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China sends 1st Search and Rescue Team to Indonesia as part of Tsunami Relief efforts

Commitment Year•2004Country of Activity•IndonesiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•IndonesiaSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

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Completion

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Key dates

Commitment date
Dec 31, 2004
Start (actual)
Dec 31, 2004
End (actual)
Jan 11, 2005

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On December 31, 2004, the 35-person rescue team from China arrived in Medan. The team consists of members from China Earthquake Administration, doctors from The General Hospital of the Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, and soldiers from People's Liberation Army. The main tasks for the team included searching for and rescuing survivors, performing medical operations, as well as assessing and reporting the damage. After 11 days of operation in Banda Aceh, the team returned to China on January 11. For more detailed location info: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5978331

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Indonesia

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • The General Hospital of the Chinese People's Armed Police Forces

Loan desecription

China sends 1st Search and Rescue Team to Indonesia as part of Tsunami Relief efforts

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On December 31, 2004, the 35-person rescue team from China arrived in Medan. The team consists of members from China Earthquake Administration, doctors from The General Hospital of the Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, and soldiers from People's Liberation Army. The main tasks for the team included searching for and rescuing survivors, performing medical operations, as well as assessing and reporting the damage. After 11 days of operation in Banda Aceh, the team returned to China on January 11.

Staff comments

China contributed 63 million USD for tsunami relief in total, most of the individual project are captured in the linked resource #41811.