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International Aid Resources
The Tsunami Emergency
Aid Agencies, Blogs, and Resource Links

International aid organizations continue to need financial donations for food, water, clothes, shelter and the logistics for volunteer work to help victims of the powerful earthquake and resulting tsunamis that caused widespread destruction in parts of South Asia and East Africa.

Please browse the relief agency links below and contribute what you can to the one with which you are most comfortable. Our contributing travel editor, Tim Leffel, offers his perspective on sending aid.

Check out the international aid resources for a broader perspective.

Finally, for an inside view of what is happening on the ground, see blogs from those who are in the midst of the calamity and on the front lines.

See Matthew Bolton's article on Becoming an International Aid Worker for more background on this most demanding form of work.


 International Aid Organizations Participating in the Tsunami Relief Effort

American Institute of Philanthropy's Top Rated Charities
A leading charity watchdog that issues letter grade (A+ to F) ratings of nonprofit groups. AIP identifies relief charities which are providing aid to the victims that receive an “A” or “B” grade based on the portion of their budget going to program services and their fundraising efficiency.

Air Serv International
Action Against Hunger
ADRA International
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc.
American Jewish World Service
American Red Cross
AmeriCares
Association for India's Development
Baptist World Aid
B'nai B'rith International
Brother's Brother Foundation
International tsunami relief  CARE
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development
Catholic Relief Services
Christian Children's Fund
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC)
Church World Service
Direct Relief International
International tsunami relief  Doctors Without Borders
Food for the Hungry, Inc.
GlobalGiving
GOAL
Greenpeace
Habitat for Humanity
India Times Foundation: Tsunami Relief Fund
International tsunami relief  Indonesian Forum for the Environment
International Aid
International tsunami relief  International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
International Federation of the Red Cross Directory by Country
International Medical Corps
International Relief Teams
International Rescue Committee
Karuna Trust
Lutheran World Relief
MAP International
Mercy Corps
International tsunami relief  Network for Good
Excellent list of aid agencies and how they contribute.
Operation USA
International tsunami relief  Oxfam
Plan USA
Project Concern International
Project HOPE
Sarvodaya
Save the Children USA
Surf Aid International
UNICEF
The UN Refugee Agency
International tsunami relief  U.N. World Food Programme
Wikipedia List of Charities by Country
World Concern
World Emergency Relief
World Vision

 International Aid Resources on the Tsunami

International tsunami relief International tsunami relief  Wikipedia
Provides a very thorough and constantly updated overview of the events while pointing to important blogs, ongoing news coverage, videos and photos, damage and casualty figures, lists of charities by country, and other important background information.

International tsunami relief  Alertnet from Reuters
Provides timely inside information for professional aid workers across the globe and also provides a country-by-country membership directory of volunteer organizations at www.alertnet.org/member_directory.htm.

International tsunami relief  InterAction
Provides an excellent overview of the activities of relief organizations.

International tsunami relief  BBC World News
No other news site does more to bring home the calamity.

ReliefWeb
Inside information for professional international aid workers.

Center for International Disaster Information
The Center for International Disaster Information maintains close working relationships with many organizations and agencies working to facilitate response management.

International tsunami relief  Google News

International tsunami relief  Yahoo Coverage

One Thailand
The perspective from Thailand.

Adopt Sri Lanka

 Tsunami Blogs From the Front Lines

International tsunami relief  The South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami (SEA-EAT)
A tsunami blog which is actually changing people's lives and providing front line information in real time.

ProPoor
Grassroots information from South Asia.

Help Sri Lanka Recover

Indonesia Help

Phuket Tsunami

Blog from AIESEC members (Nomadlife)

Tsunami Help India

Tsunami Help Needed

View from the Maldives

 
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