An older story, but shows that all of our foreign aid isn’t only outgoing. What’s interesting is that we turned down a lot of aid from Cuba for mere politics.
Impoverished Bangladesh, where millions live on a monsoon- and flood-prone delta, pledged $1 million and offered rescuers. Thailand, recalling U.S. aid after last year’s tsunami, offered to send 60 doctors and nurses as well as rice as a “gesture from the heart.”
They are among more than 90 countries, rich and poor, proposing assistance to victims of Hurricane Katrina, with Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates contributing “very large cash” donations, the State Department said Tuesday. Read more here and here.