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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7518250" data-attributes="member: 92282">Assistance in response to flooding in  Sri Lanka<img src="http://srilanka.usembassy.gov/uploads/E1/86/E1866SmWYIz1GdtxB-390Q/floodrelief.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />In response to a  request for assistance by the Sri Lankan Red Cross and Disaster  Management Center due to the destruction caused by torrential rains in  Sri Lanka, United States Ambassador Patricia Butenis issued a disaster  declaration on May 21.  The declaration provides nearly 6 million rupees  (US$50,000) from the U.S. Agency for International Development's Office  of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) to the Sri Lanka Red Cross  Society for emergency humanitarian assistance.  The assistance will help  the Sri Lankan Red Cross Society and Disaster Management Center provide  emergency food, safe drinking water, water purification tablets, water  containers, medical supplies, clothing, plastic sheeting, tents, and  other urgently needed items. Ambassador Butenis announced the assistance during a  meeting with officials from the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society including  Mr. Jagath Abeysinghe, President; Mr. S.H. Nimal Kumar, Honorary  National Secretary; and Mr. Neville Nanayakkara, Director General.  According to Ambassador Butenis, "During the past week, hundreds of  thousands of Sri Lankans have suffered tremendous hardship as result of  flooding and landslides.  In response to the Government's appeal for  assistance, this support will help the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society and  the Disaster Management Center address the urgent needs of those  affected by the torrential rains."<a href="http://srilanka.usembassy.gov/pr-21may10.html" target="_blank">USA embassy Sri Lanka</a></blockquote>

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