Tsunami Disaster Relief

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6767190/

its about time...

 

It's like it has become a global potlach of sorts. Here are more links to organizations from the AP that you can give to-

Action Against Hunger
247 West 37th Street, Suite 1201
New York, NY 10018
212-967-7800
http://www.aah-usa.org
American Jewish World Service
45 West 36th Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10018
800-889-7146
http://www.ajws.org
ADRA International
9-11 Fund
12501 Old Columbus Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
800-424-2372
http://www.adra.org
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC Crisis Fund)
1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA
215-241-7000
http://www.afsc.org
Catholic Relief Services
PO Box 17090
Baltimore, MD 21203-7090
800-736-3467
http://www.catholicrelief.org
Direct Relief International
27 South La Patera Lane
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
805-964-4767
http://www.directrelief.org
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres
PO Box 2247
New York, NY 10116-2247
888-392-0392
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org
International Medical Corps
1919 Santa Monica Boulevard Suite 300
Santa Monica CA 90404
800-481-4462
http://www.imcworldwide.org
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
PO Box 372
CH-1211 Geneva 19
Switzerland
41-22-730-4222
http://www.ifrc.org /
International Orthodox Christian Charities
Middle East Crisis Response
PO Box 630225
Baltimore, MD 21263-0225
877-803-4622
http://www.iocc.org
Lutheran World Relief
PO Box 17061
Baltimore MD 21298-9832
800-597-5972
http://www.lwr.org
MAP International
2200 Glynco Parkway
PO Box 215000
Brunswick, GA 3121-5000
800-225-8550
http://www.map.org
Mercy Corps
PO Box 2669
Portland, OR 97208
800-852-2100
http://www.mercycorps.org
Northwest Medical Teams
PO Box 10
Portland, OR 97207-0010
503-624-1000
http://www.nwmedicalteams.org
Operation USA
8320 Melrose Avenue, Ste. 200
Los Angles, CA 90069
800-678-7255
http://www.opusa.org
Oxfam America
https://secure.ga3.org/02/oxfamamerica?extra1=asian_qua...
Relief International
11965 Venice Blvd.¥405
Los Angeles, CA 90066
800-572-3332
http://www.ri.org
Save the Children
Asia Earthquake/Tidal Wave Relief Fund
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06880
800-728-3843
www.savethechildren.org
US Fund for UNICEF
333 East 38th Street
New York, NY 10016
800-FOR-KIDS
http://www.unicefusa.or
World Concern
19303 Fremont Ave. N
Seattle, WA 98133
800-755-5022
http://www.worldconcern.org
World Relief
7 E. Baltimore St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
443-451-1900
http://www.wr.org
World Vision
PO Box 70288
Tacoma, Washington 98481-0288
888-56-CHILD
http://www.worldvision.org

 

To get the real bang for your buck...

http://charitywatch.org/hottopics/tsunami_asia.html
The American Institute of Philanthropy's top-rated list of charities
currently offering relief services to the victims of the earthquake and
tsunami that has devastated parts of Southeast Asia.

AIP conducts intensive ratings of national and international relief
agencies, and gives them a grade. The organizations listed on the above web
page are rated from B to A+ in efficiency. They all have web sites where you
can donate. Take your pick.

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/content.view/catid/2/cpid/34.htm
Evaluates and grades well-known charity groups.

http://www.seva.org/index.php The SEVA Foundation is the charitable org
established by members of the Grateful Dead many years ago.

 

Another reminder that the canadian govt is matching donations made by Canadians to non-gov organizations. Double your donation, donate Canadian.

I finally made it to the red cross office today to donate, and they had run out of reciepts here, and in a large city nearby. it's so nice to know that people are giving in such big numbers!

I just hope that the bottlenecks of supplies that i keep reading about in the news are resolved quickly. It's not going to do the survivors any good if clean water, food, and medicine are stopped hundred of miles away from where they're needed.

