Hope y’all had a lovely and safe New Year’s. I’ll fill you in on the Londres trip when I have more time…
Below are links to humanitarian orgs that have set up relief programs in Southeast Asia:
Oxfam America is sending food, water, hygiene kits, and plastic sheeting for temporary housing to Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
Operation USA, an L.A.-based disaster-relief organization, will be airlifting medical, nutritional, and shelter supplies into Sri Lanka and India.
Doctors Without Borders and International Medical Corps are sending medical and health-care relief to the entire region.
NetAid, a nonprofit that empowers the poor through educational initiatives, will use donations for emergency services and counseling and for rebuilding schoolhouses in Southern India.
Save the Children is mobilizing resources for families of survivors.
The American Red Cross is gathering support for its International Response Fund.
Lanka Academic Network, a Sri Lankan nonprofit, is dispatching a team of local university volunteers to aid the reconstruction. Additionally, it has set up a website where people can post information about missing loved ones.
USAID can direct donations of bulk commodities or volunteers with special disaster relief skills.
The SEA-EAT bloggers are compiling exhaustive information (helplines, charities, photos, statistics).
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