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How You Can Help

Do you want to help survivors and don't know how? You could make a difference with funds, non-perishable ration, medicines, blankets, utensils and shelter material, offering medical assistance and volunteering in the camps. Information on missing p

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How You Can Help
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NATIONAL DISASTER FUND

Prime Minister’s National Disaster Fund
For information and donation online contact www.pmindia.nic.in/relief.htmCitibank has set up a special payment gateway to enable online contributions. Contributions can now be made from all Visa/MasterCard/Diner’s cards, domestic or international. All transactions via the Citibank gateway are exempt from merchant discount fees. The gateway can be accessed via a link on www.pmindia.nic.in, www.sify.com and on the Citibank consumer portal www.citibank.com/india.

Cuddalore District Collector
www.cuddalore.tn.nic.in Ph: 04142-294278, 294159

The NGO Coordination Cell
District Collectorate, Nagapattinam Ph: 04365-252800, Email: tsunami_ngp@rediffmail.com

AID AGENCIES

They are delivering food, medical and shelter supplies. You could help with all of this and/or funds. Remember, any voluntary assistance, help in locating missing people and technical expertise is also welcome.

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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Donations can be made online at www.donate.ifrc.org, www.amazon.com & www.indianredcross.org, Ph 011-23716424

UNICEF
Donations can be made at www.unicef.org or Email: newdelhi@unicef.org

ActionAid India
They are creating a volunteer cadre (including nurses & doctors) to visit the affected areas; arranging for medicines, food and temporary shelters; offering psychosocial counselling for the traumatised, focused mainly at women and children; creating shelters and structures for victims; helping them get the promised grants from the government; arranging alternate livelihood opportunities for the affected and long-term rehabilitation; creating permanent shelters, homes, schools and dispensary.You could donate online at www.actionaidindia.org Cheques in favour of "ActionAid India Society" could be deposited at icici Bank, SB a/c No 002901052612 or sent to: Jerry Almeida/ Kunal Verma, ActionAid India Society, C/88, South Extension Part—II,New Delhi—110049. You could also contact the Calcutta office at Ph: 033-2465-7017/18/22

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OXFAM
Individual donations, in money: Donate online at: www.oxfam.org.uk Cheques in the name of "Oxfam (India) Trust" payable at New Delhi.

World Health Organisation
Online donation through Paypal at www.whose.org, Ph: 011-23370804

NGOs and Social Groups
They are collecting relief materials, visiting affected areas and handing over supplies, some of them are also collecting funds, knowhow and offering assistance in locating missing people.

Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS): Working mainly in the Andamans http://www.seedsindia.org

Tamil Nadu Science Forum and Association of India’s Development They are looking out for volunteers. Familiarity with Tamil would be helpful. AID helpline: 044-2835 0403, 044-5561/ 5629. You could deposit ration, utensils, medicines and shelter materials between 10.00 am and 6.00 pm. Address: 20, Ratheenam St, Gopalapuram, Chennai-600086. Check http://survivors.aidindia.org for latest requirements, contact points in other cities in India as well as abroad.

The National Fishworkers’ Forum (Trivandrum) Ph: 0471-2501376, Ph: 011-26680914, Email: nff@vsnl.com

Auroville
Contact http://www. auroville.org/crisis.htm to lend a hand. Ph: 0413-2622184

Bangalore Citizen’s Initiative for Tsunami Victims http://www.indiatogether.org/relief/tsunami. Collection Points: St Joseph’s College of Arts and Science, Langford Road, Bangalore 560027, Ph: 080-22272299/22211429

Environment Support Group
Telefax: 080-26534364/26531339/26341977 Email: esg@esgindia.org or esg@bgl.vsnl.net.in; www.esgindia.org

An alliance of NGOs in Delhi
Cheques should be made out to "Delhi Tsunami Relief Fund". Cheques and cash donations can be handed over to their volunteers or sent to: Indian Social Institute, 10, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003 www.tsunamireliefdel.org

Youthreach, Delhi Ph: 011-26533520/ 25/ 30

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Ashoka Innovators for the Public Contact TsunamiRelief@ashoka.org and your contributions will be forwarded to the affected people. The following Ashoka Fellows are also collecting relief materials and funds.

Goonj (Delhi), Anshu Gupta Ph 011-26972351, 9868607992 Email: anshu@goonj.org

Disaster Mitigation Institute (Ahmedabad), Mihir Bhatt Ph: 079-26583607Email: dmi@icenet.co.in

India Centre for Human Rights & Law, (Mumbai) Domestic contributions can be sent by cheque in favour of "Centre for Education and Training." Ph: 022-23436692/23439651/56058905 E-mail: huright1@vsnl.net

Yuva, Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action, Mumbai 364, D.N.Road, Oriental Building, PO Box No 507, Bombay—400 001.

DHL Call the national toll-free dhl Relief Helpline in India (1600-22-6666) from 10 am to 10 pm, up to Jaunary 15.

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For additional information go to http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com

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