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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDocumentation_Regular_Tab 08D_01/13/2005 TF �:� ] j I � �� ��� VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA �' �� � ,,� � � �,� , : ; o a @ =; 4 v � Co y Pat Watkins Mayor January 6, 2005 My fellow Council Members, As you are all aware, the extent of the tragedy and devastation that has occurred as a result of the recent tsunami is beyond comprehension. As the death toll rises and the threat of disease becomes increasingly imminent, it is not possible to ignore the need for assistance to the ravaged areas. We have recently had our own trials from natural disasters but they pale in comparison to this. We are able though to empathize with the people who were so tragically affected. While I realize that it is our policy to have a consensus of the Council to put an item on the agenda, I would ask for your indulgence to allow the Manager to add an item to next week's agenda. I would like to have a discussion as to whether you would like to consider making a contribution toward the tsunami relief effort. You will fmd attached to this letter some possible relief organizations for your review. This is a request on my part to see if there is any desire on the part of the Council as a whole to do this. I am hopeful that our neighboring municipalities will also give this their consideration. We recently found out what a caring community we have here in Tequesta and in our neighboring municipalities. Perhaps this idea will spread to cities all over the country. What a difference we could make as we join together to help the affected areas a world away. If any of you have an objection to the addition of the discussion item, please let Mr. Couzzo know. With kindest regards, �� 250 Tequesta Drive, Suite 300 • P. O. Box 3273 • Tequesta, Florida 33469-0273 (561) 575-6200 • Fax: (561) 575-6203 www.tequesta.org � . �� : r� n 9 �` � ,3,-�.���J����y��'����� � � f 3� �i c :. 3 ��' . � ' � , _ P 7 3 _ . 3 � € , q : ��� . . ��,'t��� 3� yi,7,,s. �� � _ 3 ��'b9// ": : , , „ .',. ., fi(,°�, �' r ;. : , rr�'��,r�,�' �: p �" �T1�"', , ' a� f.�..... . , .,,..,., iu ,,,., .w":' 3 .... . : . _. �. „_. . FI�Ir�NCE T�EP:�I2.`I"�-iEN'I` DATE: JANUARY 7, 2005 TO: MICHAEL R. COUZZO, VILLAGE MANAGER FROM: JOANN FORSYTHE, FINANCE DIRECTOR RE: VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA DONATIONS TO EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI RELIEF IN SOUTH ASIA Per your request: 1. Available balances as of 1106/2005: ♦ Reserves/Contingency account #001-990-599.902 $50,000.00 ♦ Total Council discretionary funds (Travel and Per diem $7,216.00 ♦ Aid to Community Organizations #001-100-582.800 700.00 $57,91G.00 2. I contacted Representative Mark Foley's office, The United States Department of State, the Center for International Disaster Information regarding the Village of Tequesta making a donation to earthquake and tsunami relief in South Asia and was directed to two agencies: USAID and InterAction — Disaster Response. Both agencies do not accept donations: they woxk with and supply a list of organizations that provide assistance to the victims of the earthquake/tsunami. The lists of agencies on both websites axe the same. The InterAction website also includes details of InterAction membex assistance already in place - by member. I have attached both lists for your review. If you need additional information please let me know. Attachment: InterAction — Disaster Response 1/7/0510:03 AM ' InterAction.org � Disaster Response Page 1 of 17 ; � InterAction - Disaster �tespanse - Earthquake and Tsunamis in South Asia InterAction Members Respond to those Affected in South Asia Press Contact: Kim Abbott, Communications and Media Manager, 202-667-8227 x115 NGO Contacts: James Bishop, Director of Humanitarian Response, 202-667-8227 x104 Linda Poteat, Senior Program Manager x106 Updated January 5, 2005 Want to volunteer or provide gifts in kind? Call the Center for International Disaster Information website. Their hotline number is 703-276-1914. Learn more about international adoption: Visit the State Department website, which has information on adoption procedures for all of the affected countries. .�:<�,.�_;..�x,ff..� ��.��� � � . ��.., �..�:��.,��� ��.� . ��.: � ,� � � ::�� ,�._ �.,.�a�.�,��,� ��,.� WHILE INTERACTION DOES NOT ACCEPT Eight south Asian nations have DONATIONS, the InterAction members listed been adversely affected by the 9.0 here are accepting contributions for assistance earthquake and subsequent they or their affiliates are providing to those tsunamis (tidal waves) that hit the affected by the eathquake and tsunamis in region on December 26. The world's South Asia. most powerful earthquake in 40 years struck deep under the Indian Ocean interAction has also developed guidelines on the off the west coast of Sumatra early most appropriate ways to help those affected by Dec. 26, triggering tidal waves up to overseas disasters. 