ÿþ<HTML> <style type="text/css"> A:link {color: darkblue;} A:visited {color: black;} A:hover {color: red;} </style> <head> <title>Philathropic and Disaster Relief organizations</title> </head> <BODY background="http://www.sefco-export.com/na2.jpg" text="darkblue"> <p><a name="mdateam"></a><br><center> <TABLE border="1" WIDTH=95% CELLPADDING=5> <TR> <TD bgcolor="#E0EEE0" WIDTH="40%" VALIGN=TOP> <br><br><br> <ul> <FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE="1"><br> <ul> <strong>PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS</strong></font><ul> <br><br> <a href="https://www.mdaevent.org/ParticipantInfo.aspx?j=bde8c349-98d1-46d5-b839-3e90a40a0068"> <img src="http://www.mdausa.org/images/banners/hope_120x90.gif" border="0" align="left"></a> <br><br> <FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=2> <b>Join the MDA Team !!</b><br><br><br> <br><br> You too can help fight muscular disease <br>by supporting:<FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE="1"> <a href="https://www.mdaevent.org/ParticipantInfo.aspx?j=bde8c349-98d1-46d5-b839-3e90a40a0068">SHAWN GALBREATH</a></font><br> <br><b> <a href="https://www.mdaevent.org/ParticipantInfo.aspx?j=bde8c349-98d1-46d5-b839-3e90a40a0068">mda</a> &nbsp; <a href="http://www.ibca.net">ibca</a> </font> <FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE="1">walkathon <a href="http://www.sefco-export.com/bc_letter.JPG">message</a> </b></ul></ul><br><br><table background="http://www.sefco-export.com/bg-pat2.gif" cellpadding="16"><tr><td> <a href="http://www.ibca.net"><img src="http://www.sefco-export.com/bc_header.gif" border="0" alt="not alone"></a> </td></tr></table><br><br> <br><a name="mnm"></a><table align="right" width="55%"><tr><td><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE="1"> <b>Do your part...</b> <br>One bed net...<br> 10 dollars...<br> <a href="https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=12833">Save a life</a>.</font></td> <td> &nbsp;</td><td><a href="http://www.uwint.org/gppweb/index.aspx"><img src="http://www.sefco-export.com/uwi.JPG" border="0"></a></td></tr></table><br> 1,000,000 people die from it...<br> Every year. <a href="http://www.malarianomore.org">MALARIA</a><br><br><font size="2"><i>"Malaria No More"</i></font><br><br> <a href="http://www.uwint.org/gppweb/index.aspx">United Way International</a> </ul></font> </TD> <TD WIDTH="60%" VALIGN=TOP> <font face="Verdana, arial"> <P><font color="maroon"> <br> <h1>Here... </h1> <h2>...is how you can help. </h2> </font> <blockquote> <center> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_662000/662847.stm"> <img src="http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/660000/images/_662847_trunk300.jpg"> </a><br>Read: "why the world waits" (BBC) </center> <br> <font color="#000000" size="2"> <br>Have news about a good project, to share?<br> Something of topical interest or simply philosophical? <br><br> Send us your links and information....<br> <br> <font color="darkblue" size="1"> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SCAN DOWN TO PERUSE OUR <br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="#shared">SHARED CONTENT</a> AND LINKS </font> <br><br> <ul><br> <font color="darkblue" size="2"> "Twenty years from now you will be more disapointed by the things that you didn't do than the by the ones you did do. 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Two other ships previously unloaded containers. <br><br> The reopened pier is older and smaller than the north pier, which was rendered unusable by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck the Haitian capital January 12. <br><br> The south pier was damaged, but Haiti port authorities and the U.S. military were able to put it back in shape, although repairs continue. Workers also repaired the road leading into the city and laid gravel on it. <br><br> Unloading of aid, however, was a slow process. The road allows only for one-way traffic, meaning a truck drives to the end of the pier, is loaded with supplies, and then drives out. Also, because of concerns about overloading the pier, only one truck is allowed on it at a time. <br><br> Repairs on the pier continue, said U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Mark Gibbs. "We're working on it. We've got a long ways to go. ... If we lose this pier, that's it. We can't bring in anything." <br><br> However, the reopening of the pier and the repairing of the road represented a major development in efforts to get aid to earthquake victims, in that ships can carry much more cargo than air airplanes. <br><br> Authorities hope to get two-way traffic going on the pier by Friday, which would speed up the process. <br><br> An aftershock on Wednesday stopped efforts at the pier for about three hours. U.S. Navy divers had to go back in the water and reassess the pier's structural integrity, officials said. There was no immediate word if Thursday's less intense aftershock caused a delay. <br><br> Lt. Gen. Douglas Fraser of U.S. Southern Command announced the pier's reopening on Thursday in Washington. Officials hope to move about 150 containers of aid Thursday and 250 on Friday. They want to increase that to 800 containers a day. <br><br> The reopening comes as U.S. officials have been stung by criticism of aid efforts in recent days. <br><br> Some of that criticism has been leveled by aid groups such as Doctors Without Borders, who blamed five victims' deaths on delays, saying several flights carrying medical supplies had been diverted from the Port-au-Prince airport into the neighboring Dominican Republic. <br><br> Working under adverse conditions with limited supplies, medical teams have been forced to improvise. <br><br> Renzo Fricke, field coordinator for Doctors Without Borders, also known as Medecins Sans Frontieres, told CNN earlier this week that staffers had to buy a saw in the market so surgeons could do amputations. Lacking rubbing alcohol, doctors have used vodka to sterilize equipment and instruments. Surgical patients are being given over-the-counter pain medicine because doctors lack any stronger medication. One nurse used a string of Christmas lights as a makeshift extension cord. <br><br> Canadian troops, meanwhile, were working to open an airport in Jacmel on Thursday, another step that could speed delivery of relief supplies. <br><br> Fraser said Thursday that 120 to 140 flights a day are coming into the single-runway Port-au-Prince airport, compared with 25 per day just after the quake struck last week. More than 840 have landed since the airport was reopened, but there is a waiting list of 1,400 to come in, he said. <br><br> A senior administration official acknowledged that not all aid, particularly medical supplies, is getting through fast enough but said that in recent days, at least half of the flights entering Haiti are carrying humanitarian supplies. Most of the other 50 percent of flights, including those of the U.S. military and foreign governments, are still carrying some kind of aid. <br><br> The official attributed the delay in getting aid through to two factors. Dozens of planes were flying into the Port-au-Prince airport in Haiti, carrying cargoes of food, water, medicine and search-and-rescue gear. