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UN Tsunami Relief Grants
The following grants were undertaken to UN Agencies in partnership with the UN Foundation to provide relief to tsunami victims in South Asia:

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

  • $200,000 for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for immediate disaster relief efforts in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Maldives.
  • $300,000 for the UNDP’s emergency response and transitional recovery program to assist UN coordination teams on the ground in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, to construct, improve, or replace housing structures.

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United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF)

  • $96,000 for UNICEF to support its measles immunization initiative in tsunami affected areas.

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UN Office of the Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery
  • $50,000 to support the work of the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for tsunami relief.

click here for UN Tsunami Special Envoy Office One Year Financial Update

Total $646,000. [Note ICF’s grants to the UN Foundation were matched on a 1:2 basis.]

Non-UN Tsunami Relief Grants

  • Indonesian Red Cross Society (Jakarta, Indonesia) to provide immediate tsunami disaster relief $300,000 from the Sempra Energy International Community Fund
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