20 feet high. Over 155,000 people have lost their lives and millions have InterAction is a coalition of more than 160 US- been left without food, shelter and based private relief, international development and safe drinking water. InterAction re#ugee assistance arganizations. tnterActia�� m��nber�a�e�cies; �tlnited Nations � members have agreed to abide by a set of disaster assessment and country standards to ensure accountability to donors, teams, and various donor professional competence and quality of service. governments are working together with the governments of the affected Action Against Hunger countries to assess the extent of the ADRA International disaster and to prioritize emergency AirServ needs. American Friends Service Committee American Jewish Joint Djstribution Committee, Inc, American Jewish World S�rvice Visit the fo{{owing links for further American Red Cross information: American Refugee Committee AmeriCares Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT) • Guide to Appropriate Giving Baptist World Aid � Details on Member Assistance B'nai B'rith International � Reliefweb Brother's Brother's Foundation CARE Catho{ic Medical Mission Board Catholic Relief Services Christian Children's Fund Christian Reformed World Relief Committee . Church Wor(d Service Concern Worldwide Counterpart International. Inc. http://www.interaction.org/load.php 1/6/2005 � InterAction.org � Disaster Response Page 2 of 17 Y Direct Relief International Doctors of the World-USA Episcopal Relief and Develapment Food for the Hungry Habitat for Humanity fnternational Heart to Heart International INMED Interchurch Medical Assistanee, Inc. International Aid International Medical Corps International Orthodox Christian Charities Internationa! Relief and Development International Relief Teams International Rescue Committee Jesuit Refugee Service/USA Latter-Day Saint Charities Life For Relief & Development Lutheran World Relief MAP Internationaf Mercy Corps Mercy-USA for Aid and Development Northwest Medical Teams Operation USA Oxfam America Plan USA Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Project Concern Project HOPE Refugees International Relief International Salvation Army World Service Office Save the Children USA Stop Hunger Now Unitarian Universalist Service Committee United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCaR) United Way International US Fund for UNICEF World Concern World Emergency Relief Worfd Hope International World Relief World Vision Action Against Hunger International Relief and Development, 247 West 37th Street Inc. New York, NY 10018 1621 N Kent Street; Suite 400 212-967-7800 Arlington, VA 22209 www.actionagainsthunger.org 703-248-0161 Details of Assistance Provided www.ird-dc.org Details of Assistance Provided ADRA International Asia Tsunami Crisis Fund International Relief Teams 12501 Old Columbia Pike Asia Earthquake/Floods Silver Spring, MD 20904 3547 Camino Del Rio South, Suite C 800.424.ADRA (2372) San Diego, CA 92108 www.adra.org 619-284-7979 Detai(s of Assistance Provided www.IRTeams.org Details of Assistance Provided Air Serv International http://www.interaction.org/load.php 1/6/2005 � InterAction.org � Disaster Response Page 3 of 17 6583 Merchant Place, Suite 100 International Rescue Committee Warrenton, VA 20187 PO Box 5058 www.airserv.org Hagerstown, MD 21741-9874 Detaiis of Assistance Provided 877-REFUGEE or 733-8433 www.thelRC.org American Friends Service Committee Detaiis of Assistance Provided AFSC Crisis Fund 1501 Cherry Street Jesuit Refugee Service/USA Philadelphia, PA 1616 P Street NW 215-241-7060 Suite 300 www.afsc.org Washington, DC 20036 Details of Assistance Provided 202-462-0400 www. jrsusa.org American Jewish Joint Distribution Details of Assistance Providsd Committee, Inc. JDC-South Asia Tsunami Relief Latter-Day Saint Charities P.O. Box 321 Welfare Services Emergency Response 847A Second Avenue 50 East North Temple Street, Room 701 New York, NY 10017 Salt Lake City, UT 84150-6800 212-885-0832 801-24Q-3544 www. jdc.org Idscharities@Idschurch.org Details of Assistance Provided Details of Assistance Provided American Jewish World Service Life For Reliet & Development 45 W. 36th St., 10th FI. Tsunami Relief Fund New York, NY 10018 P.O. Box 236 212-736-2597 Southfield, MI 48037 www.ajws. org 1-800-827-3543 Details of Assistance Provided �.lifeusa.org Details of Assistance Provided American Red Cross International Response Fund Lutheran World Relief 2025 E Street NW South Aisa Tsunami Washington, DC 20006 700 Light Street (202) 303-5279 Baltimore, MD 21230 www.redcross.org (410) 230-2700 Details of Assistance Provided �,Iwr.org Details