section_path: International humanitarian efforts/International organisations
section_name: International organisations
paragraph_text: International organisations
  
  Various countries pledged support in the form of humanitarian aid. Myanmar accepted aid from India and the AHA Centre while the United Nations and its Central Emergency Response Fund provided US$93 and US$5 million, respectively. The International Charter Space and Major Disasters was activated by the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) on behalf of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) at 10:21 UTC on 28 March, thus providing for widespread humanitarian satellite coverage. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies launched an emergency appeal on 30 March for more than US$100 million to help earthquake victims. The World Health Organization announced a dispatch of 60 tonnes of critical medical supplies, including mobile medical tents, surgical kits and medicines.
  
  The European Union (EU) provided a total of €2.5 million in initial emergency assistance to Myanmar, along with a humanitarian airlift operation to convey 80 tons of emergency supplies to Mandalay, with a first flight from Copenhagen, Denmark bringing tents, health, water, child protection kits and sanitation kits to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and distributed by EU partners. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre) deployed the ASEAN Emergency Response and Assessment Team (ASEAN-ERAT) to conduct rapid needs assessment in affected areas with the association member states responding individually with search and rescue operations, the deployment of relief teams with assessment experts, humanitarian assistance support such as food and medical supplies, financial aid, logistics, and equipment.