FINLAND TO CONTRIBUTE WINTER TENTS TO PAKISTAN

UNCLAS HELSINKI 001131 SIPDIS SENSITIVE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID PHUM PREL FI SUBJECT: FINLAND TO CONTRIBUTE WINTER TENTS TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF AND REHABILITATION REF: A. SECSTATE 195483 ¶B. SECSTATE 194572 ¶1. (SBU) In response to reftels, Ulla-Maija Finskas, Director of the MFA Unit for Humanitarian Assistance, said that Finland will donate 8,000 winter tents to the Pakistan earthquake relief effort. The assistance, valued at approximately $4 Million, will be administered through the Finnish Red Cross. Regretting that Finland's donation could not be larger, she commented that "We do not have donor fatigue; we are simply out of money." She projected the FinnChurchAid, a humanitarian organization run by the (state) Lutheran Church, would also join the relief effort. HYATT