Academy for Educational Development
(Jan 13, 05)
AED has established a Global Disaster Fund to provide assistance to community-based organizations with which we work in Sri Lanka and India. These funds will be used to support counseling and anti-trafficking efforts in India and local rebuilding projects in Sri Lanka in the months ahead.

Action Against Hunger
(Dec 27, 04)
Action Against Hunger has responded to the earthquake and aftershocks in south Asia by providing immediate assistance to the tsunami victims of Sri Lanka in Batticaloa, Trincomalee, and Jaffna. This includes construction of temporary latrines, trucking in water, and transportation of bodies to hospitals for identification. Assessments of need are under way in Indonesia and Burma, and more staff will arrive in the next few days to assist with relief efforts in the region. A shipment of additional emergency water and sanitation materials (water tanks, pumps and treatment supplies) will arrive in Sri Lanka within 24 hours.

ADRA International
(Dec 28, 04)
ADRA International has committed $500,000 of private funds as part of its initial response. ADRA is on the ground in Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and India responding to and assessing the damage. In Phuket Province, Thailand, ADRA is working with a local hospital to distribute personal care packages and provide relief assistance to nearly 3,000 people. In India, ADRA is providing shelter, blankets, drinking water, water containers, chlorine tablets, and mosquito nets. Non-food emergency items are being distributed in Indonesia and the Andaman Islands. More information is available at: www.adra.org/news.html

Air Serv Interational
(Jan, 11 05)
Air Serv has sent a fleet of aircraft to provide transport for assessment teams, project managers, and relief teams throughout the impacted region. A King Air 300 and a Puma helicopter are operating in Sri Lanka, providing air transport for OFDA assessment, medical, and other NGO teams. A heavy transport plane (IL-76) and two Bell 407 helicopters have arrived on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and are airlifting relief workers and supplies throughout the area.

American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
(Jan 3, 05)
AFSC is mounting a full-scale response to this disaster: Grants from the AFSC Crisis Fund are being wired immediately to the Society for Health, Education and Environment for Peace (SHEEP) a local Indonesian organization and to the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) for relief work that has already begun in Indonesia with staff on the ground. A delegation of medical personnel sponsored by AFSC and the Society for Health, Education and Environment for Peace (SHEEP) is traveling to Indonesia's remote Aceh Province, which was devastated by flooding. An AFSC assessment team, in partnership with MCC, is preparing to leave for Indonesia where the work will build on AFSC's more than 30 years of experience in that country. More information is available at: www.afsc.org/give/asia-relief.htm

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc.
(Jan 10, 05)
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is working with partners such as Caritas/Catholic Relief and the Disaster Mitigation Institute in southern India, with local NGOs in Sri Lanka, with International Rescue Committee in Indonesia, and with Chabad in Thailand to provide emergency supplies to victims of the tsunamis. Longer-term initiatives, to include infrastructure rehabilitation, will be carried out at the appropriate time.

American Jewish World Service
(Dec 27, 04)
For several years, AJWS has partnered with 22 non-governmental, community-based organizations in the region on sustainable community development projects. AJWS is working with these local groups to assess needs and provide emergency relief – food, water, shelter and medicine – and long-term development support.

American Red Cross
(Jan 12, 05)
American Red Cross is supporting the affected Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies in Asia working through the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. American Red Cross relief supplies are being shipped to Sri Lanka, and additional relief supplies are being purchased in the region. In total, 16 American Red Cross personnel have been deployed to the Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia focusing efforts on water and sanitation, restoring family links, logistics, and distribution of relief supplies.

American Refugee Committee

(Dec 29, 04)

ARC is working to provide relief specialists and supplies to affected regions in southern Thailand, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka. ARC has delivered life-saving medical supplies and is performing rapid assessments in southern Thailand. ARC is developing plans to hire a medical professional to provide trauma counselling and first-aid to victims of the disaster in Indonesia. ARC is also planning to conduct an assessment mission in Sri Lanka to determine what role it might play in supporting health care, water and sanitation, and shelter construction. www.archq.org.

