Below is a list of major Canadian aid agencies that are accepting donations for relief efforts in the Tsunami-affected areas:
The following non-profit organizations are among those collecting donations to help survivors of the Dec. 26 tsunami:
CBC does not endorse the following groups and provides these links for your information only. Donors should contact the organizations directly for information on how funds are distributed.
Red Cross Canada
http://www.redcross.ca
1-800-418-1111
(or donate through your local Red Cross office)
UNICEF Canada
http://www.unicef.ca
1-800-567-4483
2200 Yonge St., Suite 1100
Toronto, Ont. M4S 2C6
Oxfam Canada
http://www.oxfam.ca
1-800-466-9326
Asian Earthquake/Floods Relief, Oxfam Canada
200-215 Spadina Avenue
Toronto, Ont. M5T 2C7
World Vision Canada
http://www.worldvision.ca
1-800-268-5528
Care Canada
http://www.care.ca
1-800-267-5232
MSF Canada (Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders)
http://www.msf.ca
1-800 982-7903
Foster Parents Plan
http://www.fosterparentsplan.ca
1-800-387-1418
Canadian Relief Organization for Peace in Sri Lanka
416-429-2822
Indonesian Embassy in Ottawa
Tsunami relief fund
613-724-1100
ICNA Relief
1-866-637-4357
Canadian Tamil Congress
http://www.ctconline.ca/
416-751-8777
Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace
1-888-664-3387
Mennonite Central Committee
1-888-622-6337
Salvation Army
Donation line: 1-800-725-2769
ORGANISATIONS and COUNTRIES
In response to the devastation caused by the recent earthquake and tsunami in South and South East Asia, we have compiled below a list of progressive organizations working towards relief efforts in this region.
INDONESIA
A group of NGOs have created the Civil Society Coalition for Tsunami Victims. They are accepting money, food, medicine, and clothing. The members include Kontras, SHMI, Imparsial, Aceh Kita, JMP-KWI, Walhi, LBH Apik, Amos, Yappika, Kalyanamitra, TRuK,AWG, Ciliwung, SEGERA, and LPPI.
For logistical ease, funds can be sent to Kontras. If anyone wants contact info for any of the other groups, let me know.
KONTRAS
Kontras Secretariat
JL. Borobudur No. 14
Menteng, Central Jakarta
Indonesia
62-21-3926983/ 62-21-3928564
Contact : Mus: 0815-9649542;
Arie: 0815-6867741
Money can be wired to their bank account in Jakarta:
Bank Name: Bank BII Proklamasi Branch
Bank Address: Jalan Proklamasi, Jakarta, Indonesia
Bank Account: Rupiah Account 2-072-267-196 Swift No: IBB KIDJAA
A second grassroots group organizing relief efforts is Solidaritas Perempuan. They Focus on poor women.
Solidaritas Perempuan
Account Number: 000.02.14.42.096 (USD)
Perserikatan Solidaritas Perempuan
Swift Code: ABN - AIDJA
Bank Name: ABN AMRO BANK N.V. Jakarta Main Branch Jl. Ir. H. Juanda 23 - 24, Jakarta 10029, Indonesia, PO.BOX 2950
Phone : 62 - 21 - 2312777
Fax: 62 - 21 - 2313222
Sarvodaya is a Sri Lankan organization with the largest community network in the country. To donate to Sarvodaya online by credit card you may donate through the Nonviolent Peaceforce:
http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org/ english/help/donatetosarvodaya.asp
{http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org/ english/help/donation.asp}
Go directly to the Sarvodaya donation page. 100% of the money collected at this site will go to Sarvodaya.
To donate via post within the USA, please send a tax-deductible check made out to:
Sarvodaya USA
5716 Manchester Avenue #3,
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Please note that the check is for the Tsunami disaster.