of Assistance Provided American Refugee Committee Tsunami Relief MAP International 430 Oak Grove Street, Suite 204 p,0. Box 215000 Minneapolis, MN 55403 Brunswick, GA 31521 612-872-7060 800.225.8550 www.archq.org www.map.org Details of Assistance Provided Details of Assistance Provided AmeriCares Mercy Corps 88 Hamilton Ave Southeast Asia Earthquake Stamford, CT 06902 Dept. W 800-486-4357 PO Box 2669 www.americares.org portfand, OR 97208-2669 �etails of Assistance Provided (ggg) 256-1900 www. mercycorps.org Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team petails of Assistance Provided (AMURT) Tsunami Fund Mercy-USA for Aid and Development 6810 Tilden Lane Tsunami Disaster Relief http://www.interaction.org/load.php 1/6/2005 InterAction.org � Disaster Response Page 4 of 17 Rockville, MD 20852 44450 Pinetree Drive, Suite 201 301-984-0217 Plymouth, Michigan 48170-3869 www.amurt.net 800-556-3729 Detaiis of Assistance Provided www.mercyusa.org Details of Assistance Provided Baptist World Aid Asia Tidal Waves Northwest Medical Teams 405 North Washington Street SE Asia Disaster Relief Fund Falls Church, VA 22046 PO Box 10 703-790-8980 Portland, OR 97207 www.bwanet.org/bwaid 800-959-4325 (HEAL) Details of Assistance Provided www.nwmedicalteams.org Details of Assistance Provided B'nai B'rith International B'nai B'rith Disaster Relief Fund Operation USA 2020 K. Street NW 8320 Melrose Ave. #200 7th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90069 Washington, DC 20006 800-678-7255 212-490-3290 www.opusa.org www.bnaibrith.org Details of Assistance Provided Details of Assistance Provided Oxfam America Brother's Brother Foundation Asian Earthquake Fund 1200 Galveston Ave PO Box 1211 Pittsburgh, PA 15233 Albert Lea, MN 56007-1211 412-321-3 9 60 800-77-OXFAM www.brothersbrother.org www.oxfamamerica.org Details of Assistance Provided Details of Assistance Provided CARE Plan USA 151 Ellis Street NE Asia Disaster Atlanta, GA 30303 155 Plan Way 404-681-2552 Warwick, RI 02886 www.care.org 800-556-7918 Details of Assistance Provided www.planusa.org Details of Assistance Provided Catholic Medical Mission Board 10 West 17th Street Presbyterian Disaster Assistance � New York, NY 10011 100 Witherspoon Street 800.678.5659 Louisville, KY 40202-1396 www.cmmb.org 888-728-7228 ext 5839 Details ofAssistance Provided wvwv.pcusa.org/pda Details of Assistance Provided Catholic Relief Services 209 West Fayette Street Project Concern International Baltimore, MD 21201 5151 Murphy Canyon Road Suite 320 877-HELP-CRS San Diego, CA 92123 www.catholicrelief.org 858-279-9690 Details of Assistance Provided www.projectconcern.org Details of Assistance Provided Christian Childrens Fund Child Alert Fund Project HOPE PO Box 26484 Asia Tsunami Response Richmond, Virginia - 23261-6484 255 Carter Hall Lane 800-776-6767 Millwood, VA 22646 www. ChristianCh ildrensFund. org 800-544-4673 Details ofAssistance Provided www.projecthope.org Details of Assistance Provided http://www.interaction.org/load.php 1/6/2005 � InterAction.org � Disaster Response Page 5 of 17 Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) Refugees International South Asia Earthquake 1705 N Street NW 2850 Kalamazoo Ave. SE Washington, DC 20036 Grand Rapids, MI 49560 202-828-0110 800-55-CRWRC www.refugeesinternational.org www.crwrc.org Details of Assistance Provided Details of Assistance Provided Relief international Church World Service Asia Earthquake Response PO Box 968 1575 Westwood Blvd., Suite 201 Elkhart, IN 46515 Los Angeles, CA 90024 800-297-1516 800-573-3332 www.churchworldsenrice.org www.ri.org Details of Assistance Provided Details of Assistance Provided Concern Worldwide, US SAWSO (Salvation Army World 104 East 40th Street, Suite 903 Service Office) New York, NY 10016 South Asia Relief Fund 212-557-8000 615 Slaters Lane www.concernusa.org Alexandria, VA 22313 Details of Assistance Provided 800-SAL-ARMY www.1800salarmy.org Counterpart International. Inc. Details of Assistance Provided Asia Tsunami Relief Donations 1200 18th Street NW Save the Children Suite 1100 54 Wilton Road Washington, DC 20036 Westport, CT 06880 202 296-9676 1-800-728-3843 www.counterpart.org www.savethechildren.org Details of Assistance Provided Details of Assistance Provided Direct Relief International �tQp H�«ragsr-Na�-..-- ._- .