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In the United States: FEMA Response & Recovery programs
US Hurricane Programs: [nvoad.org] [redcross.org 1-800-435-7669]







August 30, 2005 MAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES CITY'S RELIEF AND FUNDRAISING EFFORTS FOR VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Office of Emergency Management (OEM) 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. "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." "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." 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. 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. 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. 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." Additional organizations doing work on the ground and accepting monetary donations: American Red Cross 1-800-HELP NOW (435-7669) English 1-800-257-7575 Spanish Operation Blessing 1-800-436-6348 America's Second Harvest 1-800-344-8070   Additional Organizations accepting monetary donations and volunteer: Adventist Community Services 1-800-381-7171 Catholic Charities, USA 1-800-919-9338 Christian Disaster Response 941-956-5183 or 941-551-9554 Christian Reformed World Relief Committee 1-800-848-5818 Church World Service 1-800-297-1516 ext. 222 Convoy of Hope 417-823-8998 Lutheran Disaster Response 1-800-638-3522 Mennonite Disaster Service 717-859-2210 Nazarene Disaster Response 1-888-256-5886 Presbyterian Disaster Assistance 1-800-872-3283 Salvation Army 1-800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769) Southern Baptist Convention --Disaster Relief 1-800-462-8657, ext. 6440 United Methodist Committee on Relief 1-800-554-8583   For further information: visit the website for the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) at: http://www.nvoad.org/ or call 311.



The Int'l Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies


"There are too many people who come here for food.
All of them need rice and other things. What should I do? "

      -- ABDUL BASIR BASIRAT, Red Crescent Society supervisor in Jalalabad, Afghanistan (2001)

Haiti

Statement by Ambassador Sichan Siv, United States Representative to the Economic and Social Council,
on the Launch of Appeal for Humanitarian Aid for Haiti
USUN PRESS RELEASE # 32
"Our humanitarian aid supplements our support to Haiti’s long-term development, which is ongoing."
[US UN Mission site: click here for statement and links]

Disaster Relief

Treasury Eases Restrictions To
Assist Humanitarian Relief Activities
For Earthquake Victims In Iran



Center for International Disaster Information: www.cidi.org


"Appropriate Donations to Meet International Disaster and Humanitarian Needs"

South Asia - Earthquake and Tsunami

Find out how you can help.

December 30, 2004
PRIME Minister John Howard today said the best thing Australians could do to help the tsunami relief efforts
was to put their hands in their pocket and return home if in the disaster area. "Give money" was Mr Howard's advice when asked what Australians could do to help. "I would exhort people to give money, 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. "We have a moral obligation on the basis of pure humanity to help and we will help."

[news source: theaustralian.news.com.au]                                                                   [photo (r): WTC, NY NY]

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      How to Help
      www.careusa.org
      www.redcross.org
      www.unicefusa.org
      www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/tsunami/

      news reports:
      "British queen gives 'substantial' donation to tsunami relief"
      "Japan pledges $500 million in tsunami aid"

                    "UN Now Needs Logistics Help to Deliver Aid" [NYTimes]

[A horrific scene; photo at lower left
sent to us by friends in Thailand, 1/7/2005]

FEEDBACK AND ANALYSIS


After the Tsunami... After Katrina... Post war Iraq...     "Lessons Learned"


"Logistics officers said the military has learned valuable lessons
from the tsunami deployment to Sri Lanka in January, 2005,
and from a DART mission to Pakistan to aid earthquake victims six months later.
[excerpt]

DART includes a mobile medical clinic and water purification system that can be transported by aircraft.
The cost of sending just the water system was estimated at $7.8-million.
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 unnecessarily expensive way 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."

excerpt from article, in Canada's theglobeandmail.com 16-November, 2006



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Relief Agency contacts

Excerpt from: www.usafreedomcorps.gov

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 http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/tsunami/.

The list below is provided by USAID and can be retrieved from their website http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/tsunami/ngolist.html.
Please check back at this site for updates.

