Posted by jay on December 30, 2004, at 14:23:46
Tsunami resources and ways to help
A special Straight Goods Bulletin, December 30, 2004
We wanted to pass along some useful
on-line resources that will enable you to learn about the tsunami in Asia
and how to help. Please pass these on to others. Thanks from Straight Goods
team.Canadian Red Cross: 1-800-418-1111
http://www.redcross.ca
Donate here: https://secure.csfm.com/redcross/Care Canada has projects in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
http://www.care.ca or
https://www.strategicprofitsinc.com/wn/care/sp_don_e.phpDoctors Without Borders (MSF) is active in Indonesia.
http://www.kintera.org/atf/cf/%7BA54B526F-06CB-4D53-8A37-C33976730CAB%7D/dwb.htmFederal Computing Week article has links to various information sources as
well as charities.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/1227/web-tsunami-12-29-04.aspGoogle Blog has frequent updates, links to aid agencies, some of them
controversial (like the Tamil Relief Agency).
http://www.google.com/googleblog/2004/12/tsunami-relief.htmlHow to Survive a Tsunami booklet, online as a .pdf file.
http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/circular/c1187/Labourstart has special coverage on the global trade union response to the
tsunami.
http://www.labourstart.org/tsunami/Medecins Sans Frontieres: 1-800-982-7903
http://www.msf.caNetAid has been working with agencies in the area.
http://www.netaid.ga0.org/world_schoolhouse/actions/crisis_asian_earthquake.htmlOxfam has longstanding projects in Sri Lanka. Oxfam Canada: 1-800-466-9326
or on-line at http://www.oxfam.ca
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/emergencies/country/asiaquake/index.htmScientific background -- just the facts -- on these particular tsunamis.
http://iri.columbia.edu/~lareef/tsunami/UNICEF says that one-third of tsunami dead were children, who could not
outrun the waves. Unicef Canada: 1-877-955-3111 or on-line at
http://www.unicef.ca
http://www.unicef.org/Unitarian Service Committee has programs in East Timor and Indonesia.
http://www.usc-canada.org/indon_en.aspWorld Health Organization tracks the 3 to 5 million people displaced by the
disaster, offers information sheet on tsunamis.
http://www.who.int/hac/crises/international/asia_tsunami/en/World Vision: 1-800-268-5528 or on-line at
http://www.worldvision.ca
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