How To Help the Asian Tsunami Victims
 

ACTION AGAINST HUNGER
247 West 37th Street, Suite 1201
New York, N.Y. 10018
212-967-7800 x108
www.actionagainsthunger.org

AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE
45 West 36th Street, 10th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10018
800-889-7146
www.ajws.org

AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE
South Asia Tsunami Relief
Box 321
847A Second Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10017
212-687-6200 ext. 851
www.jdc.org

AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE
AFSC Crisis Fund
1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, Pa. 19102
215-241-7000
www.afsc.org

AMERICAN RED CROSS
International Response Fund
P.O. Box 37243
Washington, D.C. 20013
800-HELP NOW
www.redcross.org

CARE
151 Ellis Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
800-521-CARE
www.care.org

CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES
Tsunami Emergency
P.O. Box 17090
Baltimore, Md. 21203-7090
800-736-3467
www.catholicrelief.org

DIRECT RELIEF INTERNATIONAL
27 South La Patera Lane
Santa Barbara, Calif. 93117
805-964-4767
www.directrelief.org

DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS
P.O. Box 1856
Merrifield, Va. 22116-8056
888-392-0392
www.doctorswithoutborders.org

EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT
Emergency Fund
P. O. Box 12043
Newark, NJ 07101
800-334-7626
www.er-d.org

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT
www.ifrc.org

INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS
Earthquake/Tsunami Relief
1919 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 300
Santa Monica, Calif. 90404
800-481-4462
www.imcworldwide.org

INTERNATIONAL ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES
Asia Disaster Response
P.O. Box 630225
Baltimore, MD 21263-0225
877-803-4622
www.iocc.org

ISLAMIC RELIEF USA
Southeast Asia Earthquake Emergency
P.O. Box 6098
Burbank, Calif. 91510
888-479-4968
www.irw.org/asiaquake

MERCY CORPS
Southeast Asia Earthquake Response
Dept. W
P.O. Box 2669
Portland, Ore. 97208
800-852-2100
www.mercycorps.org

OPERATION USA
8320 Melrose Avenue, Suite 200
Los Angles, Calif. 90069
800-678-7255
www.opusa.org

OXFAM AMERICA
Donor Services Department
26 West Street
Boston, MA 12111-1206
800-77-OXFAM
www.oxfamamerica.org

SAVE THE CHILDREN
Asia Earthquake/Tidal Wave Relief Fund
54 Wilton Road
Westport, Conn. 06880
800-728-3843
www.savethechildren.org

UNICEF
General Emergency Fund
333 E. 38th Street
New York, NY 10016
800-4-UNICEF
www.unicef.org

I can't find this anywhere, but does anyone know if they're taking blood donations to be sent over there?

Contact your local Red Cross, they'll be able to give you the necessary information.

Appeal for Support for Victims of the Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster

December 30, 2004

The enormity of the tragedy caused by the earthquake and tsunami in South and Southeast Asia is difficult to fathom. The death toll in Indonesia's North Sumatran province of Aceh alone is currently (12/30/04) estimated at 80,000. Food, shelter and emergency medical supplies are urgently needed to care for the thousands whose homes and livelihoods have been wiped out by the disaster. Many communities in the region have not yet been reached, and
the toll of death and destruction is expected to rise.

Complicating relief efforts has been the restriction on activities of foreign and international agencies in the province due to the ongoing conflict between the Indonesian military and the Acehnese separatist movement.

For this reason, we feel that donations to regional and local humanitarian organizations are crucial.

The Nurani Dunia Foundation, a non-partisan Indonesian humanitarian organization, has been involved in development and humanitarian assistance in North Sumatra. It has access to the Aceh region and distribution networks operating on the ground. We believe that Nurani
Dunia, as a well-established local organization, is in a position to determine immediate needs in the current situation.

Several Ohio University faculty and staff have helped support Nurani Dunia since 1999 when we saw that refugees from the Maluku conflict were in dire need of aid. In addition to working with refugees in Maluku, Manado,
Poso, Madura, and Kalimantan, Nurani Dunia has been involved in conflict resolution and participatory development projects in Aceh. It is a highly regarded Indonesian organization, trusted by the US Embassy with the distribution of monetary aid to the victims of the Marriott Hotel bombing in August 2003, and a local partner of the World Health Organization for clean water projects. Nurani Dunia has also worked with the private sector (including General Electric, Nestle and Garuda Airlines) in its school-building programs across Indonesia.

We are currently raising funds for Nurani Duniaís efforts to aid refugees in Aceh. Donations can be made to People to People Aid in Support of Nurani Dunia, a 501C US-based foundation, that has supported other Nurani Dunia projects.

Checks or money orders can be made payable to "People to People Aid in Support of Nurani Dunia" and sent to the address below. If you desire a receipt for your donations, please include a stamped self-addressed envelope or
be sure to give us your address:

People to People Aid in Support of Nurani Dunia
c/o Karla Schneider
Ohio University Center for International Studies
Yamada House
Athens, OH 45701 USA

Donations in Indonesian Rupiah may also be made via bank transfer to Nurani Dunia in Indonesia. Account information is available at www.nuranidunia.or.id

Elizabeth Collins
Associate Professor
Classics and World Religions
Ohio University

Richard Kraince
Director, Inter-Religious Dialogue Project
Center for International Studies
Ohio University

Ann Shoemake
Doctoral student
Communication Studies
Ohio University

A note to any Canadian GCer's making donations: the Canadian government is matching all donations made until January 11th (today!).

You can find info and links to organizations on the cbc website.

I just wonder, when the USA Military was the first and foremost to be there, The USA were the first to daonate, They were then told they could be there for X amount of time and then get out!:o

Really stuck in My Craw.:mad:

I am so damn tired of seeing My Country Being The First to help and then get Kicked in the teeth!:mad:

Report: Massive graft alleged in tsunami aid
By ASSOCIATED PRESS

JAKARTA, Indonesia

Large scale corruption has marred tsunami reconstruction in Aceh province, with more than US$100 million ( 101.5 million) earmarked for disaster relief unaccounted for, a legislator and an aid worker were quoted as saying Friday.

Firdaus Illyas, from aid group Aceh Emergency Commission, told a parliamentary hearing that graft had occurred in the construction of emergency housing, Koran Tempo daily reported.

He also said that local officials had dramatically overstated the number of refugees so as to be able to claim more relief funds _ a common practice in disaster areas elsewhere in Indonesia, the paper reported.

Lawmaker A.S. Hikam said 1.2 trillion Indonesian rupiah (US$122.7 million; 101.5 million) of funds had disappeared, Tempo reported. He gave no more details.

Parliament was scheduled to summon seven ministers in charge of Aceh reconstruction projects on Friday to discuss the allegations, the paper said.

The graft allegations appeared to relate to Indonesian government funds allotted to Aceh soon after the Dec. 26 disaster, not the millions of dollars of international aid spent over the last few months in the region, which lost more than 130,000 people to the giant waves.

The reports will concern international donors and the Indonesian government, which has vowed to stop corrupt officials stealing money earmarked for survivors in Aceh province, on the northern tip of Sumatra Island.

Corruption remains endemic at all levels of Indonesia society despite vows by successive governments to crack down on the practice.

-Rudey