As you all may know about the tsunami in the Indian Ocean and around that area, a lot of people have been affected by this natural disaster, some of you may not even bother with such an event, but it is such a serious matter that I am urging all of you to try and do whatever you can to support these people, they are in need of severe aid from countries all over, they may suffer disease, they need the proper care, and for this, they need money.

As you may also know is that Patchou has done a very kind deed and donated $1000 to the red cross in the name of all users at the messenger plus! forum, this will definitely be greatly appreciated, many people have been lost in this tragic event, but over there, new life is beginning, and for them to lead good lives, they need your help.

We urge you to do anything you can to raise money for such a needy cause, Saral is setting up an event to raise money for this, and all of the funds will go to the Prime Ministers appeal over there, I am going to personally try and set up events in aid of the Indian Families and all others affected.

Basically, what i am doing is setting up a benefit night, £10 per person, or £30 for a family, and you get a dinner, dance and some entertainment (in terms of entertainment i was probably thinking cultural dances from the each of the areas affected). There will also be a raffle, all profits will go to charity and we should be able to raise quite a lot of money this way.

my family has been donating money to help them, those poor souls

Australia is Donating a lot of Money to help these people an there's gonna be a Concert ( Rock Music ) held for these families in Sydney Australia plus Money is being Donated through Airports like Qantas an Prolly Virgin Blue Airlines

there is also going to be a concert held here in Cardiff (in the millenium stadium) to raise money for it as well. also the british public has donated over £50 million towards it as well which is great

did'nt Austrlia raise millions at the fireworks display on new years that they are donating??

This is the donation site if you're british , but obviously, any nationality can donate .

http://www.dec.org.uk/

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Originally posted by Violet
did'nt Austrlia raise millions at the fireworks display on new years that they are donating??

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Action Against Hunger
247 West 37th Street, Suite 1201
New York, NY 10018
212-967-7800
www.aah-usa.org

ADRA International
Asia Tsunami Crisis Fund
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
800-424-2372
www.adra.org

Air Serv International
6583 Merchant Place, Suite 100
Warrenton, VA 20187
www.airserv.org

American Friends Service Committee
1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA
215-241-7060
www.afsc.org

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
JDC: South Asia Tsunami Relief
Box 321
847A Second Avenue
New York, NY 10017
212-885-0867
www.jdc.org

American Jewish World Service
45 West 36th Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10018
800-889-7146
www.ajws.org
American Red Cross

International Response Fund
PO Box 37243
Washington, DC 20013
800-HELP-NOW
www.redcross.org

AmeriCares
88 Hamilton Ave.
Stamford, CT 06902
800-486-4357
www.americares.org

Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT)
Tsunami Fund
6810 Tilden Lane
Rockville, MD 20852
301-984-0217
www.amurt.net

ARMDI, Israeli Red Cross
Tsunami Emergency Fund
888 7th Ave.
Suite #403
New York, NY 10106
866-632-2763

Baptist World Aid
Asia Tidal Waves
405 North Washington St.
Falls Church, VA 22046
703-790-8980
www.bwanet.org/bwaid

B’nai B’rith International
B’nai B’rith Disaster Relief Fund
2020 K. St. NW
7th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
212-490-3290
www.bnaibrith.org

Brother’s Brother Foundation
1200 Galveston Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15233
412-321-3160
www.brothersbrother.org

CARE
151 Ellis Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30303-2440
800-521-CARE
www.care.org

Catholic Relief Services
209 West Fayette St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
877-HELP-CRS
www.catholicrelief.org

Christian Children’s Fund
Child Alert Fund
PO Box 26484
Richmond, VA 23261
800-776-6767
www.christianchildrensfund.org

Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
South Asia Earthquake
2850 Kalamazoo Ave. SE
Grand Rapids, MI, 49560
800-55-CRWRC
www.crwrc.org

Church World Service
PO Box 968
Elkhart, IN 46515
800-297-1516
www.churchworldservice.org

