What was the political impact?
Where did the money go? The UN’s financial tracking system states that Indonesia was given the most humanitarian aid, with over $1bn given to the country. About $3bn more was given to the region (as a whole) including money to go towards early warning systems to reduce the impact of future tsunamis.
Banda Aceh was given the most aid as it was the worst hit by the earthquake and tsunami as it was so close to the earthquake’s epicentre. Aceh was also a zone of conflict as it had been a place for where fights between the Indonesian government and the pro-independence took place. Some communities were harder to find days and weeks after the disaster, as the fighting had forced thousands of Acehnese families to leave before the tsunami hit.
This shows where the money was put:
Who gave the most? UN records state that Japan was the greatest donor to respond to the tsunami, giving over $500m and sending more than 100 emergency workers to help. Seven years after this, the Japan tsunami hit, making them switch their role from being ‘the world’s biggest aid donors’ to ‘one of the biggest aid recipients’ of 2011.
Donations from people, businesses, trusts and foundations were at the top of the list, making up half of the overall aid to the UN fund… also making it the biggest ‘private response’ to any natural disaster ever. The European “commission’s humanitarian aid and civil protection department” contributed over $154m, sent relief workers, water purification equipment, partly-funded Unicef’s child protection work (including registering children split from their parents) and even sent medical supplies. Many places contributed military support, including a US marine mission to Sri Lanka and an Australian contingent with 350 military staff and 4 helicopters to Indonesia.
This picture shows who donated and how much was donated:
How was the money spent? At the start of 2005, the UN started a ‘flash appeal’ to raise money needed for the first year following the tsunami. They raised $1.25bn, which is nearly 90% of the goal. Of that, $229m went to sending food from the World Food Programme, who gave 110,000 tonnes of food (enough to feed over 2 million people) to the tsunami area in the first 5 months of the response. This shows how the money was spent:
Where did the money go? The UN’s financial tracking system states that Indonesia was given the most humanitarian aid, with over $1bn given to the country. About $3bn more was given to the region (as a whole) including money to go towards early warning systems to reduce the impact of future tsunamis.
Banda Aceh was given the most aid as it was the worst hit by the earthquake and tsunami as it was so close to the earthquake’s epicentre. Aceh was also a zone of conflict as it had been a place for where fights between the Indonesian government and the pro-independence took place. Some communities were harder to find days and weeks after the disaster, as the fighting had forced thousands of Acehnese families to leave before the tsunami hit.
This shows where the money was put:
Who gave the most? UN records state that Japan was the greatest donor to respond to the tsunami, giving over $500m and sending more than 100 emergency workers to help. Seven years after this, the Japan tsunami hit, making them switch their role from being ‘the world’s biggest aid donors’ to ‘one of the biggest aid recipients’ of 2011.
Donations from people, businesses, trusts and foundations were at the top of the list, making up half of the overall aid to the UN fund… also making it the biggest ‘private response’ to any natural disaster ever. The European “commission’s humanitarian aid and civil protection department” contributed over $154m, sent relief workers, water purification equipment, partly-funded Unicef’s child protection work (including registering children split from their parents) and even sent medical supplies. Many places contributed military support, including a US marine mission to Sri Lanka and an Australian contingent with 350 military staff and 4 helicopters to Indonesia.
This picture shows who donated and how much was donated:
How was the money spent? At the start of 2005, the UN started a ‘flash appeal’ to raise money needed for the first year following the tsunami. They raised $1.25bn, which is nearly 90% of the goal. Of that, $229m went to sending food from the World Food Programme, who gave 110,000 tonnes of food (enough to feed over 2 million people) to the tsunami area in the first 5 months of the response. This shows how the money was spent: