Many countries and international organizations offered the United States relief aid in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

According to the European Commission, six days after the disaster, on September 4, 2005, the United States officially asked the European Union for emergency help, asking for blankets, emergency medical kits, water and 500,000 food rations for victims. Help proposed by EU member states was coordinated through their crisis center. The British presidency of the EU functioned as contact with the U.S.

Other countries not on this list also offered aid, but the State Department mentioned that they (the State Department) had not been asked. Later, the U.S. State Department said all offers were being examined.Staff Writer. "World mobilises to aid US victims." BBC News. September 2, 2005. Retrieved on June 10, 2006.Fisher-Thompson, Jim. "Uganda Is Latest African Donor of Relief to Hurricane Katrina ." U.S. State Department: International Information Programs. September 8, 2005. Retrieved on June 10, 2006.

Pledges and donations from countries

Below is a list of countries who offered aid. Some of these efforts were not formally accepted by the U.S. government (see "Actual Funds Used" below).

In late August 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the southeastern portion of the contiguous United States, causing severe damage and destruction in several U.S. states and killing roughly 1,800 people.

: Donated to the hurricane victims. : Pledged (approximately ) : Made offers of help and assistance. Argentina also dispatched an elite team of bilingual mental health professionals. : Pledged and made offers of help and assistance. : A$10 million (approximately US$7.6 million). : 140 specialists of the AFDRU were put on stand-by. Their focus was to have been on providing clean water with portable water-treatment plants. Within the EU Emergency Assistance for Katrina, Austria set up a communication network using IT and communication equipment for assistance/support, provided 10 sets petrol driven dirty water pumps, 500 pieces tarps/plastic sheeting and 300 camp beds. : Donated . : Pledged $50,000. : Donated $5 million. : Donated $ and offered rescuers. : Offered medical assistance : Offered 3 medical teams of 31 personnel, logistic team of 10 personnel, coordination team of 4 personnel, civil engineering team of 10 personnel, diving team, and also balloon-lamps, low and high capacity pumps and small generators. : Donated $1 million. : The king donated $20,000 to match the $20,000 Cambodian government donation. : On September 5, 35 military divers were poised to depart by air Sunday from Halifax, Nova Scotia and Esquimalt, British Columbia, for the New Orleans area. September 4, on the request from US Department of Health and Human Services, Canada sent thousands of beds, blankets, surgical gloves and dressings and other medical supplies. On September 2, the Government of Canada announced it was sending three warships along with a Coast Guard vessel, and three Sea King helicopters to the area. Over 1,000 personnel were involved in the operation, including engineers and navy divers. The Canadian Heavy Urban Search and Rescue out of Vancouver was in Louisiana from September 1, due to security they started their mission on Sept 3. Ontario Hydro, Hydro-Québec, and Manitoba Hydro, along with other electrical utilities, had crews set to go to the affected areas. On September 2, Air Canada participated along with U.S. member airlines of the Air Transport Association, in a voluntary airline industry initiative to support rescue and relief operations. Financial donations were substantial, with the province of Alberta alone contributed million. Although it is hard to put an exact number on Canadian cash donations because of some Canadians donating directly to the American agencies, Canada is widely believed to be the highest international donor nation, and with the Netherlands and Mexico was one of the three countries in the world to supply direct military assistance in addition to civilian donations and supplies, as the U.S. government declined direct military support from all other nations. : On September 2, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it would offer $5 million along with emergency supplies, including 1,000 tents, 600 generators, bed sheets, immediately for disaster relief. China also offered to send medical care and rescue workers if they were needed. This aid package consisting of 104 tons of supplies later arrived in Little Rock, Arkansas.Staff Writer. "Relief goods from China arrives in US ." Xinhua News Agency. September 8, 2005. Retrieved on June 10, 2006. A chartered plane carrying the supplies arrived on September 7.Morse, Jane A. "Asia-Pacific Opens Hearts, Wallets to U.S. Victims of Katrina." U.S. State Department: International Information Programs. September 8, 2005. Retrieved on June 10, 2006. : Pledged more than $3 million to the relief effort, plus supplies. : Made offers of help and assistance. : One of the first countries to offer aid, Cuba offered to send 1,586 doctors and 26 tons of medicine. This aid was rejected by the State Department.Newman, Lucia. "Castro: U.S. hasn't responded to Katrina offer." CNN. September 5, 2005. Retrieved on June 10, 2006. Also, before the 2006 World Baseball Classic, Cuba said they would donate their share of the winnings to Katrina victims to ensure the United States embargo against Cuba was not violated. However, after the tournament, the U.S. government refused to allow the donation. : Offered $50,000. : Offered rescue teams, field hospitals and pumps and water processing equipment. : Offered water purification units. : Offered $50,000. : Offered police to monitor hard-hit areas. : Offered rescue workers, doctors and nurses. : Made offers of help and assistance. : Sent 2 C-130 planes loaded with blankets, medical equipment, and canned food. : Offered to send troops to help keep order in New Orleans. : Pledged $500,000. : The Finn Rescue Force—the group consists of 30 firemen was offered by the Finnish Government but refused. The Finnish Red Cross sent three Red Cross logistics experts. $100,000 was given by the Finnish government to be distributed by U.S. authorities. A Finnish cruise ship, Finnjet, operated by Silja Line, was sent to Baton Rouge for use by the LSU Department of Medicine. 