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said military personnel on the ground were sometimes confused about what each plane was carrying. <br><br> The military will now station aid officials in the airport control tower to assess the contents of each flight and ease the flow of aid. <br><br> Also, a Web-based system has been created so that aid groups, donor countries and others can track when each flight is scheduled to land and the supplies it has aboard. <br><br> The official also said the operating procedure of the U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti says it can work without security only during daylight. U.S. troops that have arrived now can take over a large share of security and speed the processing of aid. <br><br> The senior administration official said that more than 300 aid distribution sites are up and running. Fraser said more than 700,000 meals and 1.4 million bottles of water have been delivered. <br><br> At least 72,000 people -- including dozens of U.N. staff members -- have been confirmed dead in the earthquake, according to the country's prime minister. <br><br> International aid contributions have totaled hundreds of millions of dollars, but relief agencies working in Haiti say transportation bottlenecks and poor communications have slowed the delivery of food, water and medicine to survivors. <br><br> On Wednesday, U.S. Agency for International Development administrator Rajiv Shah ordered more medicine and other supplies to be sent within the next 24 hours, the administration official said. <br><br> Lt. Gen. P.K. Keen, the head of the U.S. military task force in Haiti, said any aircraft identified as carrying medical supplies would have priority for landing. They are turned away only "if there's no parking space on the ramp, and they don't have sufficient fuel to hold in their holding pattern," he said. <br><br> Another senior U.S. military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Wednesday that the priorities for aid flights are set "by the government of Haiti first and then by the U.N. second." But the number of flights that can land at Port-au-Prince is "a sheer issue of physics and geometry; you just can't get them all in there." <br><br> To improve the flow of air traffic, the U.S. military said Wednesday it had obtained landing rights at the Dominican Republic's air base at San Isidro, about 135 miles (220 kilometers) east of Port-au-Prince. <br><br> The U.S. military has the ability to build dirt runways that rugged cargo planes such as the C-130 Hercules can use, but the equipment needed to build those is "always at a premium," the senior official said. <br><br> The military has 63 helicopters in the region, Fraser said.</ul> </td></tr></table></center><br><br> </td></tr></table> <br> <br><b><i><font size="2" face="Monotype Corvisa" color="darkblue">links, contacts and news clippings <br>from recent history...</font></i></b><p> <br><br><ul><font color="#000000">In the United States: FEMA <a href="http://www.fema.gov/index.shtm">Response & Recovery programs</a> <br> US Hurricane Programs: [<a href="http://www.nvoad.org">nvoad.org</a>] [<a href="http://www.redcross.org">redcross.org</a> 1-800-435-7669] <br> <br> <a href="http://www.redcross.org"> <img src="http://www.sefco-export.com/american_red_cross.gif" align="right" border="0"></a> <br><br> <br><br> <center> <TABLE bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="70%" border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> <TR><TD align=top><img height=98 alt=City Seal src="http://www.nyc.gov/gif/m_cityseal.jpg" width=98 hspace=0 border=0></TD></TR><TR><TD align=bottom> </TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE bgcolor="#FFFFFF" WIDTH="70%" border=0><TR><TD align=center><BR> <FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=2><b></b></font></TD></TR><TR><TD> <span class="ltblue_11pt_bold"> <FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=2> August 30, 2005<br> </span> <br><span class="grey_11pt_bold"> MAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES CITY'S RELIEF AND FUNDRAISING EFFORTS FOR VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA <br></span><br> <!-- Paragraphs --> <span class="ltgrey_11pt"> Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Office of Emergency Management (<a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/home.html">OEM</a>) Commissioner Joseph Bruno today announced that the City will be deploying an Urban Search and Rescue Team (New York Task Force One NYTF-1) to Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The Mayor also urged New Yorkers who want to help to make donations to an established charity like the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, or through the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City, which will distribute donations to disaster relief agencies. <p>"We have all seen the devastating images of the damage that Hurricane Katrina has caused in the southeast United States," said Mayor Bloomberg. "On behalf of all New Yorkers, I offer our heartfelt sympathy to the families and friends of those who have perished in this terrible tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with all the people in the area who have been impacted by this disaster, and we are eager to do everything possible to help. New Yorkers will never forget the extraordinary support we received following the dark days after 9/11 and how much it meant to our City. One way that each of us can offer support is by making a donation to an organization that provides disaster relief."