Tsunami and Earthquake Relief. Your contribution matters!

Although tsunamis and earthquakes isn’t quite the subject of this site, we are featuring this article so as to do our little bit towards helping those affected in the tsunami and earthquake that has struck Asia. This blog is a compilation of information, resources, relief funds and ways in which you can help. We at IndicThreads are contributing to the prime minister’s relief fund and we encourage you to contribute to any such reliable fund or organization.

Thanks.

Tsunami and Earthquake Relief: Your contribution matters!

As most of you would know, a tragic earthquake followed by multiple tsunamis have wrecked havoc in Asia. Although I am in India, I was fortunate enough to be 100s of miles away from the affected areas.

However there were millions who were not so lucky. Indonesia, Srilanka and India have been most affected by the quake and the casualties are in the thousands. Almost the entire population of tribals living on some of the Andaman Nicobar islands is believed to have been wiped out.

Help is urgently needed in all these countries and so the following is a collection of links to sites and organizations through which you can donate / help the tsunami affected. I am sitting in India and so have stuck to reliable Indian sources as well as international ones. However help is as much needed in Srilanka and Indonesia as it is in India. So if anybody familiar with these countries is reading, please add links to relief funds from these nations as comments to this item and I will later add them to the main list.

You contribution can make it a happy new year for both yourself as well as someone in the tsunami and earthquake hit areas.

** Although it is important that you donate and help the tsunami victims, please watch out for fraudulent links and funds that will appear online over the next few days. So before you pay online ensure that the site is Verisign secured or if you are paying through check / drafts, ensure that you are dealing with a reliable agency.

** Also check if the organization is recognized for tax exemption in your country. While the Prime Ministers Relief Fund will get you a 100 % tax deduction in India under Section 80G, most other Indian funds will get you 50% deduction under the same section.

Relief Funds:

Government Relief Funds:

• Prime Minister of India
  
  PM’s National Relief Fund
• Tamil Nadu State
  Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund

Funds created by various newspapers in India

• The Indian Express, A respected news paper from India
  http://www.expressindia.com/initiatives/tsunami.html
• The Hindu. Another popular Indian newspaper. Has a big presence in Southern India
  http://pay.hindu.com/thrfpay/thrfpay.jsp
• Times Of India, Perhaps the largest selling paper in India
  http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/973157.cms
• Hindustan Times: Another popular newspaper
  http://www.hindustantimes.com/onlineCDA/general/relief.htm

Funds created by popular TV Channels in India

• NDTV: New Delhi Television
  http://www.ndtv.com/template/tsunami.html

International organizations and their relief funds

• Indian Red Cross Society + Sify.com
  http://sify.com/news/redcross/
• American Red Cross
  https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation-form.asp
• Association for India’s Development
  http://survivors.aidindia.org/
• America Cares
  https://www.americares.org/donate/?id=South%20Asia%20Earthquake%20Relief%20Fund
• ADRA International
  http://www.adra.org/donation.html
• World Food Programme
  http://www.wfp.org/index.asp?section=4
• UNICEF
  http://www.supportunicef.org/site/pp.asp?c=iuI1LdP0G&b=276341
• CARE
  http://www.careusa.org/newsroom/pressreleases/2004/dec/20041227_asiaquake.asp
  https://donate.care.org/05/20130000/?source=170570040000
• Action Against Hunger
  http://support.aah-usa.org/site/Donation?ACTION=SHOW_DONATION_OPTIONS&CAMPAIGN_ID=1002

Other organization funds

• India development & relief fund
  http://www.idrf.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Hnnews&file=article&sid=157
• Give World
  http://www.giveworld.org/tsunami.htm

More information on Tsunami and Earthquake:

1. Wiki
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_in_India
2. Federal Emergency Management Agency
   Talking About Disasters ? Tsunami
3. Quake may have made Earth wobble–US scientists
4. Snapshot of Indian Ocean tsunami
5. BBC News: Asia Quake Tsunami Disaster
6. Rediff.com: Tsunami Waves of Destruction
7. MSNBC: Asia’s deadly Tsunami waves
8. CNN: Tsunami and Earhquake Special
9. Channel News Asia
10. New York Times: Asia’s Deadly Waves
11. Why does a tsunami happen?
    Scientific Background on the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami
12. USA Today: Tsunami Kills Thousands in Asia
13. The Physics of Tsunamis : How is a tsunami generated and how does it propagate?
14. A Survey of Great Tsunamis : How have tsunamis affected humans?
15. The Tsunami Warning System : How are people in coastal areas warned about tsunamis?
16. Tsunami Hazard Mitigation : How can you protect yourself from a tsunami?
17. ABC News: Tsunami Disaster
18. University of Southern California: Tsunami Research Group