AmeriCares
(Jan 6, 05)
In response to the earthquake and tsunami that have devastated South Asia, AmeriCares relief workers are delivering aid in Indonesia, India and Sri Lanka. AmeriCares has already provided 30,000 lbs of essential medicines and water purification treatments to Sri Lanka. Focusing on these most urgent needs, additional airlifts have been mobilized to deliver more than 200,000 lbs of critical medicines, medical supplies and water purification treatments to these three countries.

Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT)
(Jan 10, 05)
AMURT has a team of 50 volunteers in Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu, India. In Phase I AMURT located and buried/cremated 322 corpses. In the (current) Phase 2 AMURT is cleaning and repairing partially-damaged houses and running three counseling centers for traumatized survivors, primarily women and children. Another AMURT team is based in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, providing food and water to the survivors and helping the military locate and bury the dead.

Baptist World Aid
(Jan 12, 05)
Baptist World Aid is working with Baptist groups in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Indonesia, providing funds for the immediate purchase of shelter, food, clean water and medication. Plans are being made for long term rehabilitation. BWAid has had its Hungarian Rescue / Medical team in Sri Lanka since December 28, and they have been coordinating relief there. A second medical team is in Banda Aceh, Sumatra. Other Baptist groups are now planning to send their own specialist teams to assist with mass feeding and water purification etc., to other Tsunami affected countries.

B’Nai B’Rith International
(Dec 27, 04)
B'nai B'rith International will open its Disaster Relief Fund to assist with the relief effort for victims of the earthquake and tsunami victims in South Asia who have been killed or left homeless. Contributions can be made payable to B'nai B'rith Disaster Relief and sent to B'nai B'rith International, 2020 K. Street, NW, Seventh Floor, Washington, DC 20006 or via a secure served at www.bnaibrith.org.

Brother's Brother Foundation (BBF)
(Dec 27, 04)
BBF, working with Operation USA, Sri Venkateswara Temple (Pittsburgh, PA) and others, will be offering to provide requested medications such as pediatric and adult antibiotics and drugs for malaria to those in need in India and Sri Lanka. BBF is requesting additional medical donations. BBF will accept medical gifts-in-kind.

CARE
(Dec 28, 04)
CARE has had operations in the affected countries of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar for years and were on the spot when the earthquake and deadly tsunami struck. CARE staff are already distributing food, clean water, shelter, clothing, soap and other hygiene products and basic medicines. Pending greater information from the assessments currently underway, CARE foresees that clean water, malaria kits, and sanitation will be some of the most pressing issues to overcome over the coming days. More information is available at: www.careusa.org/newsroom/featurestories/2004/dec/20041227_aqdresponse.asp

Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB)
(Jan 3, 05)
CMMB, a faith-based leader in global healthcare, announced today the creation of a special fund to aid survivors of the tsunami disaster. CMMB is currently assessing the immediate needs of its established faith-based partners in Indonesia and Malaysia for medical volunteers, medicines and medical supplies, and small program grants. CMMB will also work collaboratively with its partners in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Bangladesh to establish sustainable healthcare programs especially for orphans, adolescents and women in the vulnerable communities as part of an ongoing disaster development initiative in the region. CMMB intends to act as both a conduit of financial aid to local aid agencies, as a catalyst for its U.S. healthcare partners interested in helping the victims, and with its many global pharmaceutical partners for the donation of critical medicines and medical supplies.

Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
(Jan 6, 04)
In a significant response for emergency assistance in south and southeast Asia, CRS has committed an initial $25 million for its relief operations in response to the crisis, and has acknowledged that the amount is likely to grow as the agency assesses the greatest areas of need, gravity of the situation and estimated time for recovery. CRS' tsunami relief efforts address both emergency and long-term recovery needs in the most devastated areas, primarily in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

Christian Children's Fund (CCF)
(Jan 3, 05)
CCF has launched emergency assistance in Sri Lanka, India and Indonesia, in response to the devastating earthquakes and tsunami that has hit Asia. CCF is focusing its efforts on meeting the needs of children affected by the tsunami by establishing Child Centered Spaces to provide safe places for children to congregate and play while parents and caregivers focus on meeting basic needs. CCF has used Child Centered Spaces to respond to the psychosocial needs of children in other emergencies, including Angola, East Timor, Sierra Leone, Kosovo and Honduras. More detailed information can be found at: www.christianchildrensfund.org/donate/default.aspx?id=523

Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC)
(Jan 11, 05)
CRWRC has so far provided USD$60,000 for emergency food, water, shelter and medicine to survivors in India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Long term plans in these three countries include the continual provision of food, water and medicine, education programs, and housing and community rebuilding projects, as well as continuing our existing community development programs. Considering previous activities in the area, CRWRC anticipates a long-term presence in Asia of at least five years.