VOLUNTEERING

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 Center for International Disaster Information's registration page.

DONATIONS

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:

Action Against Hunger 247 West 37th Street New York, NY 10018 212-967-7800 www.actionagainsthunger.org ADRA International Asia Tsunami Crisis Fund 12501 Old Columbia Pike Silver Spring, MD 20904 800-424-ADRA (2372) www.adra.org Air Serv International 6583 Merchant Place, Suite 100 Warrenton, VA 20187 540-428-2323 www.airserv.org American Friends Service Committee 1501 Cherry Street Philadelphia, PA 19102 888-588-2372 www.afsc.org American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. JDC-South Asia Tsunami Relief P.O. Box 321 847A Second Avenue New York, New York 10017 212-885-0832 www.jdc.org American Jewish World Service 45 W. 36th St., 10th Fl. New York, NY 10018 212-736-2597 www.ajws.org American Refugee Committee Tsunami Relief 430 Oak Grove Street, Suite 204 Minneapolis, MN 55403 612-872-7060 www.archq.org AmeriCares 88 Hamilton Ave Stamford, CT 06902 800-486-4357 www.americares.org Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT) Tsunami Fund 6810 Tilden Lane Rockville, MD 20852 301-984-0217 www.amurt.net Baptist World Aid Asia Tidal Waves 405 North Washington Street Falls Church, VA 22046 703 790 8980 www.bwanet.org/bwaid B'nai B'rith International B'nai B'rith Disaster Relief Fund 2020 K Street NW 7th Floor Washington, DC 20006 212-490-3290 www.bnaibrith.org Brother's Brother Foundation 1200 Galveston Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15233 412-321-3160 www.brothersbrother.org CARE 151 Ellis Street NE Atlanta, GA 30303 800-521-CARE www.care.org Catholic Medical Mission Board 10 West 17th Street New York, New York 10011 800-678-5659 www.cmmb.org Catholic Relief Services 209 West Fayette Street Baltimore, MD 21201 877-HELP-CRS www.catholicrelief.org CHF International 8601 Georgia Ave. Suite 800 Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA 301-587-4700 www.chfhq.org Christian Children's Fund Child Alert Fund PO Box 26484 Richmond, Virginia - 23261-6484 800-776-6767 www.ChristianChildrensFund.org Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) South Asia Earthquake 2850 Kalamazoo Ave. SE Grand Rapids, MI, 49560 800-55-CRWRC www.crwrc.org Church World Service PO Box 968 Elkhart, IN 46515 800-297-1516 www.churchworldservice.org Concern Worldwide, US 104 East 40th Street, Suite 903 New York, NY 10016 212-557-8000 www.concernusa.org Direct Relief International 27 South La Patera Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93117 805-964-4767 www.directrelief.org Episcopal Relief and Development South Asia Relief Fund 815 Second Avenue New York, NY 10017 800-334-7626, ext. 5129 www.er-d.org Food for the Hungry, Inc. Food for the Hungry Asia Quake Relief 1224 E. Washington St. Phoenix, AZ 85034 800-2-HUNGERS www.fh.org Habitat for Humanity International Asia Tsunami Response Fund 121 Habitat St Americus, GA 31709 229-924-6935 www.habitat.org Heart to Heart International 401 S. Clairborne Suite 302 Olathe, KS 66062 888-800-4327 www.hearttoheart.org International Aid 17011 W. Hickory Spring Lake, MI 49456 800-968-7490 www.internationalaid.org International Medical Corps Tsunami Emergency Response 1919 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 300 Santa Monica, CA 90404-1950 800-481-4462 www.imcworldwide.org International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) Asia Disaster Response P.O. Box 630225 Baltimore, MD 21263-0225 877-803-4622 www.iocc.org International Relief and Development, Inc. 1621 N Kent Street, Suite 400 Arlington, VA 22209 703-248-0161 www.ird-dc.org International Relief Teams Asia Earthquake/Floods 3547 Camino Del Rio South, Suite C San Diego, CA 92108 619-284-7979 www.IRTeams.org [scroll down]

