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Of course we'd like it even better if you joined us and helped make this more comprehensive. Mail any of the addresses above and we'll send you invitations.
Thank You from all of us, particularly to the kind folk at WorldChanging, BoingBoing (here and here), SmartMobs, Rediff, Instapundit, Sepia Mutiny, Buzz Machine, AnotherSubcontinent, Joho The Blog, the New York Times and the scores of fellow bloggers who have linked to this blog and contributed to all that stunning number of page views you see on the right (it's less than twelve hours since that counter was set up). Thank you so much for helping spread the word. We knew we could count on you.
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Tsunami - Earthquake - Supporting International Relief ... I just made a contribution to the International Response Fund of the American Red Cross. I picked a number, and then I doubled it, thinking of what is needed for relief to Darfur as well.
Thinking about it some more, I realize how stingy I am. I donated less than four times what it cost for the DVD set of the Live Aid concerts, something that I requested on my Christmas list and that I received Christmas Eve. And I'm willing to spend double to quadruple the donation I just made to take Vicki out for New Years Eve and our 9th wedding anniversary.
I just talked it over with Vicki and we chose staying home for New Years Eve, or doing something simple with friends, donating what we would have spent going out to the disaster relief effort instead. And if anyone puts together a benefit event by New Years Eve, I will consider donating to that also.
This is another link where you can donate.
https://www.aidindia.org/aidadmin/DonateToRRF.jsp
This is another organization calle AID (Association for India's Development) Details about this organiation can be found out at http://batonrouge.aidindia.org/
Kindly contribute whatever you can, so that we can help in the best possible way to offer some relief at this moment of grave tragedy and distress to the tens of thousands of affected (and mostly poor as always) people in India, who have unfortunately been subjected to nature's fury.
Sandip
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Sources from the US National Earthquake Information Center have said in numerous media reports today that the death toll in India and Sri Lanks might have been considerably reduced if those nations participated in the international early warning system for tsunamis: http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/general/warning/warning.html.
Example story: http://www.kktv.com/news/headlines/1167877.html
I can't hit the NEIC site directly today, I guess they're swamped with their own server tsunami today.
Anyway, I would like to know whether anyone is organizing to provide financial or logistical assistance to add India and Sri Lanka to the TWS? I would be interested in contributing to that effort, as well as current relief efforts.
If anyone could shed light on this, I'd be grateful.
- Amy Gahran
Editor, CONTENTIOUS (http://blog.contentious.com)
http://www.onethailand.com/
Thailand and Asia Tsunami Info Centre
Relief for Eastern Sri Lanka
VeAhavta ( you-shall-love.org ) is a non-profit that supports churches and orphanages in eastern Sri Lanka. You may use their online donation page to help these churches provide aid in their communities.
World Vision, a worldwide Christian relief and development organization, also is accepting donations now for relief kits and is already on the scene. (WV has its Indian HQ in Chennai, so they are quite close to this.)
There's also some good information on their site about local developments, particularly on the Indian side. http://www.worldvision.org. This is the U.S. site; there is also an international site accessible from this page.
~Reid Davis
P.S. Thanks to Instapundit for linking this blog.
Some of my Collected Links for the Relief Efforts in SL and India:
International Red Cross
www.icrc.org/eng
In Canada
www.redcross.ca
www.oxfam.ca/news/AsianEarthQuake_Floods/Oxfamresponds.htm
www.unicef.ca/news/displayNewsItem.php?id=108
www.devp.org
In USA
http://careusa.org/newsroom/pressreleases/2004/dec/20041227_asiaquake.asp
http://unicef.org/emerg/disasterinasia/24615_overview.html
In UK
www.christianaid.org.uk/seasia/index.htm
For India:
www.aidindia.org/CMS/
For Sri Lanka:
www.slembassyusa.org/flood_relief/flood_relief.html
If we had any online payment system like paypal or so, more contributions can happen. The idea is from an american who wanted to help us. Hope some of reliable organisations can post direct links where they can accept payments online.
Salvation Army has a webpage for the disaster, and the designation is 'South Asia Disaster Fund'.
anna univ is collecting clothes and distributing it to patinampakkam as of now and other places . will get more info . if u know anyone there , they are collecting at hall 13 near the main building . will get more info .