</p> <p>"We are working with FEMA and local governments in Louisiana to see what assets New York City may be able to provide to assist in the rescue and recovery efforts," said Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Commissioner Joseph Bruno. "New Yorkers should remember that at this point the best way to help is to donate to one of the charitable organizations operating in the impacted area."</p> <p>NYTF-1 is managed by the Office of Emergency Management and includes approximately 210 members from NYPD, FDNY, and OEM who become a federal asset in times of emergencies. There are 28 teams nationwide and eight teams have been deployed already. In addition, there are already two members of NYTF-1 who are in position to support operations in the Southeast. OEM will continue working on putting together resources that will be available to local and Federal officials as they assess the impacted zones.</p> <p>The Mayor's Fund was established in 1994 to serve as the umbrella not-for-profit corporation for the City of New York and is a publicly supported, not-for-profit corporation, dedicated to working closely with the City.</p> <p>The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City raises money to promote the general welfare of the City's residents and aid civic improvements. The Fund supports the work of many City Agencies including Education, Parks, Health, and Cultural Affairs, and raises funds for many quality of life initiatives.</p> <p>Donations can be sent in the form of a check to: Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City, City Hall, New York, NY 10007 with a note on the check that the donation is for "Hurricane Katrina Relief."</p> <p>Additional organizations doing work on the ground and accepting monetary donations:</p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td width="50%">American Red Cross<br> 1-800-HELP NOW (435-7669) English<br> 1-800-257-7575 Spanish<br> <br> </td> <td width="50%">Operation Blessing<br> 1-800-436-6348</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>America's Second Harvest<br> 1-800-344-8070</td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> Additional Organizations accepting monetary donations and volunteer: <br> <br> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td width="50%">Adventist Community Services<br> 1-800-381-7171<br> <br> </td> <td width="50%">Catholic Charities, USA<br> 1-800-919-9338<br> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Christian Disaster Response<br> 941-956-5183 or 941-551-9554<br> <br> </td> <td>Christian Reformed World Relief Committee<br> 1-800-848-5818<br> <br> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Church World Service<br> 1-800-297-1516 ext. 222<br> <br> </td> <td>Convoy of Hope<br> 417-823-8998<br> <br> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Lutheran Disaster Response<br> 1-800-638-3522<br> <br> </td> <td>Mennonite Disaster Service<br> 717-859-2210<br> <br> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Nazarene Disaster Response<br> 1-888-256-5886<br> <br> </td> <td>Presbyterian Disaster Assistance<br> 1-800-872-3283<br> <br> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Salvation Army<br> 1-800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769)<br> <br> </td> <td>Southern Baptist Convention --Disaster Relief<br> 1-800-462-8657, ext. 6440<br> <br> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>United Methodist Committee on Relief<br> 1-800-554-8583<br> <br> </td> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br> For further information: visit the website for the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) at:&#160;<a href="http://www.nvoad.org/">http://www.nvoad.org/</a>&#160;or call 311. </span><br><br> </TD></TR></TABLE></center> </B></font> <a name="appeal"> </a><br><center><br> <a href="http://www.ifrc.org"> The Int'l Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies</a></center> <br><ul> <br><font color="#000000" size="5"> "<tt><strong>There are too many people who come here for food. <br> All of them need rice and other things. What should I do?</strong> </tt>" </font><br><br><font size="2">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -- ABDUL BASIR BASIRAT, Red Crescent Society supervisor in Jalalabad, Afghanistan (2001) </font></ul> </blockquote></center> <a name="usun-haiti"> </a> <br> <blockquote><a href="#haiti2010"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana, arial" size="4"><b>Haiti</font></b></a> <blockquote> <font color="#000000" face="Verdana, arial" size="2"> Statement by Ambassador Sichan Siv, United States Representative to the Economic and Social Council, <br> on the Launch of <a href="http://www.un.int/usa/04_032.htm"><b>Appeal for Humanitarian Aid for Haiti</b></a></b> <br>USUN PRESS RELEASE # 32 <br> "Our humanitarian aid supplements our support to Haiti s long-term development, which is ongoing." <br> [US UN Mission site: <a href="http://www.un.int/usa/04_032.htm">click here</a> for statement and links] </blockquote></font><br> <a name="iranrelief"> </a> <br><blockquote> <font color="maroon"> <h3><a name="venezuela"> Disaster Relief</a> </h3></font> <font color="#000000"><img src="http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2004/01/02/thumbs/20040101185750.jpeg" align="right" border="0"> <p> Treasury Eases Restrictions To <br> <a href="http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/js1076.htm"><b>Assist Humanitarian Relief Activities</b></a> <br> For Earthquake Victims In Iran <br><br><a name="tsunami"> </a> <br><br> Center for International Disaster Information: <a href="http://www.cidi.org">www.cidi.org</a><br> <br><font size="4"><br> <b>"Appropriate Donations to Meet International Disaster and Humanitarian Needs" </b> </font> <br> <br><font size="2"> South Asia - <a href="http://www.cidi.org/incident/tsunami/">Earthquake and Tsunami</a></font><br> <img src="http://www.sefco-export.com/srilanka_kalutara.jpg"><br><font size="4"> Find out how you can help. </font><blockquote> <font size="2"> <br> December 30, 2004<br> PRIME Minister John Howard today said the best thing Australians could do to help the tsunami relief efforts <br> was to put their hands in their pocket and return home if in the disaster area. "<b>Give money</b>" was Mr Howard's advice when asked what Australians could do to help. "<b>I would exhort people to give money</b>, I would also exhort any people who are still in the affected areas, unless they have a need to stay there, they should come home," he told ABC radio. "<b>We have a moral obligation on the basis of pure humanity to help and we will help.