Church World Service (CWS)
(Dec 30, 04)
Church World Service is undertaking a major regional response, focusing initial support for emergency response efforts in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India, with long-term recovery efforts to follow. CWS teams are assessing damage in affected areas. In addition, Church World Service is sending more than $1 million in cash grants and initial emergency material assistance shipments of family shelter kits, emergency medical supplies, blankets and health kits. For more information: www.churchworldservice.org

Concern Worldwide, US
(Jan 4, 05)
Concern Worldwide, in collaboration with its local partners, is committed to the long-term recovery, rehabilitation and re-building of the many thousands of lives that have been devastated by this disaster. Concern Worldwide is presently responding to some of the worst tsunami-affected areas in India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Experienced teams have been deployed to all three areas where they are conducting assessments to address both immediate and longer term rehabilitation needs. In the relief phase, Concern is distributing emergency kits that include: water purification kits, cooking utensils, blankets, emergency food rations, firewood and materials for shelter. Donations can be sent through the following web link: http://www.concernusa.org/support

Counterpart International, Inc.
(Jan 4, 05)
In the wake of the deadly tsunami in southern Asia, Counterpart International, in partnership with its long-standing network of partners in the US and in the disaster area, is assisting survivors with acquisitions, transportation and distribution of pharmaceuticals and essential humanitarian commodities. Go to www.counterpart.org to donate and/or call Dick Drolet, Director of Counterpart Humanitarian Assistance Program, at 202-296-9676 Ext 535 for more information.

Direct Relief International
(Jan 10, 05)
Direct Relief is responding to the tsunami-affected areas in India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia by providing material assistance focused on acute and intermediate medical needs including medicines, nutritional products, first aid and surgical supplies, and diagnostic and surgical equipment. As of January 7th, twenty-three tons of medical goods have been shipped by air cargo to relief workers and indigenous facilities and organizations. Additional donations are currently being prepared. Please contact arandopoulos@directrelief.org about medical gifts in kind. More information is available at: www.directrelief.org/sections/our_work/asia_earthquake.html

Doctors of the World-USA
(Jan 3, 05)
The International Network of Doctors of the Word/Medecins du Monde, is providing direct assistance to the survivors of the earthquake and tsunami disasters and presently has teams delivering medical assistance and emergency relief in Sri Lanka and Indonesia. of December 30, 2004 34 health care workers have been deployed to Sri Lanka and Banda Aceh (Indonesia) to provide emergency aid, restore health care systems, and reduce the growing risk of epidemics. In addition, each Doctors of the World team is assessing the situation to establish priorities for further aid, and to enable a rapid response to new crises including the outbreak of disease. Teams are distributing chlorage kits and food, setting up shelters for families, establishing medical care units, and administering vaccinations as indicated.

Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD)
(Jan 25, 05)
Episcopal Relief and Development is providing initial emergency assistance such as food, medicines, and shelter to people in Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, and Indonesia. In Sri Lanka, ERD is supplying temporary shelter and tents as well as basic supplies including food and health kits to families. In India, ERD is providing critical aid such as medicine boxes, food, and water to devastated communities. ERD is providing emergency assistance to remote villages in coastal communities of Thailand. In Indonesia, ERD has partnered with an ecumenical organization to provide medical assistance and food to displaced people in the Aceh province and other affected communities. Donations can be made online at www.er-d.org.

