বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড
| শিরোনাম | সূত্র | তারিখ |
| মার্কিন আন্তঃএজেন্সী কমিটির শরণার্থী ত্রাণ সম্পর্কিত রিপোর্ট | পররাষ্ট্র দপ্তর | ১৭ আগষ্ট, ১৯৭১ |
INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE ON PAKISTANI-REFUGEE RELIEF
U. S. Voluntary: Agencies in Action
"Only one in ten or twenty families have a sleeping mat with them and one in thirty seem to have a metal tool of any kind. As though they were in permanent shock and walked out of a village to visit a neighbor and kept on going."
Thus an official of Church World Service described the condition of refugees he saw- arriving in India from Pakistan. The refugees now number more than 7.5 million. The Church World Service official was there to see how his group could help. Church World Service is one of 17 American voluntary' agencies which have committed $2.5 million in money, material or both to the world-wide effort to help the refugees.
Different relief agencies have focused on various needs. CARE, for example, has directed its efforts to food, shelter and sanitation. CARE quickly made available $ 480,000 to buy 12,000 tarpaulins-enough to shelter 180,000 people. CARE has also worked closely with the Indian Government's Ministry of Rehabilitation to distribute wheat and other foods.
The International Rescue Committee pays expenses so refugee doctors and teachers can assist other refugees in the camps. It is also assisting refugee artists and writers.
Three teams of Medical Mission Sisters work in the area near Rajibpur.
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) works through its counterpart and is providing food, medicines, medical equipment, and baby foods to care for well over 500,000 children and adults.
Church World Service, at the time of the epidemic, sent cholera vaccine, syringes for inoculations, water purification tablets, and money to buy tarpaulins for shelter. It is also helping to feed refugees and is supporting, along with the Mennonite Central Committee and Lutheran World Relief, the Christian Agency for Social Action (CASA) in India,
Lutheran World Relief is working with CASA in feeding and providing medical care and other refugee services. The Cooch Behar Refugee Service works directly with the Government of India and is supported by the Lutheran World Federation and other national Lutheran organizations.
The World Vision Relief Organization has begun several projects such as care for orphans, providing milk-saline solution to fight cholera, and giving tarpaulins for shelter,
