAP relief effort is posted on Corporate Portal to raise awareness
about the disaster.
• Bank of America Corporation donated $50,000 to Save the Children.[266]
• BP donated $1 million to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies. [267]
• Northwestern Mutual Foundation donated $100,000 to the American Red Cross. [268]
• Microsoft donated $700,000 cash donation, deployment of disaster management software
for the Govt of Punjab at no cost, urgent food supplies to the flood victims in KPK
province and software donations to various NGOs currently involved in relief activities.
[269]