Food for the Hungry
(Jan 12, 05)
Food for the Hungry is actively providing relief in Indonesia (Meulaboh community) with six medical teams, trauma counselors, water specialists on the ground and food distributions; in India with food rations, hygiene supplies, clothes, utensils, bedding and tarps for 20,000 families; in Thailand with water, food, clothing and cash distributions and mobile medical clinic; in Sri Lanka with medical assistance and emergency food and water. Assessment teams are on the ground for long-term reconstruction efforts .

Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI)
(Jan 12, 05)
Habitat for Humanity plans to house up to 25,000 families in a first-phase response in tsunami-affected countries. Habitat for Humanity will also develop Disaster Response Technical Centers in the affected countries to provide technical expertise and assistance to families, Habitat affiliates and partners in the first stages of construction. Eventually, the centers could become permanent training centers to teach people how to make their own homes and how to make and use affordable building materials such as earth blocks, roofing tiles, and doors, windows and frames. More information is available at: www.habitat.org/disaster/tsunami.html

(Dec 29, 04)
Heart to Heart will be responding to the disaster in Sri Lanka with humanitarian assistance. Transportation to ship these items has been secured. Medicines, medical supplies and personal hygiene items from manufacturers will be accepted as gift-in-kind. To help support these relief efforts, donations can be made through www.hearttoheart.org or by calling 1-888-800-4327.

Heifer International
(Jan 12, 05)
Heifer has committed $1 million for programs to provide training, livestock and related help to victims on the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra and elsewhere in the region to rebuild lives and farms over the next few years. The effort will focus on sustainable, long-term development.

Helen Keller International
(Jan 4, 05)
Providing nutritional supplements to children, assessing living conditions and directing clean water, shelter, food, sanitation and medical care to those in need in Aceh and other affected areas in Indonesia.

Holt International Children's Services
(Jan 10, 05)
Holt has programs in two of the impacted countries: Thailand and India. The first task will be to identify children who have been separated from their parents and reunite them with their families. As other needs are identified, HSF will partner with the DSDW to design appropriate responses.

INMED
(Jan 4, 05)
INMED is currently monitoring assessments from the affected region, and is ready to respond to requests for support. INMED can provide support with donations of medicine, medical equipment, medical supplies and clothing/blankets/linens. They are soliciting cash donations, as well. Additionally, INMED can assist member organizations with procuring needed materials with cash donations they have received.

Interchurch Medical Assistance, Inc. (IMA)
(Jan 3, 05)
IMA is providing emergency medicines and medical supplies to Sri Lanka and Indonesia with distribution in the affected countries coordinated by local partners, the National Christian Council of Sri Lanka and Church World Service Indonesia.

International Aid
(Feb 2, 05)
The Spring Lake, Michigan-based International Aid is a health-focused Christian relief and development organization that provides for both the physical and spiritual needs of people worldwide. As tsunami assistance efforts progress from emergency rescue to relief, International Aid is responding to the growing threat of outbreaks of highly communicable diseases with $4.6 million in vital pharmaceuticals. The pharmaceuticals will be used in conjunction with medical clinics International Aid has provided and will help to meet community health-care needs.

International Medical Corps (IMC)
(Dec 30, 04)
An IMC Disaster Response Team is conducting relief operations from Banda Aceh in Indonesia's northern Sumatra with local partners, backstopped by support from IMC's national office in Jakarta. Activities and logistics are being coordinated with government authorities, as well as with international coordinating mechanisms. More information is available at: http://www.imcworldwide.org/loc_indonesia_tsunam.shtml

International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
(Jan 4, 05)
IOCC is developing a regional response to the crisis, focusing initially on hardest-hit areas in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, and elsewhere. As part of this effort, IOCC is supporting Church World Service airlifts of critical medical and shelter supplies valued at $4 million to the region, including shipments of supplies from the Church of the Brethren warehouse facility in New Windsor, Maryland. IOCC also is working with His Eminence Metropolitan Nikitas of the Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia to extend the network of church-based humanitarian relief in the region.

International Reading Association (IRA)
(Jan 7, 05)
IRA is accepting cash donations in support of children and schools in the disaster area. All funds will be used directly for relief efforts.