 

can americans donate to it too

 

on x-massssss time
oh lord ,and u know what !next year or i donno their is another tsunami disaster but
for ( lebanon , syria , esrael , and more .....

 

I'm not sure.

this is what they're saying:

i'm not exactly sure how they'd track where the donations are coming from when there are SO many people donating.

 

well most of the time when you donate, say online, and you put in your credit card, it requires your address...

and what did hip peace say?*scratches head*

 

you know i was feeling this way last night...i had a good time with my friends but i was watching the ball drop and i was thinking about how everyone around the world was celebrating while those countries and people were still mourning...i know you have to continue to live, but i think things like this make you question how you live....and holding our children is one of the best ways to live.

 

I agree. With all children having come to live with me recently I am getting my share of hugs and holding and it is great.

Peace, TD-

 

Even a small donation can make a difference!

I sent mine...I honestly wish I could fly over there and work and help with my own hands.



Fer

 

every one s argueing about money how much it will cost , the western worlds won yet again i think . If god is a sick fuck such foul, langugue for a 15 year old very angry dont rise to the challenges set with anger use that as your last defence,then we are no better.God would not give us women then do things like that the world is too heavy as we build and and dig holes and mate like rabbits with any female that takes are fancy it s suprising that it has nt happened before.I am going i cant get there till feburary being an indoor farmer im at the mercy of the white light i hope i can help and i will not be charging and the two thousand pounds i take with me fingers crossed god bless hydro ponics will all be used out there love the site and the people

 

wow, that's one rambling stream of consciousness rant thing you got goin there.
strange non use of periods.

thanks for going over there bro, that rocks! good luck to you friend.
Peace, Viv-

 

I just had to reply to this as it is not true of everywhere. My friends are from Sri Lanka and their temple here in Aus and other organisations such as the the Tamil association have got containers and are filling them with food, sheets and non perishable goods to go to people in the north of Sri Lanka, they will be distributed by people who have been here and understand where and who the AID is to go to. There is also a need for AID that is not immediate so maybe if you have a similar organisation in your area they might need some contributions in order to help with a slightly more long term need. These are people who all move between both countries constantly and so they are able to guarantee that what you send will end up with someone who needs it. The people who need this AID are not only those caught in the immediate tsunami but also those who will find themselve economically affected in those countries.

Tis my first time to post here but have been reading with interest many threads here and find you all very interesting and full of goodness.

 

and the dolphin who was just saved in Thailand...they are still looking for her calf and as they are milk fed I am feeling a bit depressed about the "saving" of this dolphin and her baby.....


obviously like many people some animals were otherwise occupied...since we don't know all the dead humans as yet why are people presuming to know the wildlife toll?

 

Thanks for the info! I gave to Red Cross, never sure about some of the others. Our family has worked for Red Cross and they are the best!

 

send me yoh money now, in x-change Ih will sendz doz pooh niggerz some guud karma.

 

thank god for liberal media or else the u.s. probibly wouldn't have done shit else...they were lying about the death tollls the entire time and showed only the footage at big ass rich people condos a football feild from shore not making it look so bad...
kind of similar to whats goin on in iraq...

 

What news were you watching? As I saw it they were eager to show any video of the tsunami they could get ahold of. Of course we only saw videos taken by tourists, not many Indonesian fishermen own camcorders. And the death toll was rising by the hour, so how could they be lying about it? I saw footage of villagers being piled into mass graves, aerial footage of villages that were wiped off the face of the Earth, and nonstop pleas for donations so the survivors could get food and water. Bush wasn't going to do a hell of a lot at first, but that doesn't mean there was a huge conspiracy backing him up.

 

well god damn i was hoping that was the case else there is no excuse why it took so fucking long for the people of the united states to go and form a proper relief effort...(i don't watch tv often...except the week that this first happened...and the last i saw the death toll was like 25,000...then i saw a while later on a "liberal" website that the death toll was 250,000...so i jumped to conclusions)

thanks fer settin me straight newo...