Tsunami Relief and Rebuilding Efforts

For information about how you can help, please call the Center for Disaster Information (CIDI) at 703-276-1914 (http://www.cidi.org/ or Disaster Assistance Registration Database); or visit the USAID or USA Freedom Corps websites.

For information about the welfare and whereabouts of American citizens, please call 1-888-407-4747.
See information on U.S. consular efforts to coordinate search and rescue of American citizens.

Also see U.S. Embassy websites in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.  For additional information, visit the embassy websites of India, Indonesia, and Thailand. 

Secretary Powell's travel with Florida Governor Jeb Bush and USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios to the areas affected by the tsunami.

Remarks, Fact Sheets and Other Releases
01/26/05  Under Secretary Larson testifies On the U.S. Government's Relief-to-Reconstruction Strategy 
01/13/05: Under Secretary Larson Briefs on How the U.S. is Helping the Poor: From Tsunami Debt and Disaster Relief to Promoting Development Through Growth
01/11/05  Public Service Announcements for the Bush-Clinton Tsunami Relief Fund 
01/10/05  President Briefed on U.S. Assistance for Tsunami-Affected Regions
01/10/05  President Bush Thanks USAID Employees and NGO Presidents
01/10/05  USAID Administrator Natsios Briefs on U.S. Relief Efforts for Tsunami-Affected Countries 
01/07/05: Secretary Powell's Interview With CNN's John King in Galle, Sri Lanka
01/07/05: Secretary Powell's Remarks to the Press in Colombo, Sri Lanka
01/06/05: Remarks by Secretary Powell to the Traveling Press in Indonesia
01/06/05: Secretary Powell's Interview on Indonesia's SCTV
01/06/05: Secretary Powell at the ASEAN Leaders' Special Meeting on Tsunami Relief
01/06/05: Remarks by Spokesman Boucher to the Traveling Press in Indonesia
01/06/05: Assistant Secretary Harty's Interview on Fox and Friends
01/06/05: Assistant Secretary Harty's Interview on CNN's American Morning
01/05/05: Statement Regarding Adoption of Tsunami Orphans
01/05/05: Secretary Powell's Interview on NBC's Nightly News
01/05/05: Secretary Powell With Governor Bush And Indonesian Minister Alwi
01/04/05: Remarks With Governor Bush and Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda
01/04/05: Secretary Powell at the City Hall Disaster Relief Center
01/04/05: Secretary Powell With Governor Bush and Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai of Thailand
01/04/05: Secretary Powell's Interview on ABC's Good Morning America
01/04/05: Secretary Powell's Interview on Thailand's Independent Television (ITV)
01/04/05: Assistant Secretary Harty's Interview on MSNBC's Countdown
01/04/05: Assistant Secretary Harty's Interview on PBS News Hour
01/03/05: Secretary Powell and Governor Bush's Remarks En Route To Bangkok
01/03/05: Briefing on the U.S. Government Relief Efforts in Asia
01/03/05: Remarks by the President After Signing A Book of Condolence at the Indonesian Embassy
01/02/05  Secretary Powell's Interview With CN's Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer
01/02/05: Secretary Powell's Interview on CBS's Face the Nation With Bob Schieffer and Doyle McManus
01/02/05: Remarks by Secretary Powell After His Interview With CBS's Face the Nation
01/02/05: Remarks by Secretary Powell After His Interview With NBC's Meet the Press
12/31/04: President Bush Commits $350 Million for Tsunami Relief Efforts
12/3/004: Assistant Secretary Harty's Interview on CNN News
12/29/04: Coordination of Relief Assistance for Victims of the Recent Tsunamis 

Photo Gallery
01/04/04: Secretary Powell and Governor Bush in South Asia
01/03/05: Tsunami Relief Assistance

Related Tsunami Relief Information
Gifts in Kind International
Disaster Assistance Registration Database of the Center for Disaster Information
InterAction, an alliance of U.S. NGO's 
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Agency for International Development
U.S. Department of Defense 
U.S. Pacific Command
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
United Nations: "Tsunami in South Asia"
FirstGov: "Asia Earthquake and Tsunamis"

Map Illustrating the Tsunami's Range and Impact