“Yesterday a Muslim man came to me and asked, ‘Father, can I enter the church? Can I stay here?’ I told him that we are all God’s children. You are welcome to stay here. It is only because of my cassock that you can make out that I am a Christian. I cannot look at you and think that.” Father A Anthony Swamy, parish priest at Lazarus Church, Chennai (via Aswath)
I have been getting a lot of email from folks wondering how to help the victims of the tsunami-earthquake tragedy that has taken place in South and South East Asia. I have pulled together a list of organizations which is an easy way to help the folks who have suffered for this most devastating tragedy. I have also this button which I have created with the help of Brian. You can link to the button from my site, and to the page, and help spread the word. (List of places/organizations to donate. keep reading!)
Chris has sent me this link to a torrent of some of the tsunami videos that were hosted at before being slashdotted to oblivion. He has converted them using prodigem and put them on the prodigem site for easy downloads. “The more people use this torrent, the faster everyone else will be able to download the videos,” he writes. Also you can use this this page to make it easy for people to put an amazon donation badge on their sites. (There is a lot of people who think US is being stingy with relief. Poppycock! US government doesn’t mean Americans are stingy. Surtaxes are simply dumb. You contribute because you care – and if $3.5 million already raised by Amazon charity call is any indications, Joe and Jane USA cares, thank you very much. (Another great website for finding relief efforts and how you can help!)
Here is the code:
Here is what I want you to do – pick one of the organizations and convince four of your friends to give $10. And then ask each one of the four to convince four more people. You know we might be just individuals, but we can pay it forward…. (the newest additions are at the top)
American India Foundation
Goal: raising $2 million; will match dollar-for-dollar the first
$1million. 100% to go to victims in India http://www.aifoundation.org
Contact: Azad Oommen American India Foundation 212-891-4614
azad.oommen at aifoundation.org
JIVA
http://www.jiva.org/JivaReliefFund.asp
TSUNAMI RELIEF FUND
www.dctechnology.com/tsunamirelief.htm
American Red Cross
International Response Fund
PO Box 37243
Washington, DC 20013
800-HELP NOW
http://www.redcross.org
Care USA
151 Ellis Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30303-2440
404-681-2552, 800-521-CARE
http://www.careusa.org/
Direct Relief International
27 South La Patera Lane
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
805-964-4767
http://www.directrelief.org
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres
PO Box 2247
New York, NY 10116-2247
888-392-0392
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
PO Box 372
CH-1211 Geneva 19
Switzerland
41-22-730-4222
http://www.ifrc.org
International Medical Corps
11500 West Olympic Blvd., Suite 506
Los Angeles, CA 90064
800-481-4462
http://www.imcworldwide.org
Joint Distribution Committee
JDC: South Asia Tsunami Relief
Box 321
847A Second Avenue
New York, NY 10017
212.885.0867
http://www.jdc.org
Relief International
11965 Venice Blvd. .405
Los Angeles, CA 90066
800-572-3332
http://www.ri.org
Oxfam America
Asia Earthquake Fund
P.O. Box 1211
Albert Lea, MN 56007-1211
800-77-Oxfam
http://www.oxfamamerica.org
Save the Children
Asia Earthquake/Tidal Wave Relief Fund
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06880
800-728-3843
http://www.savethechildren.org
US Fund for UNICEF
333 East 38th Street
New York, NY 10016
800-FOR-KIDS
http://www.unicefusa.org
World Concern
19303 Fremont Ave. N
Seattle, WA 98133
800-755-5022
http://www.worldconcern.org
World Vision
PO Box 70288
Tacoma, Washington 98481-0288
888-56-CHILD
http://www.worldvision.org/
That’s a great idea to pay it forward by having each individual donate $10. I, personally, volunteered my time by going down to Lafayette, Louisiana for a week and a half to join fellow Scientology Volunteer Ministers in disaster relief efforts. It was a very rewarding experience.