the first of 19 helicopters that US Defense Secretary Robert Gates ordered for Pakistan. On 13 August, US increased its aid to US$84 million. In addition to this, the United States is providing $3 million to the World Health Organization to expand the capacity of Pakistan's Disease Early Warning System (DEWS) and to establish the first 15 treatment centres for water-borne illness. It is also working with the humanitarian community to spread awareness through radio stations regarding safety precautions against water-borne diseases. On 14 August, further two CH-53E Super Stallion and a MH-53E Sea Dragon arrived in Pakistan to work with Pakistan military in flood-affected areas. On 20 August, the United States pledged an additional $60 million to the U.N. flood relief effort in Pakistan, bringing its total contribution to $150 million. Uzbekistan sent 300,000 euros worth of humanitarian aid to Pakistan. Vietnam donated 50,000 dollars. Yemen donated relief materials including medicine and edible oil. World Bank provided US$1.3 million (€1 million) to Pakistani government for relief work. The bank additionally approved a loan of US$900 million (€750 million) for medium and long term reconstruction. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization launched a major project titled "Strategic Strengthening of Flood Warning and Management Capacity of Pakistan" (project period: 2011–2014, project cost: US$3.6 million), under the leadership of Prof. Shahbaz Khan (hydrologist), in cooperation with the Government of Japan. Primary objective of the proposed project was to reduce human and socioeconomic impacts of flooding in Pakistan, to improve the social, economic, and ecological benefits of floods, and to foster safer human settlements near flood plains. Accomplishing this objective required enabling the country's capacity to deal with floods and watershed management in a holistic manner by developing around three inter-related pillars i.e. strategic augmenting of flood forecasting and hazard maps, data sharing platforms, and capacity development. These pillars were further divided into five components which incorporated short-term and medium-term interventions to provide the much needed support for immediate strengthening of early warning systems, while building on lessons learned from the 2010 floods to address the long-term forecasting, disaster management and data sharing issues. Project is now successfully complete. International Monetary Fund (IMF) also offered to discuss how to help Pakistan manage the economic impact of the floods. Asian Development Bank offered a loan of 2 billion US dollars for the reconstruction efforts. Islamic Development Bank offered a loan of 11 million