</b>" <br><br> <font size="1"> [news source: theaustralian.news.com.au] &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [photo (r): WTC, NY NY] </font> <img src="http://www.sefco-export.com/prayer-sept112004-67b.jpg" height="400" width="300" align="right" alt="prayers, at WTC site, NYC" border="10"> </blockquote> <a name="tragedy"> </a> <p><hr> <br> <font size="2"><br> <br> <a href="http://www.sefco-export.com/pic22795.jpg"><img src="http://www.sefco-export.com/pic22795sm.jpg" align="left"></a><br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <b>How to Help</b> <br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://www.careusa.org">www.careusa.org</a><br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://www.redcross.org">www.redcross.org</a><br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://www.unicefusa.org">www.unicefusa.org</a><br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/tsunami/">www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/tsunami/</a><br> </b> <br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; news reports:<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; "British queen gives 'substantial' donation to tsunami relief"<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; "Japan pledges $500 million in tsunami aid" <br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; "UN Now Needs Logistics Help to Deliver Aid" [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/02/international/worldspecial4/02nations.html">NYTimes</a>] <br><br> <font size="1"> [A horrific scene; photo at lower left <br> sent to us by friends in Thailand, 1/7/2005]</font> <br><a name="fa"></a> <br> <ul><b>FEEDBACK AND ANALYSIS</b><br><br><ul> After the Tsunami... After Katrina... Post war Iraq... &nbsp; &nbsp; <b>"Lessons Learned"</b><br><br> <br>"<b><font color="darkblue">Logistics officers</b> said the military has learned valuable lessons</font><br> from the tsunami deployment to Sri Lanka in January, 2005, <br> and from a DART mission to Pakistan to aid earthquake victims six months later.<br> [excerpt]<br> <br> DART includes a mobile medical clinic and water purification system that can be transported by aircraft. <br> <font color="darkblue">The cost of sending just the water system was estimated at $7.8-million.</font><br> CIDA estimates that 'the NGO community can provide 12 times the clean water as DART at the same cost,' the note said. 'Accordingly, cost-effective and demand-driven aid must be weighed against the strong Canadian image the DART projects.' There were other considerations that suggested that DART might be an <font color="darkblue">unnecessarily expensive way</font> to hoist the Canadian flag in a disaster zone. At that point, no tsunami-affected country had requested a medical clinic similar to DART's. They wanted medicine instead." </ul><br> excerpt from article, in Canada's <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061116.wxdart16/BNStory/National/home">theglobeandmail.com</a> 16-November, 2006 <a name="drinkingwater"></a> <br><br><hr><br><br> <b>PLAN AHEAD!</b><br><br> Where will you find 10-days of potable <b>drinking water</b> in the event of an emergency?<br> &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp Try: <a href="http://www.seychelle.com">www.seychelle.com</a> <br><br> For more tips and advice on safety matters, go to: <a href="http://www.sefco-export.com/safeandsound.htm">www.sefco-export.com/safeandsound.htm</a> </ul> <hr color="#C0C0C0" size="1"> <p align="left"> <font size="4"><b>Relief Agency contacts</b></font><br><br> Excerpt from: <a href="http://www.usafreedomcorps.gov">www.usafreedomcorps.gov</a> <br><br> Information contained on this sheet has been gathered from sources at the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. For more information on the South and Southeast Asia Earthquake and Tsunamis, please visit <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/tsunami/"> http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/tsunami/</a>. </p> <p align="left">The list below is provided by USAID and can be retrieved from their website <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/tsunami/ngolist.html"> http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/tsunami/ngolist.html</a>. <br> Please check back at this site for updates.</p></blockquote <hr color="#C0C0C0" size="1"> <p><b>VOLUNTEERING</b></p> <p>Volunteer opportunities in disaster settings are extremely rare, and are usually limited to people with prior disaster experience and technical skills (such as health, engineering, etc). To register your skills and experience for a possible volunteer opportunity, go to the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cidi.org/datain.htm">Center for International Disaster Information's registration page</a>.<br><a name="relief1"> </a> <br> <b><a name="DONATIONS">DONATIONS</a></b></p> <p>The most effective way people can assist relief efforts is by making cash contributions to humanitarian organizations that are conducting relief operations. USAID encourages cash donations because they: allow aid professionals to procure the exact items needed (often in the affected region); reduce the burden on scarce resources (such as transportation routes, staff time, warehouse space, etc); can be transferred very quickly and without transportation costs; support the economy of the disaster-stricken region; ensure culturally, dietary, and environmentally appropriate assistance. The agencies listed below are accepting donations for assistance they or their affiliates are providing to those affected by the earthquake and tsunamis:</p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top"><strong>Action Against Hunger</strong><br> 247 West 37th Street<br> New York, NY 10018<br> 212-967-7800<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.actionagainsthunger.org"> www.actionagainsthunger.org</a><p><strong>ADRA International</strong><br> Asia Tsunami Crisis Fund<br> 12501 Old Columbia Pike<br> Silver Spring, MD 20904<br> 800-424-ADRA (2372)<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.adra.org"> www.adra.org</a></p> <p><strong>Air Serv International</strong><br> 6583 Merchant Place, Suite 100<br> Warrenton, VA 20187<br> 540-428-2323<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.airserv.org"> www.airserv.org</a></p> <p><strong>American Friends Service Committee</strong><br> 1501 Cherry Street <br> Philadelphia, PA 19102 <br> 888-588-2372<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.afsc.org"> www.afsc.org</a></p> <p><strong>American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc.