Hundreds of millions of dollars will be required for immediate relief needs alone, with even larger amounts for long-term reconstruction.
New York's Japan Society — which has partnered over the years with a range of organizations with established track records of disaster relief and recovery — is currently accepting online donations to the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund, while it determines which organizations are best meeting the immediate relief needs, as well as accounting for the long-term recovery process.
Cruz seems to be referring to the fact that only $17 billion of the package was for immediate relief and recovery needs, while other spending was for longer-term projects.
This is understandable because their primary goal is the immediate relief of the needs of disaster survivors.
"But Mexican immigrants find that for the immediate relief of their basic needs, their best ally is the market".
In addition to joint assessments of immediate relief and early recovery needs in the worst affected areas - in Sagaing, Magway, Rakhine, Bago and Ayeyarwaddy - UNICEF is leading the assessment in Chin State, one of Myanmar's poorest and hard-to-reach areas.
But Phil Bloomer, director of Oxfam's campaign against the agriculture policies of rich nations, said he took no delight in the failure of the talks, which he said was a blow to poor nations that needed immediate relief for their farmers.
Many times in a time of crisis, which is what loss is, you can feel that you need immediate relief and this can bring about impulsive behavior.
Meanwhile, Kenneth Feinberg, who has been tapped by the White House to run the fund set up to help people harmed by the spill, said many people are in desperate financial straits and need immediate relief.
Also on the edibles bookshelf is a new product called Tincture, a single dropper bottle with peppermint-flavored medicine to be applied under one's tongue, providing immediate relief for patients who need it but do not wish to smoke (other edibles generally take a little while longer to kick in).
It may be particularly relevant in settings where patients need immediate relief.
