A glance at some of the international aid pledges for victims of the earthquake in Haiti:
- The U.S. government is making an initial $100 million ($NZ135 million) relief effort and is sending ships, helicopters, transport planes and 2,000 Marines.
- Canada is sending $5 million Canadian (NZ$6.4 million) and matching contributions by individual Canadians to eligible charitable organisations up to a total of $50 million Canadian (NZ$63 million). Ottawa also is sending two navy ships, helicopters, transport planes and a disaster response team.
- The World Bank is providing a $100 million $NZ135 million) grant, and the U.N. is sending $10 million ($NZ13 million).
- Britain is sending $10 million ($NZ13 million). A four-person government assessment team and 71 rescue specialists along with search dogs and heavy equipment arrived Thursday.
- Australia has pledged $9.3 million ($NZ12.5 million); Norway, about 30 million kroner ($NZ 7.1 million); Japan, up to $US5 million; Italy, euro1 million ($NZ1.8 million); and the European Commission, euro3 million ($NZ5.9 million).
- The Netherlands and the Italian bishops' conference have each donated euro2 million. Denmark has donated 10 million kroner ($NZ2.5 million) and Finland is giving euro1.25 million ($NZ2.4 million). South Korea has pledged aid worth $1 million.
- Spain has pledged euro3 million ($NZ5.8 million), and sent rescue teams and 100 tons of equipment. Germany gave euro1.5 million ($NZ2.93 million) and sent an immediate response team.
- India and China will each donate $1 million and China is sending a 60-member relief team with sniffer dogs.
- Sweden has offered 6 million kronor ($US850,000), along with tents, water purification equipment and medical aid. It is also sending a team to build a new base to replace the U.N.'s destroyed headquarters.
- Irish telecommunications company Digicel said it would donate $US5 million and help repair the phone network.
- U.S. cell phone users have contributed more than $5 million in $10 increments to the Red Cross for Haiti disaster relief, by texting the word "Haiti" to the number 90999.
- Venezuela has sent doctors, firefighters and rescue workers. Mexico will send doctors, search-and-rescue dogs and infrastructure experts. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said 400 staff from the public security authority are being sent, as well a ship with two surgical operating units, 50 beds for injured and earth-moving equipment.
- Iceland and Portugal are each sending more than 30 rescue workers. Taiwan has sent 23 rescue workers and two tons of aid and equipment.
- Israel plans to open a field hospital and is sending 220 rescue workers.
- A Swiss rescue team is arriving overland from the Dominican Republic. A flight carrying 40-50 tons of aid goods is planned for Friday.
- The International Committee of the Red Cross has 3,000 body bags in the shipment of 40-50 tons of aid scheduled to leave from Geneva to Haiti on Thursday night.