International Rescue Committee PO Box 5058 Hagerstown, MD 21741-9874 877-REFUGEE or 733-8433 www.theIRC.org Latter-Day Saint Charities Welfare Services Emergency Response 50 East North Temple Street, Room 701 Salt Lake City, Utah, 84150-6800 801-240-3544 www.lds.org/humanitarian Lutheran World Relief South Asia Tsunami 700 Light Street Baltimore, MD 21230 410-230-2700 www.lwr.org MAP International P.O. Box 215000 Brunswick, GA 31521 800-225-8550 www.map.org Mercy Corps Southeast Asia Earthquake Dept. W PO Box 2669 Portland, OR 97208-2669 800-852-2100 www.mercycorps.org Mercy-USA for Aid and Development Tsunami Disaster Relief 44450 Pinetree Drive, Suite 201 Plymouth, Michigan 48170-3869 800-556-3729 www.mercyusa.org Network for Good 8615 Westwood Center Dr. Suite 1A Vienna, VA 22182 703-265-3683 www.networkforgood.org Northwest Medical Teams SE Asia Disaster Relief Fund PO Box 10 Portland, OR 97207 800-959-4325 (HEAL) www.nwmedicalteams.org Operation Blessing International Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Relief 977 Centerville Turnpike Virginia Beach, VA 23463 800-730-2537 www.ob.org Northwest Medical Teams SE Asia Disaster Relief Fund PO Box 10 Portland, OR 97207 800-959-4325 (HEAL) www.nwmedicalteams.org Operation USA 8320 Melrose Ave. #200 Los Angeles, CA 90069 800-678-8876 www.opusa.org Oxfam America Asian Earthquake Fund PO Box 1211 Albert Lea, MN 56007-1211 800-77-OXFAM www.oxfamamerica.org Plan USA Asia Disaster 155 Plan Way Warwick, RI 02886 800-556-7918 www.planusa.org Project Concern International 5151 Murphy Canyon Road Suite 320 San Diego, CA 92123 858-279-9690 www.projectconcern.org Project Concern International 5151 Murphy Canyon Road Suite 320 San Diego, CA 92123 858-279-9690 www.projectconcern.org Project HOPE Asia Tsunami Response 255 Carter Hall Lane Millwood, VA 22646 800-544-4673 www.projecthope.org Red Cross (American Red Cross) International Response Fund 2025 E St. NW Washington, DC 20006 800-HELP-NOW www.redcross.org Relief International Asia Earthquake Response 1575 Westwood Blvd., Suite 201 Los Angeles, CA 90024 310-478-1200 www.ri.org Salvation Army World Service Office (SAWSO) South Asia Relief Fund 615 Slaters Lane Alexandria, VA, 22313 800-SAL-ARMY www.1800salarmy.org Samaritan's Purse P.O. Box 3000 Boone, NC 28607 Phone (828) 262-1980 Fax (828) 266-1053 www.samaritanspurse.org Save the Children 54 Wilton Road Westport, CT 06880 1-800-728-3843 www.savethechildren.org Stop Hunger Now SE Asia Crisis 2501 Clark Ave, Suite 200 Raleigh, NC 27607 888-501-8440 www.stophungernow.org United Methodist Committee on Relief Advance #274305, South Asia Emergency 475 Riverside Drive Room 330 New York, NY 10115 212-870-3815 www.methodistrelief.org United Way International United Way South Asia Response Fund 701 N Fairfax St Alexandria, VA 22314 USA 703-519-0092 www.unitedway.org/tsunamiresponse US Fund for UNICEF General Emergency Fund 333 E. 38th Street New York, NY 10016 800-4-UNICEF www.unicefusa.org World Concern Asia Earthquake and Tsunami 19303 Fremont Avenue North Seattle, WA 98133 800-755-5022 www.worldconcern.org World Emergency Relief 2270-D Camino Vida Roble Carlsbad, CA 92009 760-930-8001 www.worldemergencyrelief.org World Hope International Asia Relief P.O. Box 96338 Washington DC 20090 888-466-4673 www.worldhope.org World Relief SE Asia Earthquake/Tsunamis 7 East Baltimore St Baltimore MD 21202 800-535-5433 www.worldrelief.org World Vision P.O. Box 70288 Tacoma, WA 98481-0288 800-56-CHILD www.worldvision.org

(This list is provided by USAID and can be retrieved from their website http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/tsunami/ngolist.html. Please check back at this site for updates.)


