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The humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake of a magnitude of 9.1 was prompted by one of the worst natural disasters of modern times. On December 26, 2004, the earthquake , which struck off the northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra , generated a tsunami that wreaked havoc along much of the rim of the Indian Ocean.
Operation Unified Assistance was the American military's humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. On 28 December 2004, elements of the Combined Support Force were deployed to U-Tapao International Airport in Thailand. More than 12,600 Department of Defense personnel were involved in the relief effort.
In 2004, the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) ran UK television appeals and telephone lines for donations following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which raised a record £392m in public donations, [6] Between January and July 2010, the DEC appealed for donations following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, raising a total of £107 ...
It was first established in February 2005 to carry out joint evaluations of the response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. The TEC had over 50 member agencies from the United Nations, Non-Governmental Organizations, and the Red Cross, as well as private donors. These organizations have been working together since the TEC was ...
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, also known as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, [89] [90] happened on 26 December 2004 and resulted in a tsunami which killed 230,000 people in 14 countries. [ 91 ] Following the tsunami, Mercy Relief raised $1.1 million, spending on supplies for the victims. [ 92 ]
Canadian Medical Assistance Teams was established in 2004 in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami as the medical arm of Canadian Relief Foundation. Two teams of paramedics from British Columbia and Saskatchewan were deployed to Banda Aceh, Indonesia to provide medical aid to the victims of the disaster.
During the humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, militaries from multiple countries worked with non-governmental organizations at a Combined Coordination Center to organize delivery of humanitarian aid to the region. [4]
The Peace Fund has several programs that focus on the well-being and protection of children such as the Celeb4Kids fundraising initiative. One such program is P.E.A.C.E. in Paradise, which began as an effort to provide aid for victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. [8]