Desipundit has taken the initiative for organizing a day of relief awareness activities on Oct 26th. I designed this small logo. Please read their post and publicize this event on your blog.
You can find out about my suggestion for donations on the main page header.
Other organizations:
CARE
Oxfam
UNICEF
World Vision
Humanity First
Hidaya Foundation
TCF Relief Fund
International Rescue Committee
Pakistan President’s Relief Fund
The Human Development Foundation
The Association for the Development of Pakistan ’s Earthquake Redevelopment Fund
We can all do this. We can make a difference. Please publicize this on your pages and your blogs and your radio shows. You can even buy a Tshirt. Really.
Excellent–will get cracking!
Blog Quake Day
It is Earthquake relief day through blogs. Please help in the relief efforts in South Asia as millions require our assistance.
I have something that could be used for poster with proper permission from National Geopgraphic.
http://kushtandon.squarespace.com/journal/2005/10/26/blog-quake-day.html
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: Mitch Stoller, Bennet Ratcliff
(310) 806-6200, (323) 397-0687, (310) 261-0408 mstoller@groupsjr.com, bratcliff@groupsjr.com
U.S. and Other World Leaders Must Send 160+ Helicopters Now
Or Tens of Thousands More May Die in Earthquake-stricken South Asia
“Call to Action” issued by SAQUAKE.ORG, a newly-formed relief alliance of
South Asian American Professional and Non-Profit Organizations
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, October 26, 2005 – In conjunction with today’s international relief agency conference in Geneva, Switzerland, SAQUAKE.ORG today issued an urgent appeal for the United States and other leading world governments to urgently send much-needed helicopters, tents and other relief supplies to Northern Pakistan and Kashmir.
According to UNICEF estimates, 10,000 children could die of hunger, hypothermia and disease within the next few weeks. Many of these homeless are isolated with their surviving families in remote villages unreachable except by helicopter. As the Himalayan winter rapidly approaches, they are at risk of dying from hypothermia, disease and hunger.
“Time is running out – an additional 160 helicopters must be dispatched immediately to aid relief missions or thousands more will needlessly die, and only a handful of governments can make this happen. We must step up now or forever regret our inaction,” said Dilawar Syed of the Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America (OPEN).
Earlier today, Senator Joseph Biden (D-Delaware) echoed this call, citing the need for the immediate shift of more “Chinooks, Blackhawk’s and other suitable craft” from “right across the border in Afghanistan.” Currently, there are an estimated 60 operational relief helicopters in Northern Pakistan and Kashmir and another 20 expected. However, the United Nations and other relief agencies estimate an additional 160 helicopters are required to carry out a successful evacuation of earthquake victims.
“The United States must not miss a unique opportunity for public diplomacy with Pakistan, a key ally. The Bush administration ultimately delivered much needed – and appreciated – Tsunami relief to Indonesia. Now is the time to make a similar commitment to South Asia by supplying helicopters – and building goodwill in this important region,” said S. Asif Alam, President of Association of Pakistani Professionals (AOPP).
Key Facts to Consider (Source: Weekly National Security Index or as listed)
Official Death toll of the earthquake 49,739 persons
Number of displaced children expected to die in the next few weeks (UNICEF) 10,000 children
Total U.S. humanitarian assistance committed to the region $26.4 million
Immediate assistance needed for first six months (U.N. OCHA estimate) $550 million
U.S. assistance provided to nations affected by December 2004 Tsunami $907.3 million
Number of Homeless (U.K. department for International Development) 3.2 million
About SAQUAKE.ORG
SAQUAKE.ORG is an alliance of South Asian American professional and non-profit organizations working jointly on aid relief efforts in the aftermath of the South Asian earthquake of October 8th, 2005. It comprises the Association for the Development of Pakistan (www.developpakistan.org), the Association of Pakistani Professionals (www.aopp.org), Developments in Literacy (www.dil.org), the Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America (OPEN) (www.opensiliconvalley.org) and Youth Outreach DIL (www.yourdil.org).
DEAR SIR
The International Charitable Fund Garants is the international charitable
organization, which unites the physical and legal persons of Latvia and
other states with the purpose of realization of charities in interests of a
society of the States and special categories of the citizens.
The activity of Fund is distributed in territories of Latvia , Russian
Federation and other states.
The basic purpose of activity of the Fund:
Assistance to practical realization of the nation-wide, regional, local and
international programs directed on improvement of social-economic situations
and granting’s the material and financial help in Latvia and other states.
Granting the help to the citizens, who have suffered from natural calamity,
ecological, technogenic disasters and other accidents. Assistance —à—Ç
development of public health services and protection of maternity and
children, rendering help to liege and needy families.
Realization of other measures of charity and granting.
Mutually with the states of Western Europe and Asian region to support other
organizations in realization of the programs focused on the development of
business, tourism and recreation in LATVIA
The ways of realization of the charity:
Disposable financial, material and other help;
Permanent financial, material, and other help;
Financing the target programs following from the tasks of the Fund;
Rendering the charity help in accordance with agreements (contracts);
Donation or sanction on gratuitous (preferential) use of objects of the
property of Fund;
Rendering direct help by personal work, services or transferring of results
of personal creative activity;
Gratuitous payment on complete or partial maintenance of objects of charity;
Other measures, which are not forbidden by the Law.
Good idea - Good word - Good business
Distribution of the Humanitarian Aid
Creating and developing our own system of rendering charitable support we realize perfectly well that it is not in our power to cover all the indigent people. Orphaned children and children without parental guardianship. Children from large or poor families, old people, disabled people, victims of Chernobyl catastrophe, refugees and migrants - there are categories of the population that badly need social protection and care.
Rendering support to indigent people is really a common cause. Practical activities that we carry out in this direction include receiving, customs clearance and further distribution of loads of charitable support among the organizations and institutions rendering social support to the population.
Clothes, shoes, food, linen, toys for children, school articles, medical equipment - this is not the whole list of loads that were received during our Fund’s activity from Austria, the USA, Ireland, Slovakia, Italy. Thanks to the sincere and friendly support of our foreign partners thousands and thousands of citizens got the necessary material support in Latvia The organizations that regularly get our charitable support include local center rendering services to pensioners and single disabled people, children orphanages, hospitals, children pre-school institutions, public organizations for large families, disabled people, veterans of war and labour.
A Russian proverb says that “It is not only bread that feed a person”.
We realize that these are only joint efforts of all the charitable, public and religious organizations and state social services that give a possibility of a radical improvement of the social situation and we are always ready to collaborate.
The Fund deals with receiving loads of charitable support, distribution them among different organizations and establishments in order to give them to orphaned children, children from families of moderate means, victims of Chernobyl catastrophe, sic and old people and disabled people. In this way we help other organizations to render support to the most socially unprotected layers of the population.
Our address
Gertrudes street 59 RIGA.LV1010
phone 003719105098
E-mail hess-peter@mail.ru
PETER HESS
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