Japan, which has already pledged 70 million dollars in emergency aid and for long-term reconstruction, will raise the total sum by 30 million dollars, public broadcaster NHK said.
Japan to boost Haiti aid to $100 mln: report
The additional aid will pay for shelters for people left homeless after the devastating 7.0-magnitude quake struck on January 12, killing more than 220,000 people, the network said, without naming its sources.
Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada will announce the increase at a donors' conference at UN headquarters in New York on March 31, NHK said.
Okada will visit the quake-hit nation on Saturday. He is scheduled to meet President Rene Preval and observe Japanese troops dispatched there to join the UN peacekeeping mission, the foreign ministry said.
"The government will consider providing more to Haiti, including whether to raise the pledge in aid, after minister Okada's visit there," a ministry official said.
Haiti unveiled the first draft Tuesday of a grand reconstruction plan, saying 11.5 billion dollars would be needed to help the country rebuild after the quake, which left 1.3 million people homeless.
No comments:
Post a Comment