International Relief and Development, Inc. (IRD)
(Jan 12, 05)
Since the December 26 earthquake, IRD has supplied over $5.7 million in assistance to disaster areas in Indonesia and Sri Lanka. IRD, together with the US Department of Agriculture, diverted 15,000 metric tons of rice valued at $4.875 million to the World Food Program for immediate distribution to survivors in North Sumatra. IRD has also dispatched over $1.2 million in relief supplies reaching over 35,000 people. In addition to these relief supplies, arriving this Sunday with a Congressional Delegation are additional containers with medical supplies, food, water, and other relief items.

International Relief Teams (IRT)
(Jan 12, 05)
International Relief Teams is working collaboratively with local relief agencies by sending medicines and relief supplies, as well as medical personnel to provide direct treatment and proper distribution of medicines. For more information, go to www.irteams.org.

International Rescue Committee (IRC)
(Jan 3, 05)
The IRC has been operating relief programs in Northern Sumatra Province of Aceh since 2001. In response to the recent tsunami, IRC's staff are delivering emergency water & sanitation interventions to prevent the spread of water-born diseases and provide emergency supplies and materials to people most affected by the crisis. IRC is mobilizing an initial $7 million relief effort to Aceh with a 41-member Emergency Response Team and over 130 Acehnese staff.

Latter-Day Saint Charities
( Dec 31, 04)
Latter-day Saint Charities has provided food, medical supplies, hygiene kits, kitchen sets, body bags, and other emergency relief supplies to disaster victims in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, My. Air freight shipments of relief supplies from Salt Lake City to Sumatra, Indonesia are underway.

Life For Relief & Development (LIFE)
(Jan 3, 05)
LIFE is coordinating efforts with international relief agencies, and will provide emergency relief items including clean water, food, blankets and temporary shelter to Tsunami disaster survivors.

Lutheran World Relief (LWR)
(Jan 12, 05)
LWR launched an appeal to fund a long-term rebuilding effort, “Wave of Giving,” for those affected by the tsunamis. LWR is programming at least $6.5 million for recovery and development efforts that would span the next 5 to 10 years. LWR has released over $756,000 to local partners for initial and immediate relief from the tsunamis. These funds will be used to provide up to 150,000 families with clean water and food in southern India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. LWR has staff in India, Sri Lanka & Indonesia engaged in assessments for the rehabilitation and recovery stages.

MAP International
(Dec 27, 04)
MAP International staff have begun preparing a shipment of medicines and medical supplies for the communities devastated by the tsunami on Sunday. Initial medical relief will target areas affected in Sri Lanka and Southern India. More information about MAP's response is available on the MAP web page: www.map.org

Mercy Corps
(Jan 25, 05)
Over 100 Mercy Corps staff are developing long-term recovery programs in India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka to assist people in re-establishing their lives, and continue projects to address immediate needs such as food, water, temporary shelter and clothing. Mercy Corps' Cash-for-Work programs in Indonesia and Sri Lanka are empowering people to reconstruct their communities while generating income for survivors and reestablishing economic opportunities through programs that begin long-term recovery.

Mercy-USA for Aid and Development
(Jan 4, 05)
Mercy-USA for Aid and Development (M-USA) has sent an emergency response team to Indonesia and Somalia to assess the needs and determine the best way to meet them. Through our local partner in India, M-USA is distributing food packages (containing rice, lentils, oil, sugar, etc.), clothes, plastic tarpaulins (for emergency shelter) and blankets to 1,000 homeless families in India's State of Andhra Pradesh.

Northwest Medical Teams

(Dec 29, 04)
Northwest Medical Teams is deploying emergency medical professionals to provide direct healthcare services in Thailand, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Each medical team is self-contained, hand-carrying essential drugs based on the WHO essential drug list for relief operations. Northwest Medical Teams works collaboratively with international and national organizations in the implementation of its healthcare programming. For additional information or to make a donation to the South Asia Relief Effort, go to www.nwmedicalteams.org, or call 1-800-959-4325 (HEAL). Northwest Medical Teams is accepting medicines and medical supplies as gifts-in-kind.

Operation USA
(Jan 11, 05)
OpUSA is sending supplies via air and sea; purchasing locally in the region; and making cash grants to partner NGOs in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia and Thailand. A UCLA post-traumatic stress counseling team leaves for Sri Lanka on January 23.

