Global Aid for Katrina Victims

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The following international agencies are on scene and providing or preparing to provide services:

International Committee of the Red Cross

Lutheran World Relief

United Nations Childrens' Emergency Relief

Organization of International Relief Teams

International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent

United Nations Development Program

Catholic Social Services

World Health Organization

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs


The following nations have offered equipment, supplies, personnel:

United Kingdom

Germany

Venezuela

Denmark

Russia

Holland

Among the nations pledging financial assistance are:

Switzerland

Austria

The list is incomplete.

On a human interest note:

Some of the TV footage of Katrina shown overseas included a few seconds of video showing a child's toy lying amid the rubble of a house. That has had the unprecented response of tens of thousands of school children around the world, especially Europe, wanting to donate their lunch money to "the little American boys and girls of Katrina".