</strong><br> JDC-South Asia Tsunami Relief<br> P.O. Box 321<br> 847A Second Avenue <br> New York, New York 10017<br> 212-885-0832<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.jdc.org"> www.jdc.org</a></p> <p><strong>American Jewish World Service</strong><br> 45 W. 36th St., 10th Fl.<br> New York, NY 10018<br> 212-736-2597<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.ajws.org"> www.ajws.org</a></p> <p><strong>American Refugee Committee</strong><br> Tsunami Relief<br> 430 Oak Grove Street, Suite 204<br> Minneapolis, MN 55403<br> 612-872-7060<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.archq.org"> www.archq.org</a></p> <p><strong>AmeriCares</strong><br> 88 Hamilton Ave<br> Stamford, CT 06902<br> 800-486-4357<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.americares.org"> www.americares.org</a></p> <p><strong>Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT)</strong><br> Tsunami Fund<br> 6810 Tilden Lane<br> Rockville, MD 20852<br> 301-984-0217<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.amurt.net"> www.amurt.net</a></p> <p><strong>Baptist World Aid</strong><br> Asia Tidal Waves<br> 405 North Washington Street<br> Falls Church, VA 22046<br> 703 790 8980<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.bwanet.org/bwaid"> www.bwanet.org/bwaid</a></p> <p><strong>B'nai B'rith International </strong><br> B'nai B'rith Disaster Relief Fund<br> 2020 K Street NW<br> 7th Floor <br> Washington, DC 20006<br> 212-490-3290<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.bnaibrith.org"> www.bnaibrith.org</a></p> <p><strong>Brother's Brother Foundation</strong><br> 1200 Galveston Ave<br> Pittsburgh, PA 15233<br> 412-321-3160<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.brothersbrother.org"> www.brothersbrother.org</a></p> <p><strong>CARE</strong><br> 151 Ellis Street NE<br> Atlanta, GA 30303<br> 800-521-CARE<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.care.org"> www.care.org</a></p> <p><b>Catholic Medical Mission Board</b><br> 10 West 17th Street<br> New York, New York 10011<br> 800-678-5659<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.cmmb.org/"> www.cmmb.org</a></p> <p><strong>Catholic Relief Services</strong><br> 209 West Fayette Street<br> Baltimore, MD 21201<br> 877-HELP-CRS<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.catholicrelief.org"> www.catholicrelief.org</a></p> <p><strong>CHF International</strong><br> 8601 Georgia Ave. Suite 800<br> Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA<br> 301-587-4700<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.chfhq.org"> www.chfhq.org</a></p> <p><strong>Christian Children's Fund</strong><br> Child Alert Fund<br> PO Box 26484<br> Richmond, Virginia - 23261-6484<br> 800-776-6767<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.ChristianChildrensFund.org"> www.ChristianChildrensFund.org</a></p> <p><strong>Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC)</strong><br> South Asia Earthquake<br> 2850 Kalamazoo Ave. SE<br> Grand Rapids, MI, 49560<br> 800-55-CRWRC<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.crwrc.org"> www.crwrc.org</a></p> <p><strong>Church World Service</strong><br> PO Box 968<br> Elkhart, IN 46515<br> 800-297-1516<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.churchworldservice.org"> www.churchworldservice.org</a></p> <p><strong>Concern Worldwide, US</strong><br> 104 East 40th Street, Suite 903<br> New York, NY 10016<br> 212-557-8000<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.concernusa.org"> www.concernusa.org</a> </p> <p><strong>Direct Relief International</strong><br> 27 South La Patera Lane<br> Santa Barbara, CA 93117<br> 805-964-4767<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.directrelief.org"> www.directrelief.org</a></p> <p><strong>Episcopal Relief and Development</strong><br> South Asia Relief Fund<br> 815 Second Avenue<br> New York, NY 10017<br> 800-334-7626, ext. 5129<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.er-d.org"> www.er-d.org</a></p> <p><strong>Food for the Hungry, Inc.</strong><br> Food for the Hungry<br> Asia Quake Relief<br> 1224 E. Washington St.<br> Phoenix, AZ 85034<br> 800-2-HUNGERS<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.fh.org">www.fh.org</a></p> <!-- <p><strong>Friends of the World Food Program</strong><br> PO Box 11856<br> Washington, DC 20008<br> 202 530 1694<br> <a href="/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.friendsofwfp.org">www.friendsofwfp.org</a></p> --> <p><strong>Habitat for Humanity International</strong><br> Asia Tsunami Response Fund<br> 121 Habitat St<br> Americus, GA 31709<br> 229-924-6935<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.habitat.org"> www.habitat.org</a></p> <p><b>Heart to Heart International</b><br> 401 S. Clairborne<br> Suite 302 <br> Olathe, KS 66062 <br> 888-800-4327<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.hearttoheart.org "> www.hearttoheart.org </a></p> <p><strong>International Aid</strong><br> 17011 W. Hickory<br> Spring Lake, MI 49456<br> 800-968-7490<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.internationalaid.org"> www.internationalaid.org</a></p> <p><strong>International Medical Corps</strong><br> Tsunami Emergency Response<br> 1919 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 300<br> Santa Monica, CA 90404-1950<br> 800-481-4462<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.imcworldwide.org"> www.imcworldwide.org</a></p> <p><strong>International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)</strong><br> Asia Disaster Response<br> P.O. Box 630225<br> Baltimore, MD 21263-0225<br> 877-803-4622<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.iocc.org"> www.iocc.org</a></p> <p><strong>International Relief and Development, Inc.