Great effort. I've linked on our group blog and on my blog. (Thanks to Dina for mentioning this on her blog.)
The Australian Government's response to the tsunami and advice to travellers is at here. It's aid agency, AusAID, has posted information here and is encouraging donations to Australian Red Cross, International Red Cross / Red Crescent, Care Australia, and Oxfam Community Aid Abroad.
Got this mail from my classmate. The website is not updated with the Tsunami relief news. But the phone nos may be useful.
Thanks,
Parthi.
Hi,
The Tsunami waves have devastated the houses of thousands of families in Chennai. As a small gesture of help we are planning to collect as many old clothes and blankets for the stricken families with the help of a charitable trust in Chennai called Reachout (http://reachoutindia.org). So if u guys are interested in contributing towards this cause pls contact me ASAP.
Regards
Archana
Phone numbers
+91-44-28223540,
+91-44-28228198,
+91-9841030910,
+91-9841030710.
LETS HOST THIS BLOG ON THE DOMAIN NAME I HAVE REGISTERED called worldsworstdisaster.com
we can setup a relief center and all those willing to help can help maintain the website.
we can also show different stories and all to all those willing to help
hope this helps
bye
arun balaji
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I am a blogger and would be more than happy to help. I am Thai so I could help with any translation needs for people trying to contact the Thai authority, in writing or even on the phone.
I could also help post news updates from Thai language newspapers, which seem to be quicker to report developments in Thailand than the English language ones.
I am at chezpim at gmail dot com.
best,
Pim
chezpim.typepad.com
fyi:
asha for education has just made a press release about their effort to raise
funds for tsunami victims.
http://www.ashanet.org/index.php?page=tsunami-relief
asha has a chennai chapter that is
working on the ground.
asha is also in the process of partnering with AID India (www.aidindia.org) to jointly collect funds and send out the word.
-manoj
Blog your donation! http://helpasia.blogspot.com
An innovative donation site where every cent donated will be used and all the relief efforts using the contributed funds will be BLOGGED.
Please suggest the most effective donations that can be blogged and followed online at
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/helpASIA
Please suggest the most effective donations that can be blogged and followed online at
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/helpASIA
The Art of Living Volunteers are working round the clock in Chennai, TN and Kerela.
Immediate requirements are for Medicines (antibiotics, pain killers, and general medicines such as paracetamol etc), Non Perishable food items (rice, daal etc) and clothes (separate out clothes for gents, ladies, boys and girls so that it is easier for distribution). More details at http://perspicuous.typepad.com/niranjani
For anyone searching from Dubai
To send clothes or blankets to India and Sri Lanka:
Before 7pm today (28/12, donations can be made at:
Dubai Aid City collection Centre, 2nd floor, Al Attar Business Tower, Kenda House, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai
After today:
Balaji Shipping is arranging to send containers with relief material to Chennai and Colombo. Deliver your contributions to:
Ruby Cargo (warehouse),
Near Mazrani Marble Ware House,
Rashidiya,
Dubai.
Time: 8.00 to 1.00pm and 4.00 to 9.00pm.
For further information, contact:
Mr. Swamy: 050 5516483.
Mr. Senthil: 050 4503089.
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More ( tamil ) people are dead in Northeast part of Srilanka
( Controlled by LTTE )
www.tamilnet.com
http://www.nitharsanam.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/tamil/
Let us also help that people too !!
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Timely job from this bloggers GROUP ...in spreading the word .
Thanks to rediff.com .i got the link from them ..i will spread it to all my friends.... to help the affected people .
i think comman ordinary people will know about this if it gets published in newspaper like "THE HINDU" -- IN INDIA
I'm really very sorry about all this tragedy. As a blogger I've just made a link to yours at http://ondas.blogs.sapo.pt
Octavio Lima, Portugal
Collecting Australian Relief efforts here -- http://oliyoung.com/archives/2004/12/28/australian-tsunami-relief-appeals/382/
Your blog is linked from the Planeta Forum
>> http://forum.planeta.com/viewtopic.php?t=369
Embassy of Sri Lanka
Washington D.C.
http://www.slembassyusa.org/
24 Hour Embassy Hotline: 202-352-0355
Food world stores in Chennai have setup special service counters to accept donations of old clothes and necessary things.
