Emergency Aid to Earthquake/Tsunami Victims

For those interested in doing something to help those affected by the recent earthquake/tsunami:

Many private organizations and charities are already mobilizing aid to the affected areas. One of these is called World Vision, a charitable group I can personally vouch for. They work in many developing nations, in partnership with in-country agencies and relief groups, for economic, agricultural, educational, and health/hygiene development. Because they are already established in most of the nations affected by the recent disaster, they can get relief to the areas very rapidly through their existing aid networks. You may read more about World Vision at their website (www.worldvision.org) US MAP Members may purchase a "Survival Kit" delivered to the affected area, to provide blankets, tarps, water purification tablets, cooking supplies, medicines (as needed), and food for a family of four (US $100), at their emergency donation site at http://donate.wvus.org/ Select "Energency Aid" from the links listed at the top of the page.

You may also donate online to the International Red Cross/Red Crescent. In the US, you can donate online at https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation-form.asp. Select the option "International Response Fund" in the drop-down menu on the right-hand side of the page.

Please do something: Give, pray, encourage others to give. If you know of responsible, reliable charitable groups that can accept donations in other areas of the world, please post those links as well.

 

CNN has just posted a list of 28 different international aid associations where people can donate to help flood/quake survivors.

The link is here:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/27/quake.aidsites/index.html

As of this morning, the death toll has topped 44,000 people. It is expected to rise as more remote areas are reached. It could top 60,000 if famine and disease spread faster than the international aid can reach affected areas.

 

Thanks Capt Ann.

MAP Admins have made a $100 donation on behalf of the forum.

 

Thank you so much, Yoda, et al.

You guys make me proud (and honoured) to be associated with MAP.

 

Thank you again MAP Admin. Once again you do us proud.

 

I'm looking for places to volunteer in Melbourne, Australia.

Could anyone post something if they know of somewhere to go - to pack food parcels, sort donations, etc... I'm not that rich at the moment so I think the best support I could give is my time.

 

How could us MAP members donate collectively,any ideas?

 

Now theres a thought.......maybe a paypal account that we could donate into as a collective...then whatever raised sent on as 1 amount??

 

I'll set this up if there's a consensus that it'll be used.

 

Id think quite a few people here would give to it......a lot of us buy things online with paypal already, and if enough of us give it could be a very worthwhile amount

 

Made sticky!

Come on MAP members!

 

This is something worth backing my employers have put 100,000 to the cause but anything anyone can give would help

 

More contact info .....

For information about the welfare and whereabouts of American citizens, please call 1-888-407-4747.

For information about how you can provide assistance to those in need, please call the Center for Disaster Information (CIDI) at 703-276-1914 (http://www.cidi.org/) or visit http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/tsunami/

Thanks to our MAP Admin. for the donation..... !!!

 

Amazon.com is now offering customers the ability to make donations directly to the Red Cross to aid the evacuation of survivors and the dispersal of first aid.
100% goes to the Red Cross ...
Donate with 1-Click to the South Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Relief Efforts Here!

 

There has been some difficulty with our donation via Worldvision because we're in the UK - so we've cancelled that and made a donation via http://www.dec.org.uk instead - and while we're at it we've upped it from $100 to £100 (about $160 US)....

 

Rather than setting up a new Paypal account, we have decided to make the MAP paypal account available for anyone wishing to donate. All donations to the MAP paypal account over the next two weeks (until Friday 14th January) will be put towards this appeal. Please give generously.

http://www.martialartsplanet.com/support.htm

 

One donation in

If you have read my journal lately, you will know that we thought my grandad had been cought up in it, until we found out he was in a different part of Thailand to last time.

 

Another donation in. I pay tax, so gift aid available on my donation....

 

It's looking good - 5 donations so far (Including the initial MAP Admin donation) totalling £290 (Approx. $550 US)

 

Come on MAPers, we can really raise some money here.....