- - 27 South La Patera Lane SE Asia Crisis Santa Barbara, CA 93117 2501 Clark Ave, Suite 200 800- 676-1638 Raleigh, NC 27607 www.directrelief.org 888-501-8440 Details ofAssistance Provided www.stophungernow.org Details of Assistance Provided Doctors of the World-USA 375 West Broadway, 4th Floor Unitarian Universalist Service New York, NY 10012 Committee 212-226-9890 UUSC-UUA Tsunami Relief Fund www.dowusa.org P.O. Box 845259 Details of Assistance Provided Boston, MA 02284-5259 617-868-6600 Episcopal Relief and Development www.uusc.org South Asia Relief Fund Details of Assistance Provided 815 Second Avenue New York, NY 10017 United Methodist Committee on Relief (800) 334-7626 (UMCOR) www.er-d.org Advance #274305, South Asia Detaiis of Assistance Provided Emergency 475 Riverside Drive Food for the Hungry, Inc. Room 330 Asia Quake Relief New York, NY 10115 1224 E. Washington St. 212-870-3815 Phoenix, AZ 85034 www.umcor.org http://www.interaction.org/load.php 1/6/2005 " InterAction.org � Disaster Response Page 6 of 17 800-2-HUNGERS Details of Assistance Provided www.fh.org Details of Assistance Provided United Way International United Way South Asia Response Fund Habitat for Humanity International Asia 701 N Fairfax St Tsunami Response Fund Alexandria, VA 22314 USA 121 Habitat St 703-519-0092 Americus, GA 31709 www.unitedway.org/tsunamiresponse 229-924-6935 Details of Assistance Provided www.habitat.org Details of Assistance Provided US Fund for UNICEF South Asian Tsunami Relief Heart to Heart International 333 E. 38th Street 401 S. Clairborne New York, NY 10016 Suite 302 800-4-UNICEF Olathe, KS 66062 www.unicefusa.org 888-800-4327 Details of Assistance Provided www. hearttoheart.org Details of Assistance Provided World Concern SE Asia Earthquake and Flood INMED 19303 Fremont Avenue North Mark cash donations for "Tsunami" Seattle, WA 98133 45449 Severn Way, Suite 161 800-755-5022 Sterling, VA 20166 www.worldconcern.org 703-444-4477, ext. 227 Details of Assistance Provided www.inmed.org Details of Assistance Provided World Emergency Relief 2270-D Camino Vida Roble Interchurch Medical Assistance, Inc. Carlsbad, CA 92009 South Asia Tsunami Relief 1-760-930-8Q01 P.O. Box 429 www.wer-us.org New Windsor, MD 21776 Details of Assistance Provided 877-241-7952 www.interchurch.org World Hope International Details of Assistance Provided Asia Relief P.O. Box 96338 International Aid Washington DC 20090 17011 W. Hickory 888-466-4673 Spring Lake, MI 49456 www.worldhope.org 800-968-7490 Details of Assistance Provided www.internationalaid.org Details of Assistance Provided World Relief SE Asia Earthquake/Tsunamis International Medical Corps 7 E. Baltimore St. Tsunami Emergency Response Baltimore, MD 21202 1919 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 300 443-451-1900 Santa Monica, CA 90404-1950 www.worldrelief.org 310-826-7800 Details of Assistance Provided www. imcworldwide.org/onlinedonation.shtml Details of Assistance Provided World Vision P.O. Box 70288 Tacoma, WA 98481-0288 International Orthodox Christian (888) 511 - 6414 Charities (IOCC) www,worldvision.org Asia Disaster Response Details of Assistance Provided P.O. Box 630225 Baltimore, MD 21263-0225 877-803-4622 http://www.interaction.org/load.php 1/6/2005 InterAction.org � Disaster Response Page 7 of 17 www.iocc.org Detaiis of Assistance Provided Details of InterAction Member Assistance Action Against Hunger (De� 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 wiN 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, Thaifand, 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 tabiets, and mosquito nets. Non-food emergency items are being distributed in Indonesia and the Andaman Islands. More information is available at: www.ad ra.org/news.html Air Serv Interational (Jan 3, 05) Air Serv is sending a fleet of aircraft to provide air transport for assessment teams, project managers, and relief teams throughout the impacted region. As a result of a grant from U.S. O�ce of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), a King Air 300 and a Puma helicopter have been sent to Colombo, Sri Lanka, to provide air transport for OFDA assessment ._ teams and NGO teams. These aircraft will be used for transporting teams and high value cargo in Sri Lanka, southeast India, and the Maldives. A heavy transport plane (IL-76) and two Bell 407 helicopters are enroute to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, Banda Aceh to airlift relief workers and supplies throughout the island and 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 tndonesia with staff on the ground. A delegation of inedical 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 teave 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. (Dec 27, 04) American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee will work with partners on the ground to provide emergency supplies to victims of the tsunamis in South Asia. American Jewish World Service (Dec 27, 04j http://www.interaction.org/load.php 1/6/2005 � InterAction.org � Disaster Response Page 8 of 17 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 3, 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, nine American Red Cross personnel have been deployed to the Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia focus efforts on water and sanitation, restoring family