Beslan charity efforts

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Charity effort by The Sun, a tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom

Countries and charities around the world donated to funds set up to assist the families and children that were involved in the Beslan school hostage crisis. As of the end of 2004 the International Foundation For Terror Act Victims had raised over $1.1 million with a goal of $10 million.

The Beslan town council, itself having organised a charity fund, announced that it would donate $36,000 to aid the victims of the December 26, 2004, Indian Ocean Earthquake. The council stated that "The whole world reacted to our tragedy, so we cannot remain indifferent either".

The Israel government offered help in rehabilitating freed hostages. Immediately after, an experienced Israeli trauma team was sent to Beslan and later Russian psychologists working with the victims of the massacre received help on training by Israeli experts in Israel.

In January 2005, an international group representing the organization Children As the Peacemakers travelled to Moscow and Beslan on a peace mission. The group consisted of 9 Americans, 2 Canadians and 1 Japanese in addition to guides and translators. There were four children in the delegation. The mission was to create a new section of the Banner of Hope dedicated to the victims of the Beslan massacre. The Banner is made out of red silk panels and has the names and ages of the children who died written in both English and Cyrillic lettering. This was started by school children in Burbank, California. The group in Beslan added pictures of all the victims to the Banner and walked the banner through the streets of Beslan. They also gave gifts and warmest wishes to the survivors and relatives. It was an emotional journey, and a harsh reality, but the people of Beslan welcomed the group with incredible kindness and generousity, proving that hardship has not overcome their lives. The group discovered that what the people truly wanted was to tell their stories to the world and to ensure the tragedy is never forgotten. A camera crew accompanied the group and is in the process of creating a documentary.

Croatian capital Zagreb offered a free vacation to the Beslan children on the Adriatic. The former mayor of Zagreb, Vlasta Pavić, was one of the first foreign politicians to visit the school hostage site.

During Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov's visit to China in November 2005, the Chinese Health Ministry announced that they were sending doctors to Beslan, and offered free medical care to any of the victims who still needed treatment.^[1]

In 2006, King Abdullah of Jordan invited the Beslan surviving students to spend their fall holiday in Jordan.^{[citation needed]}