Diverse Communications in Chicago will be the single receiving point in the U.S. on behalf of the EQUAL GROUND Relief and Assistance Program. The Trustees of Equal Ground are looking to increase the effectiveness of any funds donated by personally supervising that it is spent on the needy and not on "administration". Cheques must be made out to "Diverse Communications" (a 501 (c) (3) approved organisation), marked "Sri Lanka" or "Sri Lanka Fund" and mailed to:
Diverse Communications
1146 S Taylor Ave.
Oak Park, IL 60304
Tel: 312-804-1647
Contact Person: Alan Amberg
SEED - Social Economical & Environmental Developers who are coordinating through NGO consortium in Vavuniya district and have access to the North East. Seed is also collecting medical supplies.Please find the bank account details for any remittance.
Name of the Bank : Hatton National Bank Ltd
Bank Branch : Vavuniya Branch Account Title: Social Economical & Environmental Developers (SEED)
Account No : C/A :-01-6787901-4
SWIFT CODE : HBLILKLX
Sewalanka (www.sewalanka.org) who have set up refugee camps and clinincs in Ampara, Batti, Galle, Hambantota, Jaffna, Vavuniya and Trinco and have been distributing goods since Monday. They have infrastructure in place as they are an org that was doing relief during the war.
Account Holder: Sewalanka Foundation
Bank: Hatton National Bank, Boralesgamuwa, Sri Lanka
Swift Code: HBLILKLX
Account Number: 1120097748
To send checks, make them out to Enoka Herat and send them to: 1722 19th st. NW, Apt. 211, Washington DC, 20009
FCE - www.fcoex.com, Sewa Lanka - www.sewalanka.org,
NAWF - www.nawf.lk
Total accountability and transparency and non discriminatory services are ensured in this relief and reconstruction effort. All contributions will be acknowledged with a receipt.
Please feel free to e-mail us for further information or clarification:
FCE - tsunamiaid@fcoex.com or foundation@fcoex.com, NAWF - nawf@eureka.lk, Sewa Lanka - sewahq@sri.lanka.net.
The bank account details are as follows:
Bank: HSBC
Address: Colpetty Branch, 51A Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo 3, Sri Lanka
SWIFT CODE: HSBCLKLX
Account Name: Foundation for Co-Existence - Disaster Fund, Account Number: 003- 078219-003
Tamil Nadu Science Forum
Balaji Sampath,
C2 Ratna Apts.
AH 250, Shanti Colony, Annanagar
Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600040
India
Tel: (044) 6213638
Bhoomika Trust
Tamilnadu Earthquake-Tsunami Fund
No 32 First Street, Karpagam Ave
R.A. Puram, Chennai
TN 600 028 India
(80(G) Registration Number DIT(E) No.2(406)/2000-01)
"The Hindu (News Paper) Relief Fund"
Kasturi Buildings 859 Anna Salai
Chennai 600 002 India
pay.hindu.com/thrfpay/thrfpay.jsp
Association for India's Development is a volunteer group based in the U.S that regularly funds grassroots development and human rights groups in India. They have already starting sending emergency funds through their networks, and they send 100% of donated funds. At the moment they are matching donated funds dollar for dollar. Tax-deductible contributions to AID can be made through secure on-line credit-card deductions from AID's website: Http://survivors.aidindia.org where further details and updates will also be made available. Please indicate that your contribution is for the "Relief and Rehabilitation Fund". Contributions can also be sent by check made payable to "AID" mailed to:
AID,
P.O. Box F
College Park, MD-20741, USA.
(Please indicate "Relief and Rehabilitation Fund" in the check memo)
For additional information call:
1-888-TALK-2-AID or (301) 422-4441 or
email: info@aidindia.org
Web: http://survivors.aidindia.org,
Email: info@aidindia.org,
Phone: 1-888-TALK-2-AID
Greengrants to Match Donations to Tsunami Relief Effort
In response to the devastation from the recent earthquake and tsunami in Asia, Global Greengrants Fund is offering a way for U.S. donors to get direct aid to NGOs on the ground in Sumatra, Sri Lanka and India. Impoverished coastal communities in these regions have been completely destroyed, and the resulting humanitarian crisis requires a generous international response. Greengrants, as a U.S. based 501(c) (3) organization, can provide U.S. donors with a tax-deduction and will send 100% of your donation directly to the two groups described below. Greengrants will also match the first $5,000 donated. We have a pre-existing relationship with the two organizations listed below, which allows for quick and easy transfer of funds. And we are currently working to identify groups in India that can accept immediate funds for relief efforts as well.
