Tsunami And You

Do you want to help survivors and don’t know how? You could make adifference with funds, material supply such as ration, medicines, blankets,utensils, shelter material, by offering medical care and assistance andvolunteering to work in the camps in the affected areas. Any information onmissing persons could also be invaluable. Here is a listing of who’s doingwhat and how to contact them.

NATIONAL DISASTER FUND

• The Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund
  For information and donation online contact www.pmindia.nic.in/relief.htm Citibank 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 of 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, Tel: 04365 - 252800, Email: tsunami_ngp@rediffmail.com

AID AGENCIES
They are delivering food, medical and shelter supplies. You could help withall of this and/or funds. Remember, any voluntary assistance, help in locatingmissing people and technical expertise is also welcome.

• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  Donations can be made online at www.donate.ifrc.org , www.amazon.com and www.indianredcross.org Ph 011-23716424
  
  
• UNICEF
  Donations can be made at www.unicef.org or newdelhi@unicef.org
  
  
• ActionAid India
  They are creating a volunteer cadre (including nurses & doctors) to visit the affected areas, are arranging for medicines, food and temporary shelters, offering psycho-social counseling for the traumatized, focused at women and children, creating shelters and structures for the victims, helping victims get the promised grants, from the government, arranging alternate livelihood opportunities for the affected and long term rehabilitation, creating permanent shelters and homes, schools and dispensary. You could donate online at www.actionaidindia.org
  
  
  The cheques could directly be put in ICICI Bank, favouring "ActionAid India society" and the account nos. is ICICI Bank - SB a/c No. 002901052612. The cheques/ drafts can also be made in favour of "ActionAid India Society" and sent to: Mr. Jerry Almeida/ Mr. Kunal Verma. ActionAid India Society, C/88, South Extension Part - II, New Delhi - 110049. You could also contact the Calcutta office at Ph: 033-24657017/18/22
  
  
• 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 (WHO)
  Online donation through Paypal at www.whose.org Phone: 011-23370804

NGOs AND SOCIAL GROUPS
They are collecting relief material, visiting affected areas and handingover supplies, some of them are also collecting funds, knowhow and offeringassistance in locating missing people.

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

Tamil Nadu Science Forum and Association of India's Development islooking out for volunteers. Familiarity with Tamil would be a big help. AIDhelpline: 044-2835 0403, 044- 5561 5629. You could deposit ration, utensils,medicines and shelter material between 10.00 and 6.00 AM. Address: 20, RatheenamSt, Gopalaupuram, Chennai-600086. Check http://survivors.aidindia.org for latestrequirements, contact points in other cities in India, as well as abroad.

The National Fishworkers Forum is reaching out to the affectedcommunities through their extensive network all along the Indian coastline.Contact: National Fishworkers Forum, Trivandrum Tel: 0471-2501376 nff@vsnl.comHarekrishna Debnath Tel: 011-26680914 Mobile: 9434039599 Email:harekrishna.debnath@gmail.com or nffcal@vsnl.com

Auroville: Contact http://www.auroville.org/crisis.htm to lend a hand.Contact : tsunami@auroville.org.in and check website www.auroville.org/crisis.htmfor regular update on the work being done here. Call 0413 - 2622184 for moreinformation.

Exnora has set up a coordination centre at Thiruvarur (about 20 kmfrom Nagapatinam and 30 from Karaikal). The contact person is Mr.A Kanthan, DistSecretary,Thiruvarur Exnora 28, Middle Street,Kadaramkondan, Thiruvarur 610003Home: 04366- 220141 Cell: 9443724287

Malarchi Trust: Sujatha Mody 044-26478386 sujatamody@vsnl.net

Construction Workers Building Center: Subbu.M 044-25545543Msubbu_cwbc@vsnl.net

Initiatives : Women in Development: Dr. Neelavalli 044-26222856 iwid@vsnl.net

Bangalore Citizen’s Initiative for Tsunami Victims: CollectionPoints: St. Joseph's College of Arts and Science, Langford Road, Bangalore560027. Tel: 080-22272299/22211429

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

Servelots, Email: tsunami@servelots.com - Tel: 2676-2963

Pedestrian Pictures, Prakruti Mudrana, Ph: 94483 71389, 26713894Website: http://www.indiatogether.org/relief/tsunami.

