News and Media :: Indian Ocean 2004
Disaster Relief and Recovery :: Organizations

AlertNet - Find a Charity: NGOs respond to Asia tsunamis - Information about charities involved in the relief work, links to their donation pages, and the kind of aid they are providing.
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American Red Cross: Tsunami Relief - Features news from the field, FAQ, and recovery plan.
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404 Catholic Relief Services: Tsunami Emergency - Features field dispatches, online donations, stories from survivors, and photographs.

Center for International Disaster Information: South Asia: Earthquake and Tsunami - International disaster, humanitarian, and complex emergency reports and information, including situation reports and guidelines to making donations.
Meta Description: [ International disaster, humanitarian, and complex emergency reports and information, including situation reports and guidelines to making donations. ]

Direct Relief International: Response to Earthquake and Tsunami - Features the latest work done by the charity.
Meta Description: [ Direct Relief International Response to Earthquake and Tsunami in South/Southeast Asia, Indian Ocean ]

FAO: Tsunami Reconstruction - United Nations organization. Includes news and responses.

Habitat for Humanity International : Asian Tsunami - Includes an on location diary, online donations, news, and photographs.

InterAction: Earthquake and Tsunamis in South Asia - Extensive annotated directory of links to some of the US charities providing relief.

International Committee of the Red Cross Operations in Asia and the Pacific - Features news, photographs, audio collection, and related links.
Meta Description: [ Activities throughout the world: a country-by-country round-up of the ICRC’s work in Asia and the Pacific. ]

Islamic Relief: Asia Tsunami Disaster - Includes a blog, overview of the disaster, link for online donation, and the charity's response.

Network for Good : Help Support Disaster Relief in South Asia - Directory of links to charities accepting online donations and news links.

Oxfam: Tsunami Crisis - Features situation update, blog, online donations, and a map.
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Quarters from Kids - Effort to engage young Americans, and adults who work with them, in a collective response to the tsunami disaster in Asia. Includes organization information, partners, and donation information.

ReliefWeb - Latest news, situation reports and information on relief efforts.

ReliefWeb: Who's Working - Directory of governments and agencies that are working on relief with links to and news reports from each.

Salvation Army: Indian Ocean Tsunami Disaster - News and online donations.

Samaritan's Purse: South Asia - Includes the charity's response and online donations.
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500 Save the Children: Catastrophe in Southeast Asia - Includes link for online donations, a FAQ, and stories of compassion.
Meta Description: [ Save the Children is working to assure disaster relief for the children and families affected by the Asian earthquake and tsunami. ]

South Asia Tsunami - Includes operational updates and news, nine months on from the event.

South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami (SEA-EAT) Blog - News and information about how to contribute to the relief efforts.

Sri Subodha Tsunami Disaster Fund - Describes fund established by the Sri Subodharama Buddhist Centre of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka. Providing houses for homeless, care of orphans and trauma relief.
Meta Description: [ subodha.org ]

Tsunami Help - Collection of information about donations, relief efforts, and missing/found people compiled from a variety of blogs and other sources.

Tsunami Relief: The Crisis in Aceh Indonesia - US group, working for a tsunami relief fund for survivors in the fishing villages of Aceh.
Meta Description: [ Tsunami relief fund for tsunami survivors in the fishing villages of Aceh, Indonesia ]

UMCOR South Asia Emergency: Earthquake and Tsumanis Catastrophe 2004 - United Methodist response to the crisis, news, and online donations.
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500 UN News Centre: Tsunami in South Asia - Information on the UN response, links to UN institutions participating in the relief effort and maps.

UNDP - Tsunami Recovery - News and information, country by country, about the UN-coordinated efforts to recover from the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Includes links to other UN agencies involved in the recovery.
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UNICEF - Tsunami Press Room - News about the relief efforts in the affected areas plus a FAQ on how individuals and organizations can help with relief and recovery efforts.
Meta Description: [ The United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF - works for children's rights, their survival, development and protection, guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child. ]

US Department of State: US Response to Tsunami - News and background information on the US government's relief effort, with picture galleries.

USAID: Earthquake and Tsunami Relief - Offers an overview on the situation and on USAID activities, a list of NGOs and advice for donors.
Meta Description: [ In December 2004, a major earthquake followed by a tsunami hit Asia and Africa, devastating many coastal areas. Almost 200,000 people in eight countries perished in a few hours, and over 100,000 are still missing. Many more had their homes and livelihoods swept away. The coastal areas of Indone... ]

WHO: South Asia Earthquake and Tsunamis - Factsheets, damage reports, aid plans, and long-term impacts. From the World Health Organization.

Wikipedia: Donations for victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Direct links to make online donations for relief efforts.

World Food Programme: Tsunami Crisis - Includes news, press releases, online donations, and WFP response to the crisis.

World Vision: Tsunami and Earthquake Relief for Victims in Asia - Features online donation link, news, and a multimedia presentation.
Meta Description: [ World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty. ]