Friday, January 07, 2005
Want to help the disaster victims in Asia?
This list of aid agencies can direct you in the help you send
The following aid agencies are accepting contributions for assistance that they or their affiliates are providing for those affected by the earthquake and tidal waves in Asia. U.S. organizations are members of InterAction, a coalition of relief, development and refugee assistance agencies.
Action Against Hunger 247 W. 37th St. New York, NY 10018 (212) 967-7800 www.actionagainsthunger.org
ADRA International Asia Quake Fund 12501 Old Columbia Pike Silver Spring, MD 20904 (800) 424-ADRA (2372) www.adra.org
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Air Serv International 6583 Merchant Place, Suite 100 Warrenton, VA 20187 airserv.org
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. DC-South Asia Tsunami Relief P.O. Box 321 847A Second Ave. 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 Red Cross, international relief fund www.redcross.org
AmeriCares 88 Hamilton Ave. Stamford, CT 06902 (800) 486-4357 www.americares.org
Association for India's Development (AID) at Virginia Tech is coordinating the Tsunami disaster relief. Contributions to the relief fund can be made online from http://survivors.aidindia.org or by checks payable to 'AID'. (Please indicate "Relief and Rehabilitation Fund" in the check memo). Checks are collected by AID volunteer Anbu (email: anbumani@vt.edu or call at 540-953-4233). All donations to AID are 100 percent tax-deductible, under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code. AID is a non-profit, social service organization working for the underpriviliged in India and was founded in 1991. The Virginia Tech chapter was formed in 1998 and is entirely run by student volunteers.
Baptist World Aid Asia Tidal Waves 405 N. Washington St. 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. St. N.W. 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 St. N.E. Atlanta, GA 30303 (800) 521-CARE www.care.org
Catholic Relief Services 209 W. Fayette St. Baltimore, MD 21201 (800) HELP-CRS www.catholicrelief.org
Christian Children’s Fund Child Alert Fund P.O. Box 26484 Richmond, VA 23261-6484 (800) 776-6767 www.ChristianChildrensFund.org
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) South Asia Earthquake 2850 Kalamazoo Ave. S.E. Grand Rapids, MI, 49560 (800) 55-CRWRC www.crwrc.org
Church World Service P.O. Box 968 Elkhart, IN 46515 (800) 297-1516 www.churchworldservice.org
Direct Relief International 27 S. La Patera Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93117 (805) 964-4767 www.directrelief.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
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 Relief Teams Asia Earthquake/Floods 3547 Camino Del Rio South, Suite C San Diego, CA 92108 (619) 284-7979 www.IRTeams.org
International Rescue Committee P.O. Box 5058 Hagerstown, MD 21741-9874 (877) REFUGEE (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 ldscharitiesldschurch.org
Lutheran World Relief South Asia Tsunami 700 Light St. 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 P.O. Box 2669 Portland, OR 97208-2669 (800) 852-2100 www.mercycorps.org
Operation USA 8320 Melrose Ave. 200 Los Angeles, CA 90069 (800) 678-8876 www.opusa.org
Oxfam America Asian Earthquake Fund P.O. 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 Asia Tsunamis Press List 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
SAWSO (Salvation Army World Service Office) South Asia Relief Fund 615 Slaters Lane Alexandria, VA, 22313 (800) SAL-ARMY
Save the Children USA 54 Wilton Road Westport, CT 06880 (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
US Fund for UNICEF General Emergency Fund 333 E. 38th St. New York, NY 10016 (800) 4-UNICEF www.unicefusa.org
United Methodist churches are working with several different groups who are already on the ground in Southeast Asia. Contributions for their efforts may be placed in offering plates of any United Methodist Church or sent to directly to: Treasurer, Virginia Conference UMC P.O. Box 1688, Glen Allen, VA 23060. Please indicate that the gift is for Advance # 274305, Southeast Asia Emergency Relief.
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 Vision P.O. Box 70288 Tacoma, WA 98481-0288 (888) 56-CHILD www.worldvision.org