The Concerned for Working Children
Please send in your contribution by Cheque/DD in favour of "TheConcerned for Working Children". Your contributions will be recorded andacknowledged. All cash contributions made to CWC are tax exempted under 80 G -No: DIT (E)/80G/260/W-2/02-03. Our bank A/c No. 28571, Syndicate Bank,Vimanapura Branch, Airport Road, Bangalore. For further information contact: Ph:+91 80 25234270, 25234611. Email: cwc@pobox.comWebsite: www.workingchild.org

An alliance of NGOs in Delhi
Cheques should be made out to "Delhi Tsunami Relief Fund". Cheques andcash donations can be handed over to our volunteers or sent to: Indian SocialInstitute, 10, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003

For more information contact: Centre for Education and Communication:32270650; Delhi Forum: 011-26680914 & 26687724; JAGORI: 26257140 &51643134; Indian Social Institute : 011-24622379 & 24625015 and TheOther Media: 51652451 & 51652452; Anhad-23327366/ 67 For taxexemption on donations, contact: Indian Social Institute, 10,Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003. Website:www.tsunamireliefdel.org

Charities Aid Foundation: Address: G-77, Sujan Singh Park. ContactPerson: Abha Manchanda Contact Number: 011-24618780/81 Extn. 31 E-mail: abha.manchanda@cafindia.org

We for Change Foundation (We For Yamuna) Address: UNV/UNDP, 55, LodhiEstate Contact Person: Vimlendu Jha Contact Number: 98105 95648

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

Ashoka Innovators for the Public: Contact TsunamiRelief@ashoka.organd your contributions will be forwarded to the affected people. Also thefollowing Ashoka Fellows are collecting relief material and funds.

• Goonj: Anshu Gupta, J-93, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi, Ph 011-26972351, 9868607992 Email: anshu@goonj.org
  
  
• Mihir Bhatt Disaster Mitigation Institute 411, Sakar Five, Near Natraj Cinema, Ashram Road Ahmedabad 380009 Ph: 0091-79-26583607 Email: dmi@icenet.co.in

India Centre for Human Rights & Law, Mumbai
Domestic contributions can be sent by cheque in the name of "Centre forEducation and Training" A team from India Centre for Human Rights & Lawis planning to visit the affected areas with relief material (food, medicinesand shelter) and early contributions will be appreciated. For further detailscontact: Amarjit/ Krishnakant Phone: (022) 23436692/ 23439651/ 56058905 E-mail:huright1@vsnl.net

YUVA, Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action, Mumbai
(I) For Foreign Contributions: Account Title: YUVA: Youth for Unity andVoluntary Action, Branch: Fort Branch, Saving Bank Account Number: 220121821,Address of the Bank: AMERICAN EXPRESS BANK LTD, 364, D.N.Road, OrientalBuilding, P.O.Box No. 507, Bombay 400 001.

ActionAid India: The Kolkata Regional Office is trying to collectmedical supplies for the tsunami victims. They will be sending this across totheir regional offices in the affected states, which are coordinating the reliefoperations on behalf of ActionAid India. Ph: 033-2465 - 7017/18/22

For contributions in Kerala: Aleyamma &Mercy, Sakhi ResourceCenter for Women, Convent Road, Trivandrum-695035. Donations must bewritten out to SB a/c no 5945 of Central Bank of India, Rishimangalam Branch,Trivandrum

DHL is mobilizing its resources to collect and deliver reliefcontributions. Call the national toll-free DHL Relief Helpline in India(1600-22-6666) from 10 am to 10 pm, from January upto Jaunary 15. A separatehelpline number 044-55719345, has been set in Chennai.

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