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FACTBOX: Foreign aid for Indonesia quake

Fri Oct 2, 2009 9:15am EDT

(Reuters) - Rescue teams dug on Friday through the rubble of buildings shattered by an earthquake in the Indonesian port of Padang for people feared trapped and the United Nations said more than 1,000 had been killed.

Aid to thousands of displaced survivors started trickling in, but rescue operations in and around the West Sumatran capital of 900,000 have been hampered by power blackouts and a lack of heavy equipment to shift fallen masonry.

Here is a brief breakdown of aid promised by foreign countries so far:

AUSTRALIA

- Sending a team of 10 army engineers and a 36-member civilian urban search and rescue team.

- Navy ship equipped with hospital and a helicopter, which can deliver aid to more inaccessible areas, will sail for Pandang in coming days.

CHINA

- China has offered emergency aid of $500,000. China's Red Cross has also provided $50,000, Xinhua news agency said.

EUROPEAN UNION

- The European Commission has allocated 3 million euros for initial emergency response

- Rapid response team from EC's Humanitarian Aid department in Jakarta sent to Padang to assess needs

GERMANY

- Has provided $3 million immediate aid for the victims

- Also sending 40 experts in disaster management to Indonesia

JAPAN

- Sending a team of 60 rescue and 23 medical workers, and provide emergency goods such as tents, sleeping mats, blankets and power generators

SINGAPORE

- Neighboring Singapore said it would provide $50,000 worth of emergency relief supplies, including temporary shelters, blankets and medicines. It is also sending a 42-member Civil Defence Force rescue contingent.

SOUTH KOREA

- Sending 43-person rescue team

- $500,000 in aid

SWITZERLAND

- Advance group of Swiss Rescue members has arrived with search dogs

UNITED STATES

- Has provided $300,000 for emergency relief and dispatched a team from the embassy in Jakarta to assess needs.

- Another $3 million set aside for assistance once the full assessment has been carried out.

ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN NATIONS

- ASEAN's Emergency Rapid Assessment Team on standby for deployment in affected area.

(Compiled by World Desk, Singapore)

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