</strong><br> 1621 N Kent Street, Suite 400<br> Arlington, VA 22209<br> 703-248-0161<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.ird-dc.org"> www.ird-dc.org</a><p><strong>International Relief Teams</strong><br> Asia Earthquake/Floods<br> 3547 Camino Del Rio South, Suite C<br> San Diego, CA 92108<br> 619-284-7979<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.IRTeams.org"> www.IRTeams.org</a><br><br> <br><br><font size="2">[<a href="#relief">scroll down</a>] </font> </td> <td width="50%" valign="top"><p><strong>International Rescue Committee</strong><br> PO Box 5058<br> Hagerstown, MD 21741-9874<br> 877-REFUGEE or 733-8433<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.theIRC.org"> www.theIRC.org</a></p> <p><strong>Latter-Day Saint Charities</strong><br> Welfare Services Emergency Response<br> 50 East North Temple Street, Room 701<br> Salt Lake City, Utah, 84150-6800<br> 801-240-3544<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.lds.org/humanitarian"> www.lds.org/humanitarian</a></p> <p><strong>Lutheran World Relief</strong><br> South Asia Tsunami<br> 700 Light Street<br> Baltimore, MD 21230<br> 410-230-2700<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.lwr.org"> www.lwr.org</a></p> <p><strong>MAP International</strong><br> P.O. Box 215000<br> Brunswick, GA 31521<br> 800-225-8550<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.map.org"> www.map.org</a></p> <p><strong>Mercy Corps</strong><br> Southeast Asia Earthquake<br> Dept. W<br> PO Box 2669<br> Portland, OR 97208-2669<br> 800-852-2100<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.mercycorps.org"> www.mercycorps.org</a></p> <p><strong>Mercy-USA for Aid and Development</strong><br> Tsunami Disaster Relief<br> 44450 Pinetree Drive, Suite 201<br> Plymouth, Michigan 48170-3869<br> 800-556-3729<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.mercyusa.org"> www.mercyusa.org</a></p> <p><b>Network for Good</b><br> 8615 Westwood Center Dr.<br> Suite 1A<br> Vienna, VA 22182<br> 703-265-3683<br> <a href="http://www.networkforgood.org">www.networkforgood.org</a></p> <p><b>Northwest Medical Teams</b><br> SE Asia Disaster Relief Fund <br> PO Box 10 <br> Portland, OR 97207 <br> 800-959-4325 (HEAL)<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.nwmedicalteams.org"> www.nwmedicalteams.org</a></p> <p><strong>Operation Blessing International</strong><br> Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Relief <br> 977 Centerville Turnpike<br> Virginia Beach, VA 23463 <br> 800-730-2537 <br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.ob.org">www.ob.org</a></p> <p><strong>Northwest Medical Teams</strong><br> SE Asia Disaster Relief Fund<br> PO Box 10<br> Portland, OR 97207<br> 800-959-4325 (HEAL)<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.nwmedicalteams.org"> www.nwmedicalteams.org</a></p> <p><strong>Operation USA</strong><br> 8320 Melrose Ave. #200<br> Los Angeles, CA 90069<br> 800-678-8876<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.opusa.org"> www.opusa.org</a></p> <p><strong>Oxfam America</strong><br> Asian Earthquake Fund<br> PO Box 1211<br> Albert Lea, MN 56007-1211<br> 800-77-OXFAM<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.oxfamamerica.org"> www.oxfamamerica.org</a></p> <!-- <p><strong>Pan American Health and Education Foundation</strong><br> Asia Tsunami Relief Fund<br> 525 Twenty Third St, NW<br> Washington, DC 20037<br> 202-974-3416<br> <a href="/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.pahef.org">www.pahef.org</a></p> --> <p><strong>Plan USA</strong><br> Asia Disaster <br> 155 Plan Way<br> Warwick, RI 02886<br> 800-556-7918<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.planusa.org"> www.planusa.org</a></p> <p><strong>Project Concern International</strong><br> 5151 Murphy Canyon Road Suite 320 <br> San Diego, CA 92123 <br> 858-279-9690 <br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.projectconcern.org"> www.projectconcern.org</a></p> <p><strong>Project Concern International</strong><br> 5151 Murphy Canyon Road Suite 320<br> San Diego, CA 92123<br> 858-279-9690<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.projectconcern.org"> www.projectconcern.org</a></p> <p><strong>Project HOPE</strong><br> Asia Tsunami Response<br> 255 Carter Hall Lane<br> Millwood, VA 22646<br> 800-544-4673<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.projecthope.org"> www.projecthope.org</a></p> <p><strong>Red Cross (American Red Cross)<br> </strong>International Response Fund<br> 2025 E St. NW <br> Washington, DC 20006<br> 800-HELP-NOW<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.redcross.org"> www.redcross.org</a></p> <p><strong>Relief International</strong><br> Asia Earthquake Response<br> 1575 Westwood Blvd., Suite 201<br> Los Angeles, CA 90024<br> 310-478-1200<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.ri.org">www.ri.org</a></p> <p><strong>Salvation Army World Service Office (SAWSO)</strong><br> South Asia Relief Fund<br> 615 Slaters Lane<br> Alexandria, VA, 22313<br> 800-SAL-ARMY<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.1800salarmy.org"> www.1800salarmy.org</a></p> <p><strong>Samaritan's Purse</strong><br> P.O. Box 3000 <br> Boone, NC 28607<br> Phone (828) 262-1980 <br> Fax (828) 266-1053 <br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.samaritanspurse.org"> www.samaritanspurse.org</a> </p> <p><strong>Save the Children</strong><br> 54 Wilton Road<br> Westport, CT 06880<br> 1-800-728-3843<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.savethechildren.org"> www.savethechildren.org</a></p> <p><strong>Stop Hunger Now</strong><br> SE Asia Crisis<br> 2501 Clark Ave, Suite 200<br> Raleigh, NC 27607<br> 888-501-8440<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.stophungernow.org"> www.stophungernow.org</a></p> <p><strong>United Methodist Committee on Relief</strong><br> Advance #274305, South Asia Emergency<br> 475 Riverside Drive<br> Room 330<br> New York, NY 10115<br> 