Walter_Walltotti

Some other aid sites

Catholic Agency For Overseas Development - http://www.cafod.org.uk/

Care International - http://www.careinternational.org.uk/

International Red Cross - http://www.ifrc.org/

Medicines Sans Frontieres - http://www.msf.org/

Oxfam - http://www.oxfam.co.uk/

Save the Children - http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/sc...jsp?flash=true

Unicef - http://www.unicef.org.uk/

UN world food program - http://www.wfp.org/

World Vision - http://www.worldvision.org.uk/

Christian Aid - http://www.christianaid.org.uk/

Islamic Relief - http://www.irw.org/

swalter518

The state department website also has links to many relief agencies...

Judy_in_Calgary

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kismetchimera

Thanks for the info. Walter..

KE1TH

If you already have an existing account with amazon.com, you can use their site to make a direct donation to the red cross. Keith

Brahmama

For people in the US, here is the UNICEF site for the US and it will take you directly to the Tsunami Disaster. Click on the PINK box to the right - where it says "Donate" and you can make your donation right away.

http://www.unicefusa.org/site/pp.asp...0H&b=25933

cshellen

Thank you for posting this - my mom and I were just wondering how we could help. I just donated to Doctors Without Borders and the UN world food program. Thanks again.

AP6380

A co-worker compiled a huge list, here's about half:

http://www.mercycorps.org/splash/
http://www.ifrc.org/index.asp
http://www.careusa.org/
http://www.americaresfoundation.net/default.aspx
http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/
http://www.jdc.org/
http://www.kintera.org/htmlcontent.asp?cid=41794
http://www.christianchildrensfund.org/
http://www.churchworldservice.org/
http://www.directrelief.org/index.html
http://www.fh.org/
http://www.gospelcom.net/ia/
http://www.imcworldwide.org/index.shtml

mr_go

I was impressed with what I read of AmeriCares. I was happy to send them a donation.

cmt

Cross-referencing to this thread just in case the list posted from the New York Times has any contact information that may work better: http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34547858

mvor

For people in the U.S., please be sure to check with your HR department to see if your company has a Matching Gift program and if the organization to which you donated is eligible. This can double, triple or even quadruple your gift.

Here's a link to Chatter's thread with lists of NGOs working to help the victims:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/pgMessa...45&start=0

kgh8m

www.cnn.com has a list of links to many relief organizations - all seem reputable. www.give.org provides valuable information about charities, and each charity's website should have a copy of their annual report or other information that provides what % of their monies go to charity, and not administration and fund-raising.

Also, beware of people soliciting for the tsunamis by phone (apparently, phone solicitation is a huge fund-raising cost) and door-to-door (crooks and cheats). Finally, the President said today that relief efforts are not at the stage where people need to send clothes and blankets - cash is the best assistance now, to reputable relief organizations.

May God be with them.

indie

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elaine

Hi
www.nightly.msnbc.com

also has a long list

I don't know if this is still mentioned at that website, but the other day along with the relief organizations, it was mentioned that people in Haiti and even in Florida are still homeless due to Hurricane Jeanne months ago.
I'm not suggesting that some vicitims are more or less important, or more or less in need, just that perhaps we can dig deeper and give to help even more people.
'Tis the season...

clevelandbrown

I found this at flyertalk:

FlyerTalk Cares was activated immediately after the events of 9/11, and just as in the past, FlyerTalk and InsideFlyer Magazine will cover the processing fees associated with credit card donations. This will ensure that 100 percent of your donation goes to this charity choice. We will also track the level of donations and post the amounts received online.

Please join me in making a difference in the lives of those affected by this devastation.

Randy Petersen
FlyerTalk



The web site to participate is at

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/annou...ouncementid=53

Walter_Walltotti

For People in the UK

The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is an umbrella group of UK charities including, amongst others, British Red Cross, Cafod, Oxfam, Save the Children, Tearfund
Call them on 0870 60 60 900 or visit www.dec.org.uk

£50 will buy a new house for someone.

Do you really need ANOTHER pair of shoes or a bargain Jumper from the Xmas sales? I don't think so. Spend the money here NOT at the Sales.

Walter_Walltotti

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mr_go

Top it, and don't stop it.

Most of you folks can afford to give, so please do.

mikewalsh

Plan USA has been helping in the areas hit for 60 years:

planusa.org

Kavey

I opted to donate to Medecins Sans Frontieres - but I'm sure a donation to any of the organisations listed will help efforts in all the affected areas.

I did opt not to limit MSF to using my donation only for the SE Asia crisis as I didn't know if the current crisis would lead to their funds for other urgent work dropping. I figured they'd be best able to put incoming funds to the best use without my limiting it.