China sends second International Rescue Team to Pakistan following the October 2005 earthquake (Linked to #35345)

On 8 October 2005, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake destroyed the Kashmir region of Pakistan. On 28 October 2005, the second Chinese International Rescue Team (CIRT or 中国国际救援队第二批队), sponsored by the Chinese government, arrived in Islamabad to help Pakistan recover. The 41-member team, including 22 medical staff members and 8 engineering personnel, completed a 20-day mission. The value of this project is unknown. On October 29, the team traveled to Pakistan's affected northwest frontier provinces (NWFP) in Balakot to set up a mobile hospital and provide medical care for over 2,000 people. The team returned to Beijing on November 17, 2005. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Financial Tracking Service captures this mission in flow ID #32136. The first CIRT is captured in project #35345.

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