9,000 sheets, 1,000 pillowcases, 200 small tarps, 200 first aid kits, 120 cooler cases and 3,500 thermo sheets were sent to Little Rock for distribution in Louisiana. Nokia donated $1 million to the U.S. Red Cross and matched employee contributions at 100 percent. Mobile phones were donated to shelters in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. Additionally Finland offered 300 tents, a water purification unit, sterile gloves, bed sheets, pillow covers, tarps and first aid kits. : Concrete help was initially refused by the U.S. government; however, on September 2, Condoleezza Rice said that the U.S. authorities would assess the situation and contact French authorities accordingly. On September 4, U.S. authorities formally requested French assistance. France offered disaster relief stocks prepositioned in Martinique (600 tents, around 1000 beds, 60 generators, 30 pumps, 3 water purification stations, 1000 folding jerricans and other material). A 35-person team of the Sécurité Civile (Civil Defence) from Guadeloupe and Martinique were made ready, and a 60-man "catastrophe intervention" aeromobile detachment were prepared to be ferried from mainland in a short time. The Ministry of Defence offered 2 planes already in the zone and 6 more from mainland France, and two ships of the French Navy (probably the BATRAL or Champlain, and the frigate and a 20-person team of emergency medical specialists. The non-governmental organisation Télécoms Sans Frontières and the company Véolia Environnement offered aid in communications and water management respectively. On September 7, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs stated that an Airbus Beluga from Toulouse with 12.7 tonnes of supplies flew to Mobile, Alabama, after a brief stop in the U.K. to load more food. Two CASA airplanes from Martinique landed in Little Rock, Arkansas, ferrying tents, covers and 1000 rations of food for 24 hours.Staff Writer. "U.S. receives aid offers from around the world." CNN. September 4, 2005. Retrieved on June 10, 2006. : Pledged $500,000. : Made offers of help and assistance. : Two German military Airbus planes landed in Florida with about 25 tons of food rations to be transported to the disaster area. Further planes were prepared. Germany offered airlifting, vaccination, water purification, medical supplies including German air force hospital planes, emergency electrical power and pumping services. The aid was ready to go on German air force and chartered planes. A team of specialists from THW (German federal agency for technical relief) were planning technical measures and logistics in close contact with local authorities. A team of 89 flood fighting specialists and 5 medical personnel were dispatched from Ramstein Air Base to Louisiana by the United States Air Force. They brought 15 high performance pumps (10 pumps with a capacity of 15,000 litres per minute and 5 pumps with a capacity of 5,000 litres per minute) and 28 vehicles.Staff Writer. "THW-experts for water damage and pumping on their way to New Orleans." Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk . September 8, 2005. Retrieved on June 10, 2006. On Saturday, September 10 at 4:30 PM, the THW started the first 15,000 litre pump at pumping-station No. 19. Three other 15,000 litres pumps followed. The drainage of New Orleans would have taken much more time if these pumps and the THW specialists had not been provided.Staff Writer. "[THW Deployment in Louisiana: Pumping has begun THW Deployment in Louisiana: Pumping has begun]." Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk . September 11, 2005. Retrieved on June 10, 2006. The Minister-President of the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate addressed a letter to the commanders of the American forces stationed in his state offering financial support to those affected by the flooding. Another German Air Force cargo plane carrying several thousand military rations (MRE) was denied entry into U.S. airspace since, according to U.S. authorities, they were not certified BSE-free. This was disputed by German authorities, pointing out that they were BSE-free according to NATO rules, that U.S. soldiers would eat them regularly during joint operations (e.g. Afghanistan) and that these meals fully complied to U.N. rules.Staff Writer. "German Aid Arrives in US." Deutsche Welle. September 3, 2005. Retrieved on June 10, 2006. : Offered $85,000,Greece delivers aid for Katrina victims during special ceremony two cruise ships to house those left homeless, a rescue team, and supplies. : Made offers of help and assistance. : Made offers of help and assistance and organized a telethon to raise money for victims. : Offered 135 flooding and sanitation experts. : Pledged $5,000 and offered to send a Special Search and Rescue Team, and also five doctors. : Offered $500,000. : India offered to contribute $5 million to the United States Red Cross for relief and rehabilitation of the victims. They also offered to donate medicines and large water purification systems for use in households and small communities in the stricken areas, where potable water was a key concern.Staff Writer. "India pledges 5 million dollars for Katrina relief operations." Rediff.com. September 3, 2005. Retrieved on June 10, 2006. India sent tarps, blankets and hygiene kits. An Indian Air Force IL-76 aircraft delivered 25 tonnes of relief supplies for the Hurricane Katrina victims at the Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas on September 13, 2005."Indian aid for hurricane Katrina victims delivered." (Press Release_ Indian Embassy. September 17, 2005. Retrieved on June 10, 2006.