You can walk in to any nearest food world to drop your donations.
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I've collected donation information for Italian people in this post
Dear Friends,
It is always heartbreaking whenever disaster strikes, as it is in the case of South Asia where an estimated 28,000 perished.
IAHV and its sister organization Art of Living Foundation are already involved in providing relief to the victims in the hardest hit areas in South India. We are appealing to you for your generous donations to help out in this difficult time. Please contribute generously. Your donations are fully tax deductible.
Contributions can be made online at http://www.iahv.org
Checks can be mailed to IAHV, 12121 Quadrille Lane, Bowie, MD 20720 (Please indicate Memo: Disaster Relief Fund)
Thank You
IAHV
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I've heard from one more agency doing relief, a group called Gospel for Asia. They sent a message last night (http://www.gfa.org/gfa/urgent?motiv=WA4C-G1ER) discussing some of the effects of the disaster and stating that they're taking up donations for emergency relief.
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Friends,
Need I tell more than what you are already seeing and reading? This disaster is nothing short of 'HELL'for people who have survived it and lost all else. Let's please stand up for humanity - for ourselves, for our country. At PUNE, please rush your contributions in kind - dry baby food tins, dry milk tins, blankets, footwear and basic medicines like painkillers, paracetamols and bandages to the local RED CROSS office on M.G.Road, Camp opp. Central Bank of India. Incase you need to know anything more , please e-mail me at vmoorthy@rediffmail.com OR call 9822004752 (Pune). AND also please contribute generously to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund. Donations are tax-free and free of DD charges. Demand drafts can be made at any nationalised bank (like State Bank, Central Bank or Indian Overseas Bank)counter. Thanks and God bless all good folks for their time and help. Vijaya.
The tsunami is a nightmarish beginning to a new year. Please join in giving the battered people new hope and some relief from the hell they have been through.
The Times Foundation of the Times of India paper has set up a Tsunami Relief Fund. Anyone wishing to contribute may please send their cheques addressed to 'Times Foundation' at either Delhi (Times House, 7 Bahadurshah Zafrar Marg, New Delhi-110002, India) or Mumbai (Times of India, Dr. D.N.Road, Mumbai 400001, India). All donations above Rs.1,000 will be acknowledged through the newspaper.
New URL: http://asiaquake.org/
My name is Rudi Cilibrasi. I just set up a page that redirects here from the domain name asiaquake.org . Perhaps we should start publicizing this as an alternative since it is easy to say and easier to remember than the blogspot one. I guess this will also be easy to say on the news / radio. Please email cilibrar@ofb.net with any suggestions for how to help further, as I also have a dedicated 3GHz server running Linux/Apache in the event we need database-backend services for logistic coordination, etc.
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My friend, Veronica & I, would like to volunteer to help in Phuket. I live in Shanghai & Veronica lives in Singapore. We can be in Phuket anytime now & can stay to help for a few months.
I have volunteered previously in childcare and also counseling work. Veronica was a flight attendant with Singapore Airline, thus, she learnt First Aid during her flying days.
We would really like to help out in relief work and look forward to hearing from someone or organization.
Our contact details:
Carey Chung +86 13916024606 careychung@gmail.com
Veronica Lee +65 92762644 svsvvv@yahoo.com
Southern Baptists can help by sending financial gifts for aid through the IMB disaster relief fund. Send gifts designated “Asia Earthquake Disaster Relief” to the International Mission Board, P.O. Box 6767, Richmond, VA 23230 (to give online, click http://www.resources.imb.org/worldhunger/.) All funds given will go to relief efforts; none will be used for administrative costs.
See this article for a summary of current IMB relief efforts: http://www.imb.org/core/story.asp?storyID=2261&LanguageID=1709
Mark
Chinese tsunami help blog
http://blog.roodo.com/tsunamihelp/
and their RSS:http://blog.roodo.com/tsunamihelp/rss.xml
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This has reference to the earlier post about the Tsunami Relief Fund started by the Times of India newspaper. An error happened in the New Delhi address: It should read as Bahadurshah Zafar Marg. Also, all donations are exempt from tax under Section 80(G) of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
www.giveindia.org
Give Foundation has set up a Rehabilitation Fund to support initiatives to help those affected by the disaster in South India. 100% of the funds raised for this purpose will be disbursed for relief and rehabilitation of the victims. All donations are tax deductible. Every individual contribution will be acknowledged on our website, and details of how every penny is used will be provided online.
