December 31, 2004

Red Cross / Red Crescent Donations

Posted by Jon Mandle

If you’re so moved, there’s information on making donations to the American Red Cross here (including a link for secure on-line donations). The British Red Cross page is here.

UPDATE (by Chris): I’m using my superediting powers to move Jon’s post to the top and make sure it stays there for the next day. Jon also mentions (in a comment below) CNN’s list of organizations accepting donations. And here’s the link for Oxfam UK’s appeal .

Posted on December 31, 2004 12:00 AM UTC
Comments

via Brad Delong, who links to The Command Post: Earthquake - how to help
http://www.command-post.org/nk/2_archives/018256.html

Posted by wayne · December 27, 2004 04:10 AM

Here is the link to oxfam as an alternative to red cross.

Posted by cliu · December 27, 2004 02:05 PM

While we are all griefstruck over today’s tragedies and will immediately pledge great assistance, it appears that we get over it quickly and not actually pay the money. This tidbit from the end of the piece in the Guardian on the tsunami.

“People in Bam ruefully complained yesterday that while $1bn of aid was promised in the wake of their quake last year that killed 30,000 people, only $17m was ultimately paid over. Tens of thousands still lack basic facilities, let alone help overcoming the traumas they have suffered.”

Posted by Richard Bellamy · December 27, 2004 02:22 PM

UNICEF
(info on some of the things they did and continue to do in Bam)

Posted by eszter · December 27, 2004 04:00 PM

Thanks for the information on the British Red Cross. I am maintaining a list of relief funds at my blog; please add more in comments if you know of them.

Posted by Saheli · December 27, 2004 10:41 PM

I’ve got another idea on how to help here

Posted by Giles · December 27, 2004 11:57 PM

If any of you is interested, there The South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Blog (SEA-EAT blog for short) has been set up bu bloggers in SEAsia, with news and information about resources, aid, donations and volunteer efforts. It is here:
http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com/

There is a list of aid agencies in US that you can contribute to in this posting:
http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com/2004/12/coverage-summary.html

(For those of you interested only in using this disaster to pursue an impotent political vendetta, there is no doubt loads of amunition, but no direct confirmation of your priorities. Indeed, it includes this: “Thank You from all of us, particularly to the kind folk at World Changing, BoingBoing, SmartMobs, Rediff, Instapundit, Sepia Mutiny, Buzz Machine, AnotherSubcontinent and Joho The Blog and the scores of fellow bloggers who have linked to this blog and contributed to all that stunning number of page views (it’s less than twelve hours since that counter was set up). Thank you so much for helping spread the word. We knew we could count on you.”

Posted by charlie bourne · December 28, 2004 06:44 AM

I just got a new number: There are perhaps 60 000 dead.

Posted by enwe · December 28, 2004 03:58 PM

There are some photos available:
http://www.pbase.com/issels/
phuket_tsunami&page=all

Posted by enwe · December 28, 2004 04:20 PM

Here’s CNN’s list of organizations accepting donations.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/27/quake.aidsites/index.html

Posted by Jon Mandle · December 28, 2004 05:54 PM

The Canadian Red Cross is accepting donations, even though it appears their site is struggling a bit from the amount of traffic.

Posted by trish · December 29, 2004 05:14 PM

A list from AP (via NYTimes).

Also, people may wish to consult the Charity Navigator site.

Posted by eszter · December 29, 2004 06:30 PM

Here’s another site with links to various organizations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donations_for_victims_of_the_2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake

Posted by Virendra · December 29, 2004 08:41 PM

Glad to see that Crooked Timber would never stoop so low as to suggest that not posting about a topic reflects a partisan lack of concern for it.

Er, well, at least not very often:
http://www.crookedtimber.org/archives/002017.html

(I’m not saying the two are exactly alike, but there’s at least a family resemblance.)

Posted by fred · December 30, 2004 04:00 AM

I’ve just made a donation, so I finally feel free to make the somewhat grim point I’ve been mulling over for the past few days - the present estimates of 77,000 (which are probably only 50% or less of the final total for the tsunami) are about the same number of people who have died from AIDS in Africa since December 19th (i.e., 10 days ago).

Posted by Geoffrey · December 30, 2004 04:04 AM

Eeks — It seems I just posted the snarky comment above in the comment box for the wrong post. It was meant for Henry’s post, “Partisan Football.” That’s what happens when I don’t have my morning coffee, I guess. Anyway, feel free to delete them both. Sorry about that.

Posted by fred · December 30, 2004 04:06 AM

The CEO of the American Red Cross makes over $600K/year? I know they are one of the more efficient charities, but it still bothers me to give money to an organization with excessive executive compensation.

Posted by Jim Donor · December 30, 2004 04:40 AM

What a lousy time to be reminded that God doesn’t like us very much. Reports that animals may have been spared His wrath could either confirm our narcissism or caution us for our lack of attention.

In this damned year I skewed my tardy tithes towards Doctors w/o Borders and Unicef, scanting my alma mater and local charities.

“If God lived on earth, people would break His windows.”

Posted by bad Jim · December 31, 2004 09:15 AM
Followups

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