links, logistics, and distribution of relief � supplies. More information is available at: www.redcross.org/article/0,1072,0_312_3870,OO.html American Refugee Committee ' 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 medicat 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 (Dec 30, 04) AmeriCares' first emergency airlift in response to the earthquake and tsunamis that have devastated South Asia has arrived in Sri Lanka, carrying critically needed medicines and medical supplies, personaf hygiene items, and water purification treatments to provide four miltion liters of clean drinking water to the affected areas. AmeriCares emergency response teams are currently working in Sri Lanka with our local partners, and are en route to Indi,a to monitor_distribution and assess critical.rr�edi.��,nPeds�AmeriCares is-planning - additional relief shipments to other affected countries including �ndonesia and India. Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT) (Dec 29, 04) An AMURT team started working in Nagapattanam District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu on December 28. The team is working in coordination with the Indian military to locate and bury the dead. An AMURT assessment team has arrived in Banda Aceh, Indonesia to prepare for a larger team arriving December 30th with relief supplies. Baptist World Aid (Jan 4, 05) Baptist World Aid is working with Baptist groups in most of the affected countries, 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. 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 http://www.interaction.org/load.php 1/6/2005 InterAction.org � Disaster Response Page 9 of 17 a secure served at www.bnaibrith.org. Brother's Brother F'oundation (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 wili accept medical gifits-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, ciothing, 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.ca reusa.org/newsroom/featurestories/2004/dec/20041227_aqd response.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. hea{thcare partners interested in helping the victims, and with its many g�obal pharmaceutical partners for the donation of critical medicines and medical supplies. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (Dec 27, 04) In one of the largest initial responses for emergency assistance in South and Southeast Asia, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has committed at least $500,000 to provide shelter and immediate health care needs to thousands devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunamis that hit the Bay of Bengal December 26. CRS and local partners immediately mobilized to the hardest hit areas of India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Indonesia. CRS response is expected to climb into the millions in order to meet emergency needs and for the subsequent rebuilding and rehabilitation of the region. 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 detaifed information can be found at: www.christianchildrensfund.org/donate/default.aspx?id=523 Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) (Dec 27, 04) CRWRC has released $30,000 to purchase and distribute emergency food, water, and http:/fwww.interaction.orgfload.php 1J6/2005 InterAction.org � Disaster Response Page 10 of 17 other supplies in Northern Sumatra (Indonesia), Sri Lanka, and coastal India. This response, and any additional future programming, will be carried out through CRWRC's local partners Eficor (India), the Southernpart Sumatra Christian Church (Indonesia), and the Dutch Reformed Church of Sri Lanka. Church World Service (CWS) (Dec 30, 04) Church World Service is undertaking a major regional response, focusing initiai support for emergency response efforts in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India, with tong-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 materiaf 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 tocal 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. Direct Relief International (Dec 30, 04) 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 basic diagnostic equipment. A donation consisting of 3,700 Ibs. of inedical goods was sent by air cargo to one of Direct Reliefs long-term partners located in Tamil Nadu, India, and medical boxes of pharmaceuticals and supplies were provided to two teams of ER physicians to hand-carry to Sri Lanka. Additional donations are currently being prepared for both public and non-governmental organizations located throughout the region. 