Oxfam America
(Jan 13, 05)
Oxfam and its local partners are providing water and sanitation and distributing relief supplies in India, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka while also looking ahead to rehabilitation and reconstruction. Additional donations will continue to support that work as needed, but may also be used in other poor communities in those countries or in other humanitarian emergencies.

Plan USA
(Jan 7, 05)
Plan USA is accepting funds for disaster relief efforts in devastated areas of India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Plan is especially active in responding to the devastation in Hambantota District on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, where 28,000 people have lost their homes and 4,500 have been reported killed, many of them children. With pre-existing operations in Hambantota, Plan has a strong working relationship with the Government of Sri Lanka on the District Relief Committee.

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA)
(Dec 30, 04)
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) has committed an initial response of $200,000 to support long-term regional church partners CASA (Church's Auxiliary for Social Action), the National Council of Churches of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) and their relief organizations. CASA has deployed 12 teams in India to assist people and assess needs in the coastal areas. Four strategic operational points are being set up and an emergency feeding program started. In Sri Lanka, the three pastoral teams have been sent to the affected regions. Food distribution has started and church members are hard at work transporting people to safe areas. There are many children’s homes run by the churches; the homes support children who have lost their parents or families in the war and will now help those affected by this disaster.

Project HOPE
(Jan 6, 05)
In Thailand, Project HOPE has purchased locally necessary medical supplies to distribute to district hospitals in Phang Nga Province and is committed to addressing further supply needs of the region. In Indonesia, in partnership with Uplift International, Project HOPE is sending medicines and medical supplies requested locally, with additional shipments are planned. In addition to providing immediately needed medical supplies, Project HOPE is committed to a longer-term response, working with local counterparts and partnering with other NGOs, to identify short and long-term resources needed to rebuild the health care delivery system.

Refugees International
(Jan 3, 05)
Missions in Sri Lanka and Aceh are concentrating on advocacy to promote a smooth transition from relief to development.

SAWSO (Salvation Army World Service Office)
(Jan 11, 05)
The Salvation Army (TSA) emergency relief team continues to distribute food and other essentials for survival along the tsunami devastated coastal areas of India while plans are now being made for reconstruction. An U.S. based company, Caterpillar Inc., noted as the world’s largest manufacturer of earth-moving equipment has offered to make available to TSA, free of charge, its heavy lifting equipment already in the Sri Lanka area. The Salvation Army team in Meulaboh, Indonesia due to military escort has been able to move deeply into the ravaged coastal areas.

Save the Children USA
(Jan 14, 05)
Save the Children continues to make progress in meeting the immediate health and nutrition needs of thousands of children impacted by the disaster while it expands efforts to identify and protect children who suddenly have found themselves alone, without parents or relatives to care for them. In Aceh Province of Indonesia, where Save the Children has worked since 1976, hundreds of thousands of children and adults are currently being sheltered in temporary camps and remain in dire need of assistance. Save the Children has provided water, food, shelter and medicines to children and adults in many of these temporary camps. In addition, staff members have completed interviewing and registering children in 17 camps near the province capital of Banda Aceh and have begun registering children in more than 60 camps in the Pidie District of Aceh Province, an area on the east coast hit hard by the earthquake and tsunami.

Stop Hunger Now (SHN)
(Dec 27, 04)
SHN will be working to channel aid to several partner organizations throughout the hardest hit regions. As an immediate response, funds will be wired as they are received. If requested by implementing partners, SHN will also coordinate shipping emergency food and needed relief commodities.

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)
(Jan 3, 04)
The UUSC is a nonprofit, international human rights organization based in Cambridge, Mass. UUSC has a long-standing working relationship with several grassroots partner organizations in the affected region, specifically in India, Burma and Thailand. The UUSC will be channeling humanitarian relief work through these organizations in an effort to help with their immediate needs as well as longer-term reconstruction efforts such as restoring public health services.

