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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title>tsunami</title> </head> <body> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shock, Grief & Relief</span><br> <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><br> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;">For those of us in the West, what we have just witnessed in Southeast Asia is beyond comprehension. But for those on the ground, it is very, very real.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;"> <br style="font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;"> <span style="font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;">Lack of drinking water, power generators, medical care and medicine, tents, warm clothes, food and then the efforts at recovery and re-construction. For so many in the region, tourism was their life blood, this their prime season.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;"> <br style="font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;"> <span style="font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;">You may ask, how will they emerge, from such seaming absolute devastation?</span><br style="font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;"> <br style="font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;"> <span style="font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;">I might suggest, my friends, that this is a question for us. All who have so much hope for this emerging region, must guarantee its survival. Now, more than ever.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;"> <br style="font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;"> <span style="font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;">The United States has committed $35,000,000. USD (as of today, 28th December, 2004). 25 Planes are bound East. Americares is loading their warehouse from Amsterdam. Doctors without Borders is already there.</span><br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Potential Effected Countries?</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"> <br> Madagascar<br> Malaysia<br> Indonesia<br> India<br> Sri Lanka<br> Burma<br> Thailand<br> Bangladesh<br> Maldives<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Statistics:<br> <br> </span>40-50,000 dead<br> 200,000+ wounded<br> 5,000,000+ homeless<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Resources:<br> <br> </span><a href="http://www.un.org">United Nations</a><br> <a href="http://news.google.com">Google Search</a> (News)<br> <br style="font-family: phinster;"> <span style="font-family: phinster;"> </span> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="5"> </font></p> <font size="2" style="font-family: phinster;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The following are among the aid agencies accepting contributions for those affected by the earthquake and tsunamis in Asia. </span><br style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Contact the individual group for information on how to send donations.</span> </font> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">American Jewish World Service</span> </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">45 West 36th St. </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">New York, N.Y. 10018-7904 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">(800) 889-7146 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">www.ajws.org </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">American Red Cross</span> </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">International Response Fund </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">P.O. Box 37243 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">Washington, D.C. 20013 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">Or the local Red Cross chapter </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">2430 Myra </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">Cape Girardeau, Mo., 63703 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">(800) 435-7669 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">www.redcross.org </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CARE USA</span> </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">151 Ellis Street NE </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">Atlanta, Ga. 30303 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">(800) 422-7385 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">www.careusa.org </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Catholic Relief Services</span> </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">P.O. Box 17090 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">Baltimore, Md. 21203-7090 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">(800) 736-3467 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">www.catholicrelief.org </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Direct Relief International</span> </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">27 South La Patera Lane </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">Santa Barbara, Calif. 93117 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">(805) 964-4767 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">www.directrelief.org </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Doctors Without Borders</span> </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">P.O. Box 2247 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">New York, N.Y. 10116-2247 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">(888) 392-0392 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">www.doctorswithoutborders.org </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">International Orthodox Christian Charities</span> </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">P.O. Box 630225 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">Baltimore, Md. 21263-0225 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">(877) 803-4622 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">www.iocc.org </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">International Medical Corps</span> </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">11500 West Olympic Blvd., Suite 506 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">Los Angeles, Calif. 90064 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">(800) 481-4462 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">www.imcworldwide.org </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Oxfam America</span> </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">26 West St. </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">Boston, Mass. 02111-1206 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">(800) 776-9326 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">www.oxfamamerica.org </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mercy Corps</span> </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">P.O. Box 2669 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">Portland, Ore. 97208 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">(888) 256-1900 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">www.mercycorps.org </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Operation USA</span> </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">8320 Melrose Ave., Suite 200 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">Los Angles, Calif. 90069 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">(800) 678-7255 </font></p> <p style="font-family: phinster;"><font size="2">www.opusa.org </font></p> <p><font size="1">SOURCE: Associated Press</font></p> <pre>(C) Copyright 2004 High Technology International (Not-For-Profit)</pre> </div> </div> </body> </html>