Examples of Community Responsiveness
In response to floods in Venezuela, earthquakes in El Salvador and elsewhere, the HISPANIC FEDERATION 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) www.hispanicfederation.org

In the Americas En Las Americas NY TIMES headline (March 2, 2003) - "the recent past" [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." READ THE FULL STORY: [ click here to go to the NY Times article] Caritas Argentina National Director: Mr Eduardo Serantes Address: Balcarce 236, 1 piso 1064 Buenos Aires C.F., Argentina Telephone: +54 11 43 42 86 50 Email: comisionacional@caritas.org.ar

Call the American Red Cross donor assistance hotline:
Tel: 1-800-HELP-NOW
En Espanol: 1-800-257-7575
Access our PSA Public Service Announcement (Red Cross - NYC)


Remember those afflicted by natural disasters in other regions of the world.
Earthquake recovery efforts in Taiwan (2000-01) and Japan (2004).

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featured organizations About Peace House Foundation 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. PHF is a non-profit organization based in Minnesota working to help children who have been affected by the AIDS pandemic in East Africa. We are currently supporting several projects in Tanzania. We believe in working in three areas to best help children in need: 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. 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. 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. We welcome inquiries about our work in Tanzania, and expect to expand our interests in the future. For more information: Peace House Foundation Want to support our efforts? Make a financial contribution today. [contribute online] www.peacehousefoundation.org More listings: Homeless Helpers - jerichoproject.org - NYer_of_the_week " Facing budget cuts from the city and no counter-terrorism money from Washington, the NYPD Police Department is looking for donations." - ny1.com report Find out more: www.nycpolicefoundation.org Humanitarian aid, philanthropy, volunteerism - Worldwide News Coverage International Service Agencies: charity.org "Man’s inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn"       [stanza 7] A Dirge, by Robert Burns doctorswithoutborders.org               www.danielpearl.org

Major Relief Agencies Adventist Development and Relief Agency 12501 Old Columbia Pike Silver Spring, MD 20904 Tel: 1-800-424-2372 American Jewish World Service 989 Avenue of the Americas, 10th Floor New York, NY 10018 Tel: 1-800-889-7146 American Red Cross International Response Fund P.O. Box 37243 Washington, D.C. 20013 Tel: 1-800-HELP-NOW Spanish: 1-800-257-7575 Brother’s Brother Foundation 1501 Reedsdale Street, Suite 3005 Pittsburgh, PA 15233 Tel: 412-321-3160 Catholic Relief Services P.O. Box 17090 Baltimore, MD 21203-7090 Tel: 1-800-736-3467 Church World Service 28606 Phillips Street P.O. Box 968 Elkhart, IN 46515 Tel: 1-800-297-1516 ext. 222 Direct Relief International 27 S. La Patera Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93117 Tel: 1-800-676-1638 Food for the Hungry 7729 East Greenway Road Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Tel: 1-800-2-HUNGER Lutheran World Relief P.O. Box 17061 Baltimore, MD 21298-9832 Tel: 1-800-LWR-LWR2 MAP International 2200 Glynco Parkway P.O. Box 215000 Brunswick, GA 31521 Tel: 1-800-225-8550 Operation USA 8320 Melrose Ave., 200 Los Angeles, CA 90069 Tel: 1-800-678-7255 World Relief P.O. Box WRC Dept. 3 Wheaton, IL 60189 Tel: 1-800-535-5433 Duo.org DUO is a nonprofit federation that pre-screens and certifies high quality national and international charities. Click the link to access its membership list. [add your organization]

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