To see the details of efforts underway, click on http://www.giveindia.org/give/common/NGOs.htm
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If you're looking for an organization accepting relief funds, please consider donating to American Jewish World Service, an international development and relief organization with a four-star Charity Navigator rating and existing partnerships with 24 non-governmental, community-based organizations in the region.
AJWS is sending humanitarian aid to the people affected by the tsunami caused by the world's largest earthquake in 40 years.
More than 40,000 people are known dead; thousands are still missing, and more than one million people are left displaced and homeless in Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Burma, and Maldives.
For several years, AJWS has partnered with 24 non-governmental, community-based organizations in the region on sustainable community development projects. AJWS is working with these local groups to assess needs and provide emergency relief - food, water, shelter and medicine - and long-term development support.
Donations for this relief effort are being sought and can be made by mail, phone or Web site: American Jewish World Service, Asia Tsunami Relief, 45 West 36th Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018, 800-889-7146 or make a secure, online donation now.
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Agencies Accepting Aid Dollars
A list of some of the agencies accepting contributions for aid to people affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Asia.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/28/international/28aidb
ox.html?ex=1106888400&en=49d84675cbb20a78&ei=5087
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If I want to physically go to the area to help with the releif effors, who would I contact?
Here's the information I recd. from Embassy of India in Washingon DC:
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If you wish to contribute, it would be best to make a contribution to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund. Checks drawn in the name of the Fund can be sent to the Head of Chancery, Embassy of India, 2107 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington DC 20008.
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Regards,
Rahul Jain
Amazon.com has just flipped the top of its homepage to a American Red Cross donation link -- a quick and easy way for customers to give.
http://www.amazon.com/
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Does anybody know of any AID centres setup in New Jersey/Pennsylvania area to collect clothes, blankets, etc...
If there is none, would there be any volunteers to help me setup the same ?
Also, please urge your colleagues to donate any used clothes or other needed items ... you can setup a small box in the cafeteria or coffee room on Friday to enable colleagues to donate used clothes.
These items can be shipped directly to the volunteers/organizations in the affected areas ...
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I've made a map of the area with death toll numbers and other information, including a link to this page. I did this because I am a visual person and seeing the region 's map helped me realize more the scope of this event. If anyone knows of other information that should be on the page, please email me at elgato -@- swankyconservative.com.
Bloody Hell. I hit the wrong button. The map is at http://weblog.elgatobloggo.com/quake/
elgato
Feel free to go to the following URL and learn what Mennonite Central Committee is doing in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India
http://www.mcc.org/asiaearthquake
You can find a decent list of places in the US to send relief to here, you can check your charity using Charity Navigator and you can visit the Flickr site with other suggested places to donate on topic Relief Donations for Indonesia and Websites for Donations. Hope this helps.
Does anybody know of any AID centres setup in New Jersey/Pennsylvania area to collect clothes, blankets, etc...
If there is none, would there be any volunteers to help me setup the same ?
Also, please urge your colleagues to donate any used clothes or other needed items ... you can setup a small box in the cafeteria or coffee room to enable colleagues to donate used clothes.
These items can be shipped directly to the volunteers/organizations in the affected areas ...
The American Friends Service Committee is accepting donations, in (from my perspective) a really responsible way.
http://www.afsc.org/give/asia-relief.htm
From their description--
As the situation develops, we will:
* let the local people determine what response is most needed;
* provide support for groups or communities that might not be served by larger aid responses; and
* offer pragmatic, immediate help that builds longer-term recovery so that communities can rebuild long after the media attention and compassionate responses for aid have diminished.
PLEASE DONATE WISELY! There are a number of posts from the disreputable India Development Relief Fund (IDRF) seeking funds [For more info on why you should not contribute to IDRF, visit http://stopfundinghate.org]
Hi Guys,
I have just posted some other donation sites on our blog, http://www.activityholidaysguide.com/blog/geeve.html
Title: Tsunami Help.
Feel free to add the information to your site.
Best wishes, Geeve
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