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