Number: RL33196
Title: The Earthquakes in South Asia: Humanitarian Assistance and Relief Operations
Authors: Daniel Kronenfeld and Rhoda Margesson, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: Government agencies and humanitarian organizations have identified a number of critical needs to be addressed in the weeks and months ahead. These include distributing shelter before the onset of winter to those whose homes were destroyed, caring for orphaned or abandoned children, providing medical supplies and non-food items to prevent the outbreak of disease, and making helicopters and other transport available to ferry supplies and personnel to affected areas and victims to safety.
Pages: 35
Date: March 24, 2006