Under Secretary Hughes Leads Presidential Delegation to Pakistan

The MASH unit provides urgent medical care to more than 1,200 people injured by the earthquake. One month after the earthquake devastated India and Pakistan, President Bush praised U.S. relief efforts in Suth Asia and called on Americans and the international community to contribute more to help meet short- and long-term needs as winter approaches.  The United States Government has made $156 million in relief funds available for a disaster that has killed more than 70,000 people.

The delegation also visited the Dewan Tent Village where they were able to see the Narol Government School up and running in a tent donated by the United States.  The Narol Government School was completely destroyed by the earhquake, and 90 studens and 4 teachers (including the head teacher) were killed.  On November 8, the Narole Government School resumed full operations after U.S. Navy Sea Bees cleared the rubble and debris from the school's premises and constructed six latrines.  Under the overall coordination of the Government of Pakistan, 250 students now regularly attend the school.

The State Department and USAID photos below were taken on November 14, 2005.  Click on each photo for a larger version and more information.

Some of the pharamaceutical products donate by Pfizer to the Mobile Army Surgical Unit	Inside the Mobil Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) unit.	Under Secretary Hughes meets a young earthquake survivor and her father at the MASH unit.	MASH personnel talk to members of the delegation.
At MASH unit, Under Secretary Hughes listens to update on care and condition of injured Pakistani child.	Some of the devastation seen in and around Muzaffarabad, Pakistan.	Aerial view of tents set up amid destroyed homes and businesses in Muzaffarabad area.	Young students at the Narol Government School opened in a tent donated by the United States following the October 8 earthquake.
Young girls attending the Narol Government School in a tent donated by the United States.	A young girl reads to Under Secretary Hughes.	Students show the Under Secretary their new schoolbooks.	Under Secretary Hughes laughs with girls at the Narol Government School.
Tarpaulins donated to the Dewan Mushtaq Group to help winterize the tent villages in the area of Muzaffarabad.	Under Secretary Hughes talks to families living in the Dewan tent village.	A translator helps convey the concerns of families living in the Dewan tent village.	Under Secretary Hughes holds a tiny survivor of the October 8, 2005 earthquake.