Relief and Reconstruction for Victims of the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami

USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service is working with other government agencies to provide assistance in the recovery from the tsunami that struck South Asia and Eastern Africa. Much of that assistance involves providing emergency food supplies made possible by the great productivity of U.S. farms. Beyond the emergency activities and supplies, the FAS international development staff will be involved with other U.S. government agencies in planning for the longer term reconstruction and development of the devastated regions.

U.S. Government Resources

• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • USAID Tsunami Relief Page - Contains updates and information about the disaster, the current situation and relief efforts.
  • Guidance for firms and Individuals Offering Commodities and Transportation Services
• U.S. Department of Defense: U.S. Forces Aid Tsunami Relief Efforts in Southeast Asia
• USA.gov: Indian Ocean Tsunami
• U.S. Department of State
  • U.S. Response to Tsunami and Earthquake in Asia
  • Tsunami Early Warning System (four-part series; February 8–11, 2005)
  • U.S. Strategies for Relief and Reconstruction Assistance in Response to the Tsunami (Testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, February 10, 2005)
  • Presidents Bush and Clinton's Tsunami Region Visit, February 19-21 (Foreign Press Center Briefing, Washington, DC, February 25, 2005)
  • Tsunami Aftermath: U.S. NGOs' Role in Rebuilding (Foreign Press Center Briefing, Washington, DC, April 1, 2005)
• White House: US Support for Earthquake and Tsunami Victims

Non-Government Resources

• Asian Development Bank: Helping Rebuild Lives and Communities in the Tsunami Aftermath
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations
  • “Leadership in Asia After Tsunami”, Remarks Delivered by H.E. Ong Keng Yong, Secretary-General of ASEAN at the Asia Leadership Conference 2005 Seoul, 3 March 2005
  • “Seven Cardinal Rules of Regional Partnership: Lessons from Tsunami 2004”, by H.E. Ong Keng Yong, Secretary-General, Association of Southeast Asian Nations at the Third Asia-Pacific Homeland Security Summit and Exposition, Honolulu, USA, 23 September 2005
  • Annual Report 2004–2005: ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community, Disaster Management
• Center for International Disaster Information (affiliated with USAID)
  • South Asia Earthquake and Tsunami
• United Nations
  • Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: Southeast Asia Tsunami
  • Environment Programme: Earthquake and Tsunami
  • Food and Agriculture Organization—Tsunami Reconstruction: Agriculture and Coastal Ecosystems

  • High Commissioner for Refugees: Indian Ocean Earthquake: Tsunami Emergency Progress Report, January-June 2005

  • World Food Programme: Tsunami Crisis
  • World Health Organization: South Asia Earthquake and Tsunamis

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Last modified: Thursday, January 11, 2007 PM