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December 2005

	8	ADB Grant to Help Restore Microenterprises in Tsunami-Hit Aceh and Nias

October 2005

	17	ADB Grants to Help Tsunami-Affected Households in Sri Lanka Afford Utility Connections

	17	Curbing Corruption in Tsunami Relief Operations

	11	Providing Temporary Income to Tsunami-Affected Poor People in Sri Lanka

September 2005

ADB's Post-Tsunami Work to Continue Support for Maldives Atoll Development

	9	ADB to Provide US$6 Million in Grants for Tsunami-Affected Areas of Indonesia

August 2005

ADB to Help Boost Environmental Management of the Maldives in Tsunami Aftermath

	5	ADB Supporting Coastal Zone Management in Tsunami-Affected Areas of Thailand

July 2005

	15	Luxembourg and Australia Make First Bilateral Contributions Totaling $5 Million to ADB Tsunami Fund

	7	ADB Approves $1.7 Million Grant for Thailand's Tsunami-Affected Andaman Region

May 2005

	29	Major development partners, including ADB, met with former US President Bill Clinton. He is helping push reconstruction programs and maintain world attention on tsunami affected countries.

	28	Resident Senior Advisor, Joint ADB-World Bank Extended Mission in the Maldives, was fielded in the Maldives.

	25	ADB attended the opening of the Special treasury office in Banda Aceh, an integral part of the accountability framework of the Earthquake and Tsunami Emergency Support Project that aims to safeguard prudent expenditure management and prevent leakage of funds for tsunami assistance.

	12	World Bank, ADB Sign Agreements with India to Support Emergency Reconstruction of Tsunami Hit Areas

April 2005

	29	Grant to Help Restore Livelihoods of Tsunami-Affected Farmers in the Maldives

	14	Two ADB Projects to Help Rebuild Tsunami- and Conflict-Affected Sri Lanka

	14	ADB Approves US$200 Million Assistance Package for Tsunami-Affected States in India

	11	ADB Approves US$300 Million Grant for Earthquake and Tsunami-Affected Indonesia

	11	Jakarta Expert Meeting Identifies Measures to Prevent Corruption in Tsunami Assistance

	7	ADB Bringing Clean Water and Sanitation to Rural Indonesia and Tsunami Affected Areas

	7	Expert Meeting on Corruption Prevention in Tsunami Relief

March 2005

	31	ADB Board of Directors approves a grant and loan for the tsunami emergency assistance project in the Maldives

	18	High-level Coordination Meeting on Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Assistance to Tsunami-Affected Countries

	14	India - Post Tsunami Recovery Program, Preliminary Damage and Needs Assessment

	11	ADB Commits $300 Million in Tsunami Funds for Reconstruction in Indonesia

	8	ADB President Arrives in Indonesia Today, Will Visit Tsunami Devastated Areas

	3	Technical Assistance to Sri Lanka for the Sri Lanka Post-Tsunami Needs Assessment and Preparation for Emergency Assistance Implementation Strategies

February 2005

	28	ADB Approves First Emergency Credit for Tsunami-Affected People in Sri Lanka

	28	Asian Tsunami Fund

	28	Transfer of OCR Surplus to the Asian Tsunami Fund

	17	ADB Approves $600 Million Emergency Fund for Tsunami Affected-Countries

	8	Maldives - Tsunami: Impact and Recovery Joint Needs Assessment by World Bank-ADB-UN System

	8	New ADB President to Host High-Level Meeting on Tsunami Assistance

	7	ADB to Expand Program for Conflict-affected Communities in Sri Lanka to Tsunami Victims

	3	ADB convenes a roundtable in its headquarters to discuss the impact of the tsunami on insurance industry

	2	Sri Lanka 2005 Post-Tsunami Recovery Program: Preliminary Damage and Needs Assessment

January 2005

	28	ADB setting up $600 million Asian tsunami trust fund

	28	ADB chaired a meeting at which the joint needs assessment team (World Bank, ADB and UN) briefed bilateral donor agencies on the proposed mission that would assess reconstruction requirements in tsunami-affected areas in India

	24 - 4 Feb	ADB joins a WHO team assisting the National Institute of Health Research and Development and the Central Agency of Statistics to compile baseline health and health-system related information for Aceh province.

	21	ADB Pledges $800 Million for Indonesia Assistance

	20	Indonesia: Preliminary Damage and Loss Assessment

	19-20	ADB joins needs assessment team in India

	19	ADB participates in high-level consultation with World Bank and Government of India

	17	ADB's Shamshad Akhtar addresses Indonesia Infrastructure Summit

	15	ADB's President Chino visits tsunami-affected areas in Sri Lanka

	13	ADB releases an initial assessment of the impact of the earthquake and tsunami of December 26, 2004 on south and east Asia

	11	ADB issues statement at UN Meeting on Humanitarian Assistance

	11	ADB and the World Bank joint needs assessment mission visits Kolhufushi and Naalaafushi islands in Meemu atoll, Maldives

	11	ADB project contractor clears vital road in Sri Lanka

	11	ADB, World Bank, and JBIC prepare for reconstruction as relief reaches most people

	11	ADB needs assessment mission starts in Sri Lanka

	11	Japan's Finance Minister announces $20 million boost to its trust funds at ADB to support tsunami relief

	7	ADB President Tadao Chino tours stricken areas in Indonesia

	7	ADB needs assessment team starts work to determine the costs of reconstruction in Maldives

	7	ADB specialists participate in joint needs assessments in Indonesia, Maldives, Sri Lanka

	6	ADB President Tadao Chino attends Jakarta conference, ups available funds to $675 million

	5	ADB and Government of Indonesia sign MOU on ADB assistance for tsunami-affected areas

December 2004

	31	ADB announces $325 million in relief assistance

	28	ADB President Tadao Chino announces ADB is prepared to help affected countries

	26	Earthquake and tsunami occur

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