Millions of farmers and fishers in coastal areas have been affected by the Tsunami disaster. Strong support from donors has allowed FAO to provide assistance to those victims and restore the livelihoods of vulnerable fishing and farming families. So far, FAO received more than US$63 million under the UN Flash Appeal and FAO provided US$1.5 million from its own resources.

Earthquake Tsunami 2004 22/03/2006 Donor Contribution (US$) European Commission 12,219,130 Italy* 9,898,520 Norway 7,614,769 Belgium 5,768,416 Japan 5,016,972 Finland 3,776,100 Germany 2,873,615 Spain 2,399,050 China 2,000,000 Donations via UNDP 2,387,100 Trinidad and Tobago via OCHA 1,750,000 Sweden 1,655,844 Greece via OCHA 1,597,680 Unearmarked donations via UN OCHA 1,526,545 United Kingdom 1,113,000 Donations via WFP 900,000 Canada 809,454 Ireland 184,965 Lao, PDR** 100,000 The United States of America 100,000 Palau via OCHA 25,886 Private donations Conad Supermarket, Italy 240,000 Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd. 150,000 The Church of God in Christ (African/American Religious Organization) 150,000 Other American Red Cross 72,496 Total 64,329,542   *Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Italian Development Cooperation(US$5,628,420), Office of the President of the Council of Ministers - Department of Civil Protection (US$3,770,100), Associazione Nazionale Comuni Italiani(US$500,000)   **Laotian people, the diplomatic corps, international organizations, businesspersons, traders, residential foreigners and local provincial authorities of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

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