How To Help Tsunami Victims
Thousands of well intentioned good Samaritans have been collecting food and clothing - a well-meaning effort, say aid agencies, but put to the wrong use, reports CBS News Correspondent Lee Cowan.
"It can take a week or months for them to get over there at great cost," said Roger Dixon of the American Red Cross.
Money may see like an impersonal way to help, but in this hour of need, cash rings loudest of all, reports Cowan.
The following aid agencies are accepting contributions for assistance that they or their affiliates are providing for those affected by the earthquake and tidal waves in Asia:
247 West 37th St.
New York, NY 10018
212-967-7800
ADRA International
Asia Quake Fund
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
800-424-ADRA (2372)
Air Serv International
6583 Merchant Place, Suite 100
Warrenton, VA 20187
American India Foundation
c/o McKinsey & Company
55 East 52nd Street, 29th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Tel: 212-891-4654
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc.
DC-South Asia Tsunami Relief
P.O. Box 321
847A Second Ave.
New York, New York 10017
212-885-0832
American Jewish World Service
45 W. 36th St., 10th Fl.
New York, NY 10018
212-736-2597
American Red Cross
International Response Fund
P.O. Box 37243
Washington, D.C., 20013
800-HELPNOW
AmeriCares
88 Hamilton Ave.
Stamford, CT 06902
800-486-4357
Baptist World Aid
Asia Tidal Waves
405 North Washington St.
Falls Church, VA 22046
703 790 8980
B'nai B'rith International
B'nai B'rith Disaster Relief Fund
2020 K. St. NW
7th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
212-490-3290
Brother's Brother Foundation
1200 Galveston Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15233
412-321-3160
CARE
151 Ellis St. NE
Atlanta, GA 30303
800-521-CARE
Catholic Relief Services
P.O. Box 17090
Baltimore, MD 21203-7090
1-877-HELP-CRS (1-877-435-7277)
Christian Children's Fund
Child Alert Fund
PO Box 26484
Richmond, Virginia - 23261-6484
800-776-6767
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
South Asia Earthquake
2850 Kalamazoo Ave. SE
Grand Rapids, MI, 49560
800-55-CRWRC
Church World Service
PO Box 968
Elkhart, IN 46515
800-297-1516
Direct Relief International
27 South La Patera Lane
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
805-964-4767
Doctors Without Borders
Doctors Without Borders USA
P.O. Box 1856
Merrifield, VA 22116-8056
888-392-0392
[no longer accepting donations]
Food for the Hungry, Inc.
Food for the Hungry
Asia Quake Relief
1224 E. Washington St.
Phoenix, AZ 85034
800-2-HUNGERS
International Aid
17011 W. Hickory
Spring Lake, MI 49456
800-968-7490
International Medical Corps
Tsunami Emergency Response
1919 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 300
Santa Monica, CA 90404-1950
800-481-4462
International Relief Teams
Asia Earthquake/Floods
3547 Camino Del Rio South, Suite C
San Diego, CA 92108
619-284-7979
International Rescue Committee
PO Box 5058
Hagerstown, MD 21741-9874
877-REFUGEE or 733-8433
Latter-Day Saint Charities
Welfare Services Emergency Response
50 East North Temple Street, Room 701
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84150-6800
801-240-3544
Lutheran World Relief
South Asia Tsunami
700 Light St.
Baltimore, MD 21230
410-230-2700
MAP International
P.O. Box 215000
Brunswick, GA 31521
800-225-8550
Mercy Corps
Southeast Asia Earthquake
Dept. W
PO Box 2669
Portland, OR 97208-2669
800-852-2100
Mercy-USA for Aid and Development
Tsunami Disaster Relief
44450 Pinetree Drive, Suite 201
Plymouth, MI 48170-3869
800-55-MERCY
NetAid
NetAid
267 Fifth Avenue
11th Floor
New York, NY 10016
212-537-0500
Network For Good
Web site serves as e-philanthropy clearinghouse
Operation USA
8320 Melrose Ave. #200
Los Angeles, CA 90069
800-678-7255
Oxfam America
Asian Earthquake Fund
PO Box 1211
Albert Lea, MN 56007-1211
800-77-OXFAM
Plan USA
Asia Disaster
155 Plan Way
Warwick, RI 02886
800-556-7918
Project Concern International
Asia Tsunamis Press List
5151 Murphy Canyon Road Suite 320
San Diego, CA 92123
858-279-9690
Project HOPE
Asia Tsunami Response
255 Carter Hall Lane
Millwood, VA 22646
800-544-4673
SAWSO (Salvation Army World Service Office)
South Asia Relief Fund
615 Slaters Lane
Alexandria, VA, 22313
800-SAL-ARMY
Save the Children USA
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06880
1-800-728-3843
Stop Hunger Now
SE Asia Crisis
2501 Clark Ave, Suite 200
Raleigh, NC 27607
888-501-8440
Union for Reform Judaism
Attn: Asian Earthquake Disaster Relief Fund
633 Third Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10017
UJA-Federation of New York
United Jewish Appeal Federation - Tsunami Relief Fund
P.O. Box 27877
New York, NY 10087-7877
212-836-1880
United Methodist Church
South Asia Emergency Fund
475 Riverside Drive, Room 330
New York, NY 10115
1-800-554-8583
U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
Refugee Tsunami Victims Fund
1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 20036-2003
202-347-3507, 797-2105
U.S. Fund for UNICEF
General Emergency Fund
333 E. 38th St.
New York, NY 10016
800-4-UNICEF
World Concern
Asia Earthquake and Tsunami
19303 Fremont Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98133
800-755-5022
World Emergency Relief
2270-D Camino Vida Roble
Carlsbad, CA 92009
760-930-8001
World Food Programme
Friends of the World Food Programme
2 UN Plaza
DC2-2500
NY, NY 10017
World Vision
P.O. Box 70288
Tacoma, WA 98481-0288
888-56-CHILD
FBI Issues Tsunami Disaster Relief Fraud Alert
In a press release dated Jan. 5, 2005, the FBI urged the public to be alert to a variety of Internet scams involving the solicitation of additional relief funds for the victims of the disaster.
The FBI, through the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), has received reports of websites being established purportedly to assist with collection and relief efforts. Complaints submitted to the IC3 have identified several schemes that involve both unsolicited incoming emails (SPAM), as well as reports of responses to posted email addresses, to assist for a fee, in locating loved ones who may have been victims of the disaster. A fraudulent relief donation Web site has also been detected containing an imbedded Trojan exploit which can infect the user's computer with a virus if accessed.
The IC3 is cautions against participating in this type of online correspondence. Consistent with previous guidance phishing/spoofing and identity theft, IC3 recommended the following precautions:
Several variations of this scam are currently in circulation. Anyone who has received an email referencing the above information or anyone who may have been a victim of this or a similar incident should notify the IC3 via their Web site.