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 Inter�ational 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. http://www.interaction.org/load.php 1!6/2005 InterAction.org � Disaster Response Page 11 of 17 Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) (Dec 28, 04) Episcopal Relief and Development is working with affected dioceses in South Asia to provide emergency assistance such as food, potable water, and medicine to vulnerable people in communities following the earthquakes and fsunamis. Food for the Hungry (Dec 30, 04) Food for the Hungry has already been distributing clean water, food, shelter and clothing through its many partners, including EFICOR (Evangelical Fellowship of �ndia's Commission on Re4ie�. FH is also teaming up with churches in Thailand, Sri Lanka and working with other local organizations to help victims in the countries hit worst. FH hopes to raise $3 million with its partners for the initial relief campaign. To donate online: www.fh.org/main_donate; to donate by phone: 1-800-2-HUNGERS. More details on how FH is responding: www.fh.org1122804_asiatsunami ; www.fh.org/12-29- 04_tsunamiupdate Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) (Dec 30, 04) Habitat for Humanity International has operations in all the countries hardest hit by the tsunami. We are working with local Habitat affiliates and partner organizatons to assess the needs of those affected. The immediate �esponse includes provision of temporary and transitional shelter leading to permanent, safe, and affordable housing. The majority of Habitat for Humanity's work is currently targeted in Sri Lanka, one of the countries hardest hit by the disaster. More information is available at: www.habitat.orgldisaster/tsunami.html Heart to Heart International (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 su�port these-celief efforts, .donations can be made through wrview:hearttoheart:oFg-or- by- calling 1-888-800-4327. 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 inedicine, medical equipment, medical supplies and clothing/blankets/linens. They are soficiting 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 (Dec 27, 04) International Aid is seeking financial support to ship medical and other relief supplies to help victims of Sunday's 9.0-magnitude earthquake. Based in Michigan, the health focused Christian relief and development organization is responding with emergency and sustainable health care clinics for populations of 10,000. The agency has multiple clinics that can be shipped on very short notice. http://www.interaction.org/load.php 1/6/2005 InterAction.org � Disaster Response Page 12 of 17 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 locai 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 availabie at: http://www.imcworidwide.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 Metropotitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia to extend the network of church-based humanitarian relief in the region. International Relief and Deve{opment, lnc. (IRD) (Dec 30, 04) IRD has been present in Indonesia and in Sri Lanka, implementing projects to improve water and sanitation conditions, provide relief in conflict and disaster-affected areas, address food security needs, and develop local communities. In response to the Asian tsunami crisis, IRD will be providing medical and emergency supplies as well as assisting in immediate and long-term rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts. IRD is seeking monetary donations in support of these initiatives and is accepting medical supplies and relief supplies for food, water, and shelter needs as gifts in kind. International Relief Teams (IRT) (Dec 27, 04) IRT is accepting funds to help send desperately needed emergency medicines and supplies, and possibly emergency medicaf teams, to where they are most needed among the countries and communities most severely affecte�l k�y_the recent earthquake in Indonesia and subsequent flooding in neighboring countries. 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. Jesuit Refugee Service/USA (JRS) (Jan 3, 05) Prior to the devastation caused by the December 26 tsunami, Jesuit Refugee Service teams had been working with displaced Sri Lankan and Achenese communities in these conflicted areas. In response to last week's tragedy, these same JRS teams in both Sri Lanka and Aceh have responded by providing emergency relief to some of the most devastated areas. JRS Sri Lanka has begun relief operations in the Sri Lankan towns of Jaffna, Mullaitheevu, Trincomalee and Batticloa. The JRS team in Aceh is helping to coordinate delivery of survival kits that include kitchen utensils, hygiene items, blankets, sleeping mats, water storage cans and plastic sheeting. Contributions to JRS teams in both Sri Lanka and Aceh are urgently needed. Latter-Day Saint Charities http://www.interaction.org/load.php 1/6/2005 InterAct'ion.org � Disaster Response Page 13 of 17 ( Dec 31, 04) Latter-day Saint Charities has provided food, medical suppiies, hygiene kits, kitchen sets, body bags, and other emergency retief 