212-870-3815<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.methodistrelief.org"> www.methodistrelief.org</a></p> <p><b>United Way International</b><br> United Way South Asia Response Fund <br> 701 N Fairfax St <br> Alexandria, VA 22314 USA <br> 703-519-0092 <br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.unitedway.org/tsunamiresponse"> www.unitedway.org/tsunamiresponse</a></p> <p><strong>US Fund for UNICEF</strong><br> General Emergency Fund<br> 333 E. 38th Street<br> New York, NY 10016<br> 800-4-UNICEF<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.unicefusa.org"> www.unicefusa.org</a></p> <p><strong>World Concern</strong><br> Asia Earthquake and Tsunami<br> 19303 Fremont Avenue North<br> Seattle, WA 98133<br> 800-755-5022<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.worldconcern.org"> www.worldconcern.org</a></p> <p><strong>World Emergency Relief</strong><br> 2270-D Camino Vida Roble<br> Carlsbad, CA 92009<br> 760-930-8001<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.worldemergencyrelief.org"> www.worldemergencyrelief.org</a></p> <p><strong>World Hope International</strong><br> Asia Relief<br> P.O. Box 96338<br> Washington DC 20090<br> 888-466-4673<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.worldhope.org"> www.worldhope.org</a></p> <p><strong>World Relief</strong><br> SE Asia Earthquake/Tsunamis<br> 7 East Baltimore St<br> Baltimore MD 21202<br> 800-535-5433<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.worldrelief.org"> www.worldrelief.org</a></p> <p><strong>World Vision</strong><br> P.O. Box 70288<br> Tacoma, WA 98481-0288<br> 800-56-CHILD<br> <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-bin/goodbye?http://www.worldvision.org"> www.worldvision.org</a></td> </tr> </table> <P>(This list is provided by USAID and can be retrieved from their website <A HREF="http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/tsunami/ngolist.html" target="_blank">http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/tsunami/ngolist.html</A>. Please check back at this site for updates.) <br><br><br> <b>Examples of Community Responsiveness</b><br> In response to floods in Venezuela, earthquakes in El Salvador and elsewhere, the <a href="http://www.hispanicfederation.org"> HISPANIC FEDERATION </a>has worked with the City of New York and various hemispheric Consuls General to provide disaster relief for the victims of devastated areas. Efforts include collecting and packaging donations of non-perishable foods, clothing, medicine and children's toys, to be sent to charity and religious organizations. Contact: Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez, President (2002) The Hispanic Federation (New York City) <font color="#000000"> <a href="http://www.hispanicfederation.org"> www.hispanicfederation.org</a> </font> </blockquote><center> <table width="70%" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="6"> <tr><td bgcolor="#E0EEE0"><font size="2"><br><strong>In the Americas<br> En Las Americas</strong><br><br> NY TIMES headline (March 2, 2003) - "the recent past" <blockquote>[article excerpt] - "The situation is most desperate in poor neighborhoods like Los Vazquez, where working-class families that struggle to make ends meet even in the best of times are now penniless. Two of the children who died of malnutrition - a 15-month-old girl and a 3-year-old boy - lived here, and relief groups have classified 90 percent of the neighborhood's children as undernourished." </blockquote> READ THE FULL STORY: <br> [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/02/international/americas/02ARGE.html?pagewanted=print&position=bottom"> click here to go to the NY Times article</a>] <br> <br><img src="http://www.sefco-export.com/caritas-arg2.gif"><br> <strong>Caritas Argentina</strong> <br> <img src="http://www.sefco-export.com/caritas-arg3.gif" align="right"><br> National Director: Mr Eduardo Serantes <br> Address: Balcarce 236, 1 piso<br> 1064 Buenos Aires C.F., Argentina <br> Telephone: +54 11 43 42 86 50<br> Email: <a href="mailto:comisionacional@caritas.org.ar"> comisionacional@caritas.org.ar </a> <br> <br> </font> </td> </tr> </table></center></font> <br> Call the <b>American Red Cross</B> donor assistance hotline: <br> Tel: <b>1-800-HELP-NOW </B> <br>En Espanol: 1-800-257-7575 <br> Access our <a href="http://www.sefco-export.com/safeandsound.htm#ny-redcross">PSA Public Service Announcement</a> (Red Cross - NYC)<br><br> <br> <a name="taiwan">Remember </a>those afflicted by natural disasters in other regions of the world. <br><a href="http://www.angelfire.com/biz/sefcojapan/taiwanaide.html"> Earthquake recovery efforts in Taiwan</a> (2000-01) and Japan (2004). </Blockquote> <hr><br><a name="shared"></a> <ul>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font size="4"> SHARED CONTENT AND LINKS <br>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Tell us about your organization and send us the link. </font></ul><center> <table width="70%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" bgcolor="darkblue"> <tr><td><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <br> <table width="70%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" bgcolor="darkblue"> <tr><td> <font color="#FFFFFF" size="5"> featured organizations </font> <br> </a> </td></tr> </table> <br><a name="phf"></a><center> <table border="1" width="80%"><tr><td><br><ul> <h4>About Peace House Foundation </h4> <font size="2"> <strong><font color="#660000">In the spirit of giving hope, Peace House Foundation (PHF) is dedicated to educating Africa's orphans and vulnerable children in a nurturing environment within their homeland.