Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Fear of compassion fatigue as agencies plead for cash: "Fear of compassion fatigue as agencies plead for cash
Mark Honigsbaum
Wednesday October 12, 2005
The Guardian
As British rescuers continued searching in the rubble yesterday for survivors, a plane carrying 19,000 blankets for Islamic Relief, as well as tents and plastic sheeting, was on its way from the East Midlands to Islamabad, in the latest airlift coordinated by the Department for International Development.
The DfID has already sent 75 specialist search and rescue teams to Pakistan to help recover people trapped in the ruins of collapsed buildings and plans further airlifts of blankets, tents and tarpaulins over the next fortnight."
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