- Sri Lankan Relief Effort
The Saviya Development Foundation in Galle, Sri Lanka will respond to the devastation caused by the Tsunami by providing relief resources to the 25 refugee centers along the southern coast of Sri Lanka. Saviya will use donations to supply food and water to families in the area who have lost their homes and property, support medical efforts at the refugee centers, and to resolve local residential problems. In the past, Saviya has received Greengrants funds to restore and preserve the Madu Ganga wetlands, and to engage local school children in this process.
- Sumatra Relief Effort
WALHI (Friends of the Earth Indonesia), has established the Indonesian Civil Society Coalition for the Victims of Earthquake and Tsunami to provide aid to the victims. The coalition has set up crisis centers in Jakarta and Medan, North Sumatra. All funds received will be allocated for emergency response as well as the post-emergency phase of rebuilding and restoration of shattered livelihoods. WALHI has received funding from Greengrants to protect forests in Indonesia. Daily updates on the relief effort in Sumatra are available at: http://www.eng.walhi.or.id
- HOW TO DONATE -
Global Greengrants' Fund is a U.S. 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, and will match the first $5,000 donated to this special relief effort. 100% of Tsunami Fund donations will be sent to these relief efforts. Greengrants' U.S. tax ID number is: 84-1612422
- Credit Card Donations.
To contribute using a credit card, visit:
www.greengrants.org/donate and click on the "donate now" button. Please note that the donation is on behalf of the Tsunami Fund.
- Cheque.
Checks mailer and post-marked by December 31, 2004 are eligible for a tax deduction in 2004. Contributions after December 31, will be deductible for 2005. Mail checks to: Global Greengrants Fund - Tsunami Fund, 2840 Wilderness Place, Suite E, Boulder, CO 80301
- Wire Transfers.
To send funds via wire transfer: Account Name: Global Greengrants Fund; account number: 558-611-8597; SWIFT code: WFBIUS6S; and routing number: 121 000 248.
- Stock Donations.
If you are interested in contributing stocks, call Kelly Purdy or Erika Carlson at 303.939.9866 to get our full banking information, or email kelly@greengrants.org / erika@greengrants.org
For additional information on international donors providing relief assistance please visit the Grantmakers Without Border website at: www.internationaldonors.org /issues/tsunami_dec2004.htm, or the Tides Foundation at: www.tidesfoundation.org
Thank you for your help with this important effort.
Global Greengrants Fund (www.greengrants.org)
ORGANISATIONS OUTSIDE SOUTH ASIA COLLECTING
MONEY FOR RELIEF AND REHABILITATION
Association for India's Development, Inc. (AID)
Contributions to AID can be made through secure on-line credit-card deductions from AID's website:
http://survivors.aidindia.org
call: 1-888-TALK-2-AID or (301) 422-4441 or email: info@aidindia.org
Association of Indian Muslims of America (AIM)
PO Box 10654, Silver Spring, MD 20914, USA
Phone: 410 730 5456
(special relief fund for the victims of the tsunami disaster, in the states of Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala.)
Oxfam has distributed water tanks to worst-hit areas in Sri Lanka and is preparing food parcels. Donations can be made by calling 0870 333 2700 or at www.oxfam.org.uk
Médicins Sans Frontières International
www.msf.org/donations/index.cfm
LabourStart
LabourStart has created a special web page featuring ongoing coverage of the disaster and the international trade union response. It is here: http://www.labourstart.org/tsunami/
Tsunami International Relief Information
http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com/
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