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, biankets and temporary shelter to Tsunami disaster survivors. Lutheran World Relief (LWR) (Dec 27, 04) Lutheran World Relief has released $20,000 to local partners for initial and immediate relief from the tsunamis. Funds will be used to provide up to 50,000 people with clean water and food in southern India. LWR is accepting funds via its "South Asia Tsunami" fund at www.Iwr.org. MAP International (Dec 27, 04) MAP International staff have begun preparing a shipment of inedicines and medical supplies for the communities devastated by the tsunami on Sunday. Initial medical relief wifl 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 3, 05) Mercy Corps has 20 staff on the ground in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and India, including a team in Banda Aceh. The agency is working to provide clean water and sanitation, clothing, temporary she�ter, food aid, psychosociat support and cleanup services to those most affected. 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 3, 05) OpUSA has supplies heading for Sri Lanka and Indonesia by week's end coordinated by their personnel. They have a mobile clinic near Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, India and have made cash grants to 2 Indian partner NGOs. ln Sri Lanka, OpUSA partners are the Tamil http://www.interaction.org/load.php 1/6/2005 InterAction.org � Disaster Response Page 14 of 17 Rehabilitation Organization and the Sarvodaya Movement, a mass community Development organization to whom they are making cash grants this week for the purchase of tents, water purification equipment and clean up tools. Oxfam America (Jan 3, 05) Oxfam staff and local partners were well positioned when the Tusnamis hit to provide immediate food, water and shelter for thousands in Sri Lanka, India and Indonesia. Oxfam's relief plane has left new equiptment and supplies in Sri Lanka and Indonesia for the next major scale up of Oxfam's signature water and sanitation work. All of Oxfam's work will focus on looking ahead to rehabilitation and reconstruction. Plan USA (Dec 30, 04) Plan USA is accepting funds for disaster relief efforts in devastated areas of India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Indonesia. Plan is especially active in responding to the devastation in Hambantota District on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, where over a million people have been impacted and over 10,000 have been reported killed to date, mostly children. As the only INGO with pre-existing operations in Hambantota, Plan is coordinating with the Government of Sri Lanka on the District Relief Committee. In addition to an immediate contribution of $200,000 ($100,000 of which is earmarked for immediate relief throughout the country and half ofwhich is earmarked for rehabilitation in Hambantota District), Pfan is working to identify priority needs for relief and longer-term rehabilitation efforts. 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 rriembers 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 hefp those affected by this disaster. Project Concern International (PCI) (Dec 30, 04) In India, PCI's efforts are targeted on the Nagappattiam District of Tamil Nadu, focusing on ensuring a continuous suppty of safe drinking water, improving sanitary conditions, providing medical assistance to the injured and sick, and materials for temporary shelters for the homeless. In Indonesia, PCI is focusing its relief efforts on Aceh province, including emergency health services, safe drinking water, food/nutrition and emergency shelters. On-the-ground assessments in both areas are underway and coordination with other agencies working in these two areas is a priority. Project HOPE (Dec 27, 04) Project HOPE will be responding to the disaster in south Asia with appropriate medical humanitarian assistance -- initially in Thailand, possibly in other affected countries, as need and resource and logistic questions are answered. We are seeking cash contributions from to support the shipments of inedicines and medical supplies. Medical products accepted from the manufacturers as gifts-in-kind. Refugees International (Jan 3, 05) http:!lwww.interaction.orgJload.php 1/6/2005 InterAction.org � Disaster Response Page 15 of 17 Missions in Sri Lanka and Aceh are concentrating on advocacy to promote a smooth transition from relief to development. Relief International (RI) (Dec 30, 04) Relief International is responding to the emergency in South Asia. RI is dispatching relief teams from its regional ofFices in Bangladesh as well as from California to meet the immediate relief needs of the populations affected in Sri Lanka . SAWSO (Salvation Army World Service Office) (Dec 30, 04) Salvation Army assessment teams have retumed from Galie on the south coast of Sri Lanka. The