Tsunami Aid

Here are ways to help and places to give: --------------------------------------- from Ari: The Indonesian Civil Society Coalition for the Victims of Earthquake and Tsunami is appealing for donations from members of the public abroad, as well as within Indonesia. All funds received by WALHI for the Coalition appeal will be allocated for emergency response as well as the post-emergency phase of rebuilding and restoration of shattered livelihoods. Please note that we can only receive financial donations from abroad for logistical reasons. The Medan and Jakarta Crisis Centers collect funds and enlist volunteers in coordination with local organizations. Funds and resources are mobilized by local organizations based in North Sumatera and Aceh. The latest information on our activities and needs, as well as developments on disaster spots will be provided in the form of daily updates in the English website of WALHI-Friends of the Earth Indonesia. Go to http://www.walhi.or.id and click English at top menu. Please send your donations to: Name on Account : Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia Account No. : 3-000026-173 Name of Bank : Citibank Branch : Menara Citibank Address : Jln. Metro Pondok Indah Kavling II/BA, No. 1, Jakarta, INDONESIA Swift Code : CITI IDJX ------------------------------------------ from MoveOn: Dear MoveOn member, The tsunami in southern Asia and Africa may be the worst natural disaster of our time. More than 116,000 lives were wiped out within hours. The toll in death and suffering from smashed cities, broken families, rampant disease, and crippled economies cannot even be calculated. In the face of this horror, MoveOn members have poured in requests to help, asking how we can push through our sadness and lend a hand. Rising to this challenge is at the heart of global leadership, and the world is depending on us. The U.S. government can lead billions of dollars of aid into this relief effort, if it chooses. Americans are generous and ready to step forward, but the U.S. Congress and the Bush administration have made a weak initial contribution to the effort -- first offering $15 million and then $35 million when they came under pressure. Clearly, we can do more. Let Congress and the President know that Americans are supporting strong leadership in this relief effort -- that millions of lives are at stake and we have to help. In this hour of need, if America chooses to embrace our role as a world leader, we can have an unparalleled impact. Send a message to our leaders at: http://www.moveon.org/tsunamirelief/ But we can't just wait for this Congress to move. We can help directly, as individuals, and save lives today. Our friends at Oxfam are already scrambling on the front lines to fight off starvation and disease -- and beginning to rebuild. Because Oxfam has worked for years with grassroots groups in the hardest hit areas, they were able to mobilize local leadership to help survivors immediately after the tsunami hit. And Oxfam will be there for the long-term, helping communities recover and regain their ability to meet basic needs. Oxfam needs to raise $5 million immediately to provide safe water, sanitation, food, shelter, and clothing to 36,000 families in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and India. Your contribution can make this possible. Please give what you can, at: http://www.moveon.org/r?r=631 Of course, Oxfam is only one of dozens of great organizations, like UNICEF, CARE, and the Red Cross/Red Crescent, rushing to help with the immediate need. Their efforts give the victims a head start, but it won't be enough unless the great nations of the world step forward in a big way for the long-term challenges. Indonesia, by far the hardest hit country, is also the world's largest Muslim nation. Their estimated death toll stands at 85,000 -- in some areas, 1 out of 4 people have already been killed. Now it's time for America to show its true colors. We want to be known as a nation that leads the world with compassion, generosity, and community -- not with disastrous foreign military adventures. We are a nation that values human life, family, and extending freedom and opportunity to where it is most needed. We must now reach out in a serious way to do just that. The $35 million offered by the Bush administration seems like a lot of money, but it's insignificant compared to what's needed in a disaster relief effort than spans continents and is expected to be the most expensive in history. To put it in perspective, we're spending $35 million in Iraq every 7 hours. (The Bush administration is about to ask for another $80 billion to cover the next installment of this tragic occupation.)1 We can and will do better. Thanks for doing your part to show the true generosity of the American spirit. Sincerely, --Adam, Ben, Carrie, Eli, James, Joan, Justin, Laura, Mari, Noah, Rosalyn, and Wes The MoveOn.org Team December 30th, 2004 -------------------------------------------- from Action Against Hunger: South Asia Emergency Urgent Request for the New Year Help us provide clean water, proper sanitation, & avoid epidemics Action Against Hunger has responded to the earthquake and aftershocks in South Asia by providing immediate assistance to the tsunami victims of Sri Lanka -- in Batticaloa, Trincomalee, and Jaffna -- while we carry out needs assessments in Indonesia and elsewhere in the region. With the immediate aim of avoiding the outbreak of an epidemic, our teams are focused on crucial water and sanitation activities: coordinating the construction of latrines, the distribution of clean water, and the collection and transportation of bodies to hospitals for identification. Our teams need all the help they can get; as you've undoubtedly seen, conditions are desperate. Contribute Today: We need your help to avoid further loss of life AAH Emergency Response None of us can predict when disasters will strike, which is why AAH maintains a comprehensive emergency response plan ready for deployment anywhere in the world. Our emergency response in Southeast Asia is just one example of how your support of Action Against Hunger throughout the year enables us to respond immediately when unforeseen disasters