Workers pack medical supplies bound for Sri Lanka at UNICEF's central supply warehouse in Copenhagen, the capital. The materials are part of UNICEF's first airlift of relief items for survivors of the tsunamis that devastated South Asian communities
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Around 80,000 people have been killed across Asia and east Africa in the stongest earthquake to hit the planet in 40 years. The toll includes.
Indonesia: 45,268
Sri Lanka: 22,493
India: 6,974
Thailand: 1,829
Somalia: 100
Burma: 90
Maldives: 67
Malaysia: 65
Tanzania: 10
Seychelles: 3
Bangladesh: 2
Kenya: 1
Now the survivors, already shattered by grief and loss, face disease, hunger and homelessness. The UN estimates 5 million people now face this situation. Relief aid has been pledged by international governments, this needs to be actioned as a matter of the utmost urgency.
UNICEF's immediate concern is to ensure that children stay alive. UNICEF has been working in emergency situations on every scale for over 50 years. The following are the key issues we need to address in the current...
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