</font></strong></p> <p> <img src="http://www.sefco-export.com/images/phousef.jpg"> PHF is a non-profit organization based in Minnesota working to help children who have been affected by the AIDS pandemic in East Africa. </p> <p> We are currently supporting several projects in Tanzania. We believe in working in three areas to best help children in need:</p> <ol> <li>We work with communities which strive to keep their children in the community, even when they have been orphaned. Fukeni Village, on the side of Mount Kilimanjaro, is an excellent example of this situation. The villagers are working very hard to keep their children in the village by joining together to gather resources to allow the children to stay in the community. </li> <li>We work with existing institutions in Tanzania which meet our standards of high-quality care for orphans. Amani Children's Home in Moshi is one such program. Currently home to over 60 children, Amani is deliberate in their plans to care for, educate, and, whenever possible, reunite orphans with extended families. </li> <li>Finally, we are excited to be planning a high-quality secondary boarding school which will meet the needs of orphaned and vulnerable teens by not only providing them with an outstanding education, but also with a place to live where they will be cared for, nurtured, and taught skills of daily living - skills they normally would have learned from watching their parents. </li> </ol> <p> We welcome inquiries about our work in Tanzania, and expect to expand our interests in the future.<br>For more information: <a href="http://www.peacehousefoundation.org">Peace House Foundation</a> <br> Want to support our efforts? Make a financial contribution today. [<a href="http://www.peacehousefoundation.org/contribute/">contribute online</a>] <br> <a href="http://www.peacehousefoundation.org">www.peacehousefoundation.org</a> </p></ul><br></font> </td></tr> </table> </center> <br><font size="2"> <br> <a href="http://www.networkforgood.org"> <img src="http://www.sefco-export.com/network.jpg" border="0"></a> <br> <br> <blockquote>More listings: <br> Homeless Helpers - <a href="http://www.jerichoproject.org"> jerichoproject.org</a> - <a href="http://www.ny1.com/OnTheAir/nyer_of_the_week.html"> NYer_of_the_week</a><br> <br> "<a href="http://www.ny1.com/ny/NewsBeats/SubTopic/index.html?topicintid=2&subtopicintid=6&contentintid=26599"> Facing budget cuts from the city and no counter-terrorism money from Washington, the NYPD Police Department is looking for donations.</a>" - ny1.com report <br> <br>Find out more: <a href="http://www.nycpolicefoundation.org"> www.nycpolicefoundation.org </a><br></blockquote> Humanitarian aid, philanthropy, volunteerism - <a href="http://www.sefco-export.com/culture2006.htm#scroll3"> Worldwide News Coverage</a><blockquote> <a href="http://www.usafreedomcorp.gov"> <img src="http://www.sefco-export.com/usa-freedomcorp.jpg" alt="Click Here to learn how you can volunteer" border="0"></a> <br><br> International Service Agencies: <a href="http://www.charity.org/isa_links.htm">charity.org</a><br> <table width="400" align="right" bgcolor="#ADD8E6" border="1" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="2"><tr><td> <font size="2" color="#000000"><ul> "Man s inhumanity to man <br> Makes countless thousands mourn" <br>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">[<a href="http://www.sefco-export.com/robertburnsmourn.htm#49-56">stanza 7</a>] </font></ul><br> <center> <img src="http://www.sefco-export.com/mourn-1.jpg" align="center" border="0"></a> <br> <br><font size="2" color="#000000"><u>A Dirge</u>, by </font> <a href="http://www.sefco-export.com/robertburnsmourn.htm" target="_blank"><font size="2" color="#000000">Robert Burns</font></a></center> <br><center><hr width="200"> <br><a href="http://www.policelink.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.thebest-of.info/images/od.jpg" alt="police link" border="0"></a></center> <br> </td></tr></table> <br> <a href="http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org" target="_blank">doctorswithoutborders.org<br><br> <img src="http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/images/homepage/msflogo_features.gif" alt="Doctors without Borders" border="0"></a> <br> <br><a href="http://clintonbushhaitifund.org">clintonbushhaitifund.org</a> <br> <br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://www.danielpearl.org">www.danielpearl.org</a> <br> </blockquote></font> </td></tr> </table> </center> <a name="relief"> </a> <br><center> <TABLE width="70%" border="2" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="6" bgcolor="whitesmoke"> <TR> <TD><center> <table width="80%"> <tr><td><font face="Verdana, arial"> <br><strong> <font size="4" color="#000000"> Major Relief Agencies <br></font></strong> <br> <br><center> <table width="400"> <tr><td> <font size="2" face="Verdana, arial"> <A HREF="http://www.adra.org/"> Adventist Development and Relief Agency</A><BR> 12501 Old Columbia Pike <BR> Silver Spring, MD 20904 <BR>Tel: 1-800-424-2372 <BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.ajws.org/"> American Jewish World Service </A> <BR>989 Avenue of the Americas, 10th Floor <BR> New York, NY 10018 <BR> Tel: 1-800-889-7146 <BR> <BR> <A HREF="http://www.redcross.org/"> American Red Cross International Response Fund</A><BR>P.O. Box 37243 <BR> Washington, D.C. 20013 <BR>Tel: 1-800-HELP-NOW <BR> Spanish: 1-800-257-7575 <BR> <br> <A HREF="http://www.brothersbrother.com/"> Brother&#0146;s Brother Foundation</A><BR>1501 Reedsdale Street, Suite 3005 <BR>Pittsburgh, PA 15233 <BR> Tel: 412-321-3160<BR><br> <A HREF="http://www.catholicrelief.org/"> Catholic Relief Services</A><BR>P.O. Box 17090 <BR> Baltimore, MD 21203-7090 <BR>Tel: 1-800-736-3467<BR> <br> <A HREF="http://www.churchworldservice.org/"> Church World Service </A> <BR>28606 Phillips Street <BR>P.O. Box 968 Elkhart, IN 46515 <BR>Tel: 1-800-297-1516 ext. 222 <BR> <BR> <A HREF="http://www.directrelief.org/"> Direct Relief International</A> <BR> 27 S. La Patera Lane <BR> Santa Barbara, CA 93117 <BR>Tel: 1-800-676-1638 <BR> <BR> <A HREF="http://www.fh.org/"> Food for the Hungry </A> </B><BR>7729 East Greenway Road <BR> Scottsdale, AZ 85260 <BR> Tel: 1-800-2-HUNGER <BR> <BR> <A HREF="http://www.lwr.org/"> Lutheran World Relief</A> <BR>P.O. Box 17061 <BR> Baltimore, MD 21298-9832 <BR>Tel: 1-800-LWR-LWR2 <BR> <BR> <A HREF="http://www.map.org/"> MAP International </A> <BR>2200 Glynco Parkway <BR> P.O. Box 215000 <BR> Brunswick, GA 31521 <BR>Tel: 1-800-225-8550 <BR> <BR> <A HREF="http://www.opusa.org/"> Operation USA</A> <BR>8320 Melrose Ave., 200 <BR>Los Angeles, CA 90069 <BR>Tel: 1-800-678-7255 <BR> <BR> <A HREF="http://www.wr.org/"> World Relief</A> <BR>P.O. Box WRC Dept. 3 <BR>Wheaton, IL 60189 <BR> Tel: 1-800-535-5433 <BR> <BR> <A HREF="http://www.duo.org/memname.asp"> Duo.org</A> <BR> DUO is a nonprofit federation that pre-screens and certifies high quality national and international charities. 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