Concern Worldwide, US
104 East 40th Street, Suite 903
New York, NY 10016
212-557-8000
www.concernusa.org

Direct Relief International
27 South La Patera Lane
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
805-964-4767
www.directrelief.org

Food for the Hungry
Asia Quake Relief
1224 E. Washington St.
Phoenix, AZ 85034
800-2-HUNGERS
www.fh.org

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres
PO Box 2247
New York, NY 10116-2247
888-392-0392
www.doctorswithoutborders.org

Episcopal Relief and Development
South Asia Relief Fund
815 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(800) 334-7626
www.er-d.org

Habitat for Humanity International
Asia Tsunami Response Fund
121 Habitat St
Americus, GA 31709
229-924-6935
www.habitat.org

Heart to Heart International
401 S. Clairborne
Suite 302
Olathe, KS 66062
888-800-4327
www.hearttoheart.org

International Aid
17011 W. Hickory
Spring Lake, MI 49456
800-968-7490
www.internationalaid.org

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
PO Box 372
CH-1211 Geneva 19
Switzerland
41-22-730-4222
www.ifrc.org

International Medical Corps
Tsunami Emergency Response
1919 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 300
Santa Monica, CA 90404-1950
800-481-4462
www.imcworldwide.org

International Orthodox Christian Charities
PO Box 630225
Baltimore, MD 21263-0225
877-803-4622
www.iocc.org

International Relief Teams
Asia Earthquake/Floods
3547 Camino Del Rio South, Suite C
San Diego, CA 92108
619-284-7979
www.IRTeams.org

International Rescue Committee
PO Box 5058
Hagerstown, MD 21741-9874
877-REFUGEE or 733-8433
www.theIRC.org

Latter-Day Saint Charities
Welfare Services Emergency Response
50 East North Temple Street, Room 701
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84150-6800
801-240-3544
http://www.lds.org/ldsfoundation

Lutheran World Relief
South Asia Tsunami
700 Light St.
Baltimore, MD 21230
410-230-2700
www.lwr.org

MAP International
PO Box 215000
Brunswick, GA 3121-5000
800-225-8550
www.map.org

Mercy Corps
Southeast Asia Earthquake
Dept. W
PO Box 2669
Portland, OR 97208
800-852-2100
www.mercycorps.org

Northwest Medical Teams
PO Box 10
Portland, OR 97207-0010
503-624-1000
www.nwmedicalteams.org

Operation USA
8320 Melrose Avenue, Ste. 200
Los Angles, CA 90069
800-678-7255
www.opusa.org

Oxfam America
Asia Earthquake Fund
P.O. Box 1211
Albert Lea, MN 56007-1211
800-77-Oxfam
http://www.oxfamamerica.org

Plan USA
Asia Disaster
155 Plan Way
Warwick, RI 02886
800-556-7918
www.planusa.org

Project Concern International
Asia Tsunamis Press List
5151 Murphy Canyon Road Suite 320
San Diego, CA 92123
858-279-9690
www.projectconcern.org

Project HOPE
Asia Tsunami Response
255 Carter Hall Lane
Millwood, VA 22646
800-544-4673
www.projecthope.org

Relief International
11965 Venice Blvd. .405
Los Angeles, CA 90066
800-572-3332
www.ri.org

Save the Children
Asia Earthquake/Tidal Wave Relief Fund
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06880
800-728-3843
www.savethechildren.org

SAWSO (Salvation Army World Service Office)
South Asia Relief Fund
615 Slaters Lane
Alexandria, VA, 22313
800-SAL-ARMY

Stop Hunger Now
SE Asia crisis
2501 Clark Ave, Suite 200
Raleigh, NC 27607
888-501-8440
www.stophungernow.org

UMCOR
Advance #274305, South Asia Emergency
475 Riverside Drive
Room 330
New York, NY 10115
212-870-3815
www.umcor.org

