DanChurchAid
Sri Lanka
Tsunami - how the money was spent
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DanChurchAid received DKK 74 million (approx. USD 12 million) in connection with the tsunami. In Denmark, hundreds of persons volunteered to help collect money for the victims of the tsunami. The sympathy and spirit of sacrifice surpassed all records, and in a few weeks DanChurchAid had raised one of the largest collections in DanChurchAid’s history for relief and reconstruction in South Asia.
Moreover, DanChurchAid received DKK 8 million (approx. USD 1.3 million) in donation from DANIDA and DKK 11.6 million (approx. USD 1.9 million) from the EU.
- Nearly a year on from the Boxing Day tsunami, DanChurchAid has spent DKK 68 million (approx. USD 10.8 million) on relief aid and rebuilding projects.
Rebuilding homes and livelihoods is a long-term project; it takes time. Thus, DanChurchAid has intended DKK 17 million (approx. USD 2.7 million) for rebuilding projects in India and Sri Lanka and DKK 8.5 million (approx. USD 1.4 million) for long-term development in the tsunami hit area.
During the first few weeks after the tsunami, a lot of the tsunami donation was spent on much-needed relief items. DanChurchAid helped 500,000 people with immediate relief aid such as food, tarpaulins, clean water and household items, medicine and clothes.
The actual relief aid phase lasted two months. Since then, DanChurchAid and our local partners have been involved in rebuilding projects and long-term development.
| Donations |
Danish Kroners |
|
DanChurchAid collection |
73,899,253 |
| Danida |
8,000,000 |
| ECHO |
11,669,103 |
| Total |
93,568,356 |
| Money spent so far |
|
| Sri Lanka |
22,732,728 |
| India |
33,178,993 |
| ACT (regional) |
4,250,000 |
| Administration 2005-2008 |
7,128,777 |
| Information and advocacy |
543,000 |
| Total |
67,833,498 |
| Rebuilding and rehabilitation |
|
| Sri Lanka |
5,900,000 |
| India |
11,338,230 |
| Total |
17,238,230 |
| Total: Spent and planned |
85,071,728 |
| Earmarked: Long-term development |
8,496,628 |
Based on an article by journalist Peter Høvring, published on www.noedhjaelp.dk , 16 December 2005. Translated and edited by Marianne Lemvig.
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