United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
(Jan 11, 05)
UMCOR provided initial grants to ecumenical partners to set up health teams, deliver family shelters, and distribute food and fresh water. A team assessing conditions in Banda Aceh is delivering antibiotics and other medicines. The agency contributed two truckloads of health kits to an ecumenical shipment. One hundred percent of contributions to UMCOR relief goes to the affected region in aid. UMCOR is accepting health/hygiene kits as gifts in kind. More information is available at: http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/indexj.cfm

United Way International
(Dec 30, 04)
United Way International, United Way of America, and United Way affiliates in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and east Africa are working together to respond to the communities affected by the earthquakes and tsunamis. The United Way South Asia Response Fund is focused on long-term recovery efforts such as rebuilding the infrastructure in the impacted region. United Way is supporting the emergency relief phase by assisting with clean water, food, and shelter but the primary focus will be long-term reconstruction and recovery when United Ways and their community partners will aid in rebuilding homes, schools, public works, and health facilities; restore destroyed fisheries and farms, replant crops, and reforestation; provide for mental health assistance and support of at-risk populations; and, participate in strategic planning/mitigation management and more. More information is available at: www.unitedway.org/tsunamiresponse

USA for UNHCR
(Jan 5, 05)
USA for UNHCR will allow Americans to support the UN Refugee Agency's (UNHCR) relief effort throughout Tsunami-affected region. UNHCR is providing emergency shelters to 100,000 people in Indonesia's Aceh province who lost their homes in the devastating earthquake and tidal waves. The agency is also providing shelters and other emergency items such as blankets, clothing, and cooking kits to survivors in Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Somalia.

U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI)
(Jan 10, 05)
USCRI's Refugee Tsunami Victims Fund will be used to assist Burmese refugees in southern Thailand who are victims of the tsunami disaster but are not receiving disaster relief assistance.

U.S. Fund for UNICEF
(Dec 30, 04)
UNICEF’s immediate priority is the health, well being, and protection of children and will work with recovery and rehabilitation in the long-term. UNICEF is now shipping relief items, pre-positioning supplies, and distributing materials to affected communities and relief camps. UNICEF is also conducting rapid and thorough assessments of the situation and needs of children in each affected country by working with governments and other organizations.

World Concern
(Jan 13, 05)
World Concern is helping to move 10,000 families from schools in Sri Lanka to temporary housing so that the schools can reopen. Air shipment of 10 tons of tents, large collapsible water tanks, blankets, cooking kits, and medical supplies was sent Jan. 12. World Concern is the only international organization that has made an assessment and is capable of responding to the tsunami victims in southern Somalia. World Concern plans to provide medical supplies, medicines, mosquito nets, and food, and later will help rebuild the fishing fleet to restore the livelihood of the fishermen. More information is available at: www.worldconcern.org/html/Projects-Relief-AsiaFloodRelief.htm

World Emergency Relief
(Jan 7, 05)
WER is providing Tsunami relief to the victims in South Asia. WER has shipped much needed items including blankets, water purification items, food as well as dispatching a disaster team to give hands on assistance and assess the damage. WERE is currently accepting monetary donations for this effort.

(Dec 29, 04)

World Relief
(Jan 25, 05)
World Relief is working alongside a coalition of church networks, representing 25,000 churches in Indonesia, to provide emergency aid. The coalition has established five bases to accommodate and coordinate volunteers, is distributing essential supplies at several of the hardest-hit locations, and is helping with mud and debris cleanup. World Relief has supplied five water purification plants each capable of serving 3,000 people per day, and has ordered 1,000 family tents with long term rehabilitation plans including construction of homes and schools. World Relief is providing organizational and monetary resources to partners in India and Sri Lanka as well.

World Vision
(Jan 18, 05)
World Vision has been providing relief in most of the areas impacted by the tsunami, with 3,700 staff on the ground in five of the hardest hit countries. Staff have been distributing survival packs of food, bottled water, medicine, sleeping mats, clothing, and household items to tens of thousands of people. A special fund has been created to respond to the crisis, with more than 85 percent of the funds raised provided as direct assistance to the victims of the tsunami. A series of assessments are underway to both continue the provision of immediate emergency needs and develop long term plans to rebuild affected communities. An estimated number of over 250,000 have benefited from WV's relief efforts thus far in India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. For more information on what World Vision is doing, please see www.worldvision.org.