Sunday, September 04, 2005

Good news--aid from around the world!




We are so blessed! Aid to the Victims of Hurricane Katrina is pouring in from around the globe.


CBS News reports that "more than three dozen countries have offered to help the U.S. in the wake of hurricane Katrina.

Cuba and Venezuela have offered to help despite political differences. The list also includes Canada, Saudi Arabia, Dominica, Russia, France, Japan, China, El Salvador, Israel, Paraguay, the U.K., the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, Honduras, Germany, Venezuela, Jamaica, Australia, Switzerland, Greece, Hungary, Colombia, The Dominican Republic, Mexico, South Korea, New Zealand, Guatemala, Belgium, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Italy, Guyana, Indonesia, Austria, Lithuania, Spain, Norway, the Bahamas
NATO and the Organization of American States."

According to Yahoo News, "The Gulf emirate of Qatar announced it will donate 100 million dollars to relief efforts for the US victims of Hurricane Katrina."

WTOP News says that "Kuwait said Sunday it will donate $500 million in aid to U.S. relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina.

The offer is the largest known put forward since the hurricane ravaged Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama and follows a $100 million aid donation from the emir of a Mideast neighbor, Qatar."

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