Save A Life, Now!

[No Limit]

This was posted on another board but it needs reposting. I am posting in the politics board because I think most members of this board that can actually contribute post here and don't check the other boards. If mods allow it this needs to be posted in the general discussion board;. Please, if you can give anything to any of the organizations below please do so.

Money for distribution of relief running dangerously low, U.N. says


Wednesday, November 2, 2005; Posted: 11:25 p.m. EST (04:25 GMT)


CHHUMBER, Pakistan-controlled Kashmir (CNN) -- Dozens of villages containing hundreds of thousands of people have received little or no aid nearly four weeks after a devastating earthquake hit Pakistan and India.

An estimated 3.3 million people remain homeless as winter approaches in the mountainous Kashmir region, raising fears of an even worse humanitarian disaster to come. <snip>


"My future is black," one woman said. "I lost my husband, I have no home, no blankets, no tent and the snow is coming."

Another woman had had two of her children die but she cannot afford to think too much of them. Her concern now is for her baby and her young boy who has a broken arm that needs attention.<snip>

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/02/soasia.quak

These people need shelter, heat, clothing, blankets, food, water, medical aid -- shelter being the most critical need; they need tents.

The relief orgs need money yesterday to supply these things (send money, not things).

Sick, wounded, infant, old, pregnant, hungry, thirsty people won't fare very well when totally exposed to the searing harshness of an Himalayan winter. I can't imagine many worse ways to die.

Winter's fast closing in now. It snowed there last night, but the snow didn't stick. When the snow does stick, it will be clinging to corpses that used to be mountain people. The question is, how many folks can we keep this from happening to.

These bitterly suffering members of our human family Need Us RIGHT NOW!

(AP)
Action Against Hunger
247 West 37th Street, Suite 1201
New York, NY 10018
212-967-7800
http://www.aah-usa.org
American Jewish World Service
45 West 36th Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10018
800-889-7146
http://www.ajws.org
ADRA International
9-11 Fund
12501 Old Columbus Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
800-424-2372
http://www.adra.org
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC Crisis Fund)
1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA
215-241-7000
http://www.afsc.org
Catholic Relief Services
PO Box 17090
Baltimore, MD 21203-7090
800-736-3467
http://www.catholicrelief.org
Direct Relief International
27 South La Patera Lane
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
805-964-4767
http://www.directrelief.org
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres
PO Box 2247
New York, NY 10116-2247
888-392-0392
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org
International Medical Corps
1919 Santa Monica Boulevard Suite 300
Santa Monica CA 90404
800-481-4462
http://www.imcworldwide.org
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
PO Box 372
CH-1211 Geneva 19
Switzerland
41-22-730-4222
http://www.ifrc.org /
International Orthodox Christian Charities
Middle East Crisis Response
PO Box 630225
Baltimore, MD 21263-0225
877-803-4622
http://www.iocc.org
Lutheran World Relief
PO Box 17061
Baltimore MD 21298-9832
800-597-5972
http://www.lwr.org
MAP International
2200 Glynco Parkway
PO Box 215000
Brunswick, GA 3121-5000
800-225-8550
http://www.map.org
Mercy Corps
PO Box 2669
Portland, OR 97208
800-852-2100
http://www.mercycorps.org
Northwest Medical Teams
PO Box 10
Portland, OR 97207-0010
503-624-1000
http://www.nwmedicalteams.org
Operation USA
8320 Melrose Avenue, Ste. 200
Los Angles, CA 90069
800-678-7255
http://www.opusa.org
Oxfam America
https://secure.ga3.org/02/oxfamamerica?extra1=asian_qua ...
Relief International
11965 Venice Blvd.¥405
Los Angeles, CA 90066
800-572-3332
http://www.ri.org
Save the Children
Asia Earthquake/Tidal Wave Relief Fund
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06880
800-728-3843
www.savethechildren.org
US Fund for UNICEF
333 East 38th Street
New York, NY 10016
800-FOR-KIDS
http://www.unicefusa.or
World Concern
19303 Fremont Ave. N
Seattle, WA 98133
800-755-5022
http://www.worldconcern.org
World Relief
7 E. Baltimore St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
443-451-1900
http://www.wr.org
World Vision
PO Box 70288
Tacoma, Washington 98481-0288
888-56-CHILD
http://www.worldvision.org

Please post this list on every board you are a part of, these people need your help now.

 

[ríomhaire]

I know this sounds harsh but if we gave money out every time somewhere poor is hit by a natural disaster we'd be broke. The only reason that tsunami got so much coverage was because it was a tourist resort for rich westerns.

 

[No Limit]

I know this sounds harsh but if we gave money out every time somewhere poor is hit by a natural disaster we'd be broke. The only reason that tsunami got so much coverage was because it was a tourist resort for rich westerns.

These are ****ing people that are about to freeze to death, man, woman, children, elderly, people just like you and me. What is wrong with you?

 

[ComradeBadger]

I'll be donating. Even though I am a student, I can spare some money for those less fortunate

 

[No Limit]

I'll be donating. Even though I am a student, I can spare some money for those less fortunate

Good to hear. I will try to donate as much as I can from each pay check for the following month or 2. I am still trying to figure out the best charity to give to. As soon as I know I will post it here.

Edit:

Just heard good things about oxfam:

Oxfam America
Global Emergencies Fund
P.O. Box 1211
Albert Lea, MN 56007-1211
800-77-OXFAM
www.oxfamamerica.org

 

[nosit1]

I donated around $300 to some of them.

 

[ComradeBadger]

Good to hear. I will try to donate as much as I can from each pay check for the following month or 2. I am still trying to figure out the best charity to give to. As soon as I know I will post it here.

Edit:

Just heard good things about oxfam:

Oxfam America
Global Emergencies Fund
P.O. Box 1211
Albert Lea, MN 56007-1211
800-77-OXFAM
www.oxfamamerica.org

Yes, Oxfam are very good

I can't afford to give much sadly, but hey, every little helps

 

[Bait]

I know this sounds harsh but if we gave money out every time somewhere poor is hit by a natural disaster we'd be broke. The only reason that tsunami got so much coverage was because it was a tourist resort for rich westerns.

Biggest. Lie. EVAR.

Broke eh......funny funny stuff.

 

[short recoil]

I'm tempted to do some aid work at some point.
Rather than just wasting my energy lifting weights i may as well help people.
I'd rather help out personally than just give money.

 

[Solaris]

I think you should go to sudan and single handidly protect 200 people from an army of evil people!

Go short recoil!

I have donated a pound here and there, but I'll do more!