Cyclone Nargis by carrying out "forced airdrops" to deliver aid. On 5 May, US Chargé d'Affaires in Myanmar Shari Villarosa declared a disaster due to the effects of Cyclone Nargis. In response, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) and immediately provided $2 million to UNICEF, WFP, and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for emergency food, water and sanitation, and shelter assistance. On 6 May, an additional $3 million from USAID was allocated for the provision of emergency relief assistance, including $1 million to the American Red Cross and
Nargis Ali Nargis Ali Nargis Ali (; born 1 January 1965) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from May 2013 to May 2018. Ali was born on 1 January 1965.<ref name="pakp/profile"></ref> She has a Bachelor of Education degree. She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on a reserved seat for women in Pakistani general election, 2013. In November 2013, she was made Parliamentary Secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly for Relief, Rehabilitation and Settlement. In May 2016, Ali joined a resolution to establish a