Salvation Army in Indonesia reports distribution of body bags, medical masks, hand gloves, hand sanitizers and disinfectants is being coordinated with the government in Aceh and Nias Island. The country's 14 Salvation Army relief teams are actively involved in North Sumatra and neighboring areas counseling relatives of the victims. The Salvation Army Indian headquarters reports that Salvation Army rescue workers are meeting the needs of 2,000 residents of two relief camps, who lost everything when the disaster struck their homes in Nagapatnam and Tanjavoor. In Chennai, Salvation Army teams are distributing food and blankets to 1,000 homeless fishermen and their families, whose homes in the Marina beach area were destroyed. More information is available at: www.salvationarmyusa.org Save the Children USA (Dec 27, 04) Save the Children, which has been operating programs in areas hardest hit by the tidal waves for 30 years, is moving quickly to meet the basic needs of children and their families in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India. Stop Hunger Now (SHN) (Dec 27, 04) SHN will be working to channel aid to several partner organizations throughout the hardest het regions. As an immediate r�spons�, 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 Universatist 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, specificatly 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 �onger-term reconstruction efforts such as restoring public health services. United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) (Dec 29, 04) UMCOR is working with ecumenical alliances to deliver emergency supplies, fresh water, medicines, temporary shelters, and sanitation services to a broadband of nations in the stricken region. 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 http://www.interaction.org/load.php 1/6/2005 InterAction.org � Disaster Response Page 16 of 17 � 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 wiil aid in rebuilding homes, schools, public works, and health facilities; restore destroyed fisheries and farms, repiant crops, and reforestation; provide for mentai 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 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 4, 05) In Sri Lanka, World Concern is currently working with the Stromme Foundation and the Catholic diocese to supply relief supplies. World Concern will be involved in reconstruction in Sri Lanka, and has a plan for a 12-month program beginning Jan. 2005 of relief, a restoration of trades program of rehabilitation and material support, and provision of support and ongoing training insuring trades people are developed, focusing on Galle and Ampar Districts, where they are pumping out contaminated wells and distributing water purification tablets, distributing survival kits and emergency shelter. World Concern stafF are currently distributing goods in Thailand. Medical teams, in coordination with Northwest Medical Teams, will be sent to Sri Lanka and Thailand, and medicines and by Jan. 10, World Concern-Seattle will be airlifting 100 pallets of inedical supplies, emergency health kits, and blankets to tsunami victims in Sri Lanka. More information is available at: www.worldconcern.org/html/Projects-Relief-AsiaFloodRelief.htm World Emergency Relief (Dec 27, 04) Cash and emergency commodities are being sent to Sri Lanka and Thailand. Commodities include food, new clothing and basic medical supplies. The World Emergency Relief assessment team will secure delivery pipelines by New Year's Day. Gifts-in-Kind currently being accepted are: bulk food, over-the-counter medications, new clothing. ALL must be program appropriate for stricken region. World Hope International (Dec 29, 04) World Hope is currently providing emergency relief through local partners in Sri Lanka and Indonesia (Sumatra). Local staff is currently doing further assessments to determine future strategic action. Donations may be made on-line at www,worldhope.org World Relief (Dec 30, 04) World Reliefs Disaster Response Director and India Country Representative have begun their assessment in Tamit Nadu, India. Current plans are to focus on Indonesia, India and Sri Lanka, primarily working through local partners: in India - Discipleship Center and OM India; in Sri Lanka - National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka. World Vision (Dec 27, 04) World Vision currently has assessment teams in Sri Lanka, India and Indonesia out in the http://www.interaction. org/load.php 1 /6/2005 . InterAction.org � Disaster Response Page 17 of 17 field and has already started doing relief distributions of food and non-food items in Sri Lanka and India. World Vision expects to increase the scope of their intervention once the teams have reported back. 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