United Way International
United Way South Asia Response Fund
c/o United Way International
701 North Fairfax Street
Alexandria, VA, 22314, USA
703-519-0092, x113 (For stock gifts or bank wire transfer only)
www.national.unitedway.org/tsunamiresponse/

US Fund for UNICEF
333 East 38th Street
New York, NY 10016
800-4-UNICEF
www.unicefusa.org

World Concern
19303 Fremont Ave. N
Seattle, WA 98133
800-755-5022
www.worldconcern.org

World Emergency Relief
2270-D Camino Vida Roble
Carlsbad, CA 92009
760-930-8001
www.worldemergencyrelief.org

World Hope International
Asia Relief
P.O. Box 96338
Washington DC 20090
888-466-4673
www.worldhope.org

World Relief
SE Asia Earthquake/Tsunamis
7 E. Baltimore St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
443-451-1900
www.worldrelief.org

World Vision
PO Box 70288
Tacoma, Washington 98481-0288
888-56-CHILD
www.worldvision.org

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my dad donated quite some money, especially since im living so close to the tsunami

Ya aus has done a lot. I saw the cricket match and there as well they raised a lot. Ausies are helpin in every way possible.

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Basically, what i am doing is setting up a benefit night, £10 per person, or £30 for a family, and you get a dinner, dance and some entertainment (in terms of entertainment i was probably thinking cultural dances from the each of the areas affected). There will also be a raffle, all profits will go to charity and we should be able to raise quite a lot of money this way.

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I put in some christmas money, and so did all my family.

I've donated quite abit, i was staying in Thailand while the tidal waves were happening

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was staying in Thailand while the tidal waves were happening

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My area got waves but not bad, the other side of the island did.

I was locating in Chalong, Phuket, Thailand

It was a real nice thing that patchou did. Already donated all the money i had. Still trying to find ways. Here in a school there was a concert where the teachers had called all famous singers and the money donated went for relief. But there was one colony of ppl who did the same but 4got to take permission of the local authorities so they were in a bit of trouble. But over all i feel almost every country and every individual has done whatever he/she could. If they couldnt give they atleast prayed for the safety of lost ppl and for the souls of lost ones. Even that i feel is important.

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It was a real nice thing that patchou did.

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I donated my pocket money, and in the end, my school raised around £4220...  My friends John, Dan and partially me convinced the head teacher of our school to let us use the hall, and we're having bands play (inc. Indigo [mine, john's and niall's band]) to raise money for the appeal... All money will be going  to the Tsunami appeal ...

I'll update you on it at a later date.

My school had this idea for a voted girl / voted guy to go on a blind
date together to raise money for the charity.   The newspaper
donated us money, as well as local businesses, and of course the students.   
The newspapers were there to witness our blind date
to write about it / take pictures / tape.

But anyway, the school voted on a girl and I ended up winning that.
The guy was some overly tall varsity football player.  We had a good
time getting to know each other and raising money.  It sounds really
weird, but everyone thought a Blind Date to raise money was cute,
cheerful too.  We raised close to 8000 USD.

I'm going to try to get the article(s) in my hand when Valentine's day
comes.

My school had own clothes day and so did every school in the uk.

If all works out that will raise 10million pounds. We are also doing raffles etc to earn £400 to buy them a new boat what will make a new family for a villiage

Our school is pretty much doing their upmost... it seems its really shocked everyone, a lot of people have been putting a lot of effort into trying to raise money for the appeals...

Here are some of the details about the 'gig' on 17th March.

Its called Covers evening and we will be doing covers from different era's, as its St. Patrick's Day, we will also be doing some Irish songs. At the moment, we are trying to get as many bands possible to play, as all of the money raised will go the appeal, nothing else.

At the moment we only have a few bands playing, not many though, but each one with have a while to play, so it won't really matter.

• Indigo
  
• Lost Without Thought
  
• No Regrets
  
• Plastic Smile
  
• ?Kaisier?