strike, when response time is measured in terms of lives saved. Why Only Cash Donations? Like all other relief organizations, AAH only accepts cash donations for two main reasons: (a.) because we need to buy very specific items to help disaster victims (i.e., water and sanitation materials), and (b.) we want to buy products as locally as possible to help jumpstart local economies. ----------------------------------------- from josh: Friends, if you're interested in donating $ for the victims of this horrific disaster, I would highly recommend Doctors Without Borders. You can be sure that the funds will go directly to getting urgently needed medicaland relief supplies to where they are needed most.I just donated at the link below, josh https://www.kintera.org/site/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?c=foIJKQMFF&b=89844&kntaw3112=D6976DE26A60493AB685062B4E8C67C6 -------------------------- from kate: I'm in London at the moment and have been helping out at the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) fielding calls for money donation and volunteer placement not only for the recent Tsunami in Asia, but for their long running appeals in Ethiopia, Rwanda and the Sudan. DEC is a British organization that divies up the money they raise to 12 notable organizations. The money goes directly to the specified appeal (at the moment their big thing is the Tsunami...they have raised over the last two days 35 million pounds just from UK callers and that number rises roughly a million pounds an hour). Thats a lot of money but not nearly enough and although it is a British organization, anyone interested in donating money or even going to the countries is welcome to go through the DEC. You can look them up for more info and/or to donate money at www.dec.org.uk.I'm sure there are organizations in the U.S that are doing the same thing, I just wanted to post an alternative. Happy New Year! xk ----------------------- from vivan: hi all, super sad. if you are interested in helping out, the best thing we can do is to provide financial contributions. below is info. hope you are all well. luv2luvya, vivan The following agencies are accepting contributions to help assist those affected by this week's earthquake and tidal waves across Asia. American Red Cross International Response Fund PO Box 37243 Washington, DC 20013 www.redcross.org Asia Relief 19409 Olive Tree Way Gaithersburg, MD 2087 301.672.9355 Assn. for India's Development AID Zone 4, PO Box 4801 Mountain View, CA 94040-0801 301.422.444 www.aidindia.org Tsunami Relief, Inc. 9302 Lee Hwy, Fifth Floor Fairfaz, VA 22031 703.934.6922 B'nai B'rith International B'nai B'rith Disaster Relief Rund 2029 K St., NW, Seventh Floor Washington, DC 20006 www.bnaibrith.org Adra International 12501 Old Columbia Pike Silver Spring, MD 20904 800.424.2372 www.adra.org Doctors Without Borders www.doctorswithoutborders.org Other organizations and information on effectively donating can be found at: http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/tsunami /ngolist.html --------------------------------- from Jagdish: Please Circulate: My colleagues at human rights watch compiled following information on groups organizing relief efforts in Asia. I'm sure that we all will do our best to raise necessary support for relief and rehabiliation efforts in Asia. Thanks, jagdish ======= INDONESIA A group of NGOs (many of whom we have worked with) have created the Civil Society Coalition for Tsunami Victims. They are accepting money, food, medicine, and clothing. The members include Kontras, SHMI, Imparsial, Aceh Kita, JMP-KWI, Walhi, LBH Apik, Amos, Yappika, Kalyanamitra, TRuK, AWG, Ciliwung, SEGERA, and LPPI. For logistical ease, funds can be sent to Kontras. If anyone wants contact info for any of the other groups, let me know. KONTRAS Kontras Secretariat JL. Borobudur No. 14 Menteng, Central Jakarta Indonesia 62-21-3926983/62-21-3928564 Contact : Mus: 0815-9649542; Arie: 0815-6867741 Money can be wired to their bank account in Jakarta: Bank Name: Bank BII Proklamasi Branch Bank Address: Jalan Proklamasi, Jakarta, Indonesia Bank Account: Rupiah Account 2-072-267-196 Swift No: IBB KIDJAA A second grassroots group organizing relief efforts is Solidaritas Perempuan. They focus on poor women. Solidaritas Perempuan Account Number : 000.02.14.42.096 (USD) Perserikatan Solidaritas Perempuan Swift Code: ABN - AIDJA Bank Name: ABN AMRO BANK N.V. Jakarta Main Branch Jl. Ir. H. Juanda 23 - 24 Jakarta 10029 Indonesia PO.BOX 2950 Phone : 62 - 21 - 2312777 Fax: 62 - 21 - 2313222 SRI LANKA Sarvodaya is a Sri Lankan organization with the largest community network in the country. To donate to Sarvodaya online by credit card you may donate through the Nonviolent Peaceforce: http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org/english/help/donatetosarvodaya.asp {http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org/english/help/donation.asp} Go directly to the Sarvodaya donation page. 100% of the money collected at this site will go to Sarvodaya. To donate via post within the USA, *please send a tax-deductible check made out to: Sarvodaya USA 5716 Manchester Avenue #3, Los Angeles, CA 90045 Please note that the check is for the Tsunami disaster. INDIA Association for India's Development is a volunteer group based in the U.S. that regularly funds grassroots development and human rights groups in India. They have already starting sending emergency funds through their networks, and they send 100% of donated funds. At the moment they are matching donated funds dollar for dollar. Tax-deductible contributions to AID can be made through secure on-line credit-card deductions from AID's website: http://survivors.aidindia.org where further details and updates will also be made available. Please indicate that your contribution is for the "Relief and Rehabilitation Fund". Contributions can also be sent by check made payable to "AID" mailed to: AID, P.O. Box F College Park, MD-20741, USA. (Please indicate "Relief and Rehabilitation Fund" in the check memo) For additional information call: 1-888-TALK-2-AID or (301) 422-4441 or email: info@aidindia.org Web: http://survivors.aidindia.org, Email: info@aidindia.org, Phone: 1-888-TALK-2-AID