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ACT to foster happiness, peace, prosperity, and tolerance in the Middle East
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Asian Quakes
On October 7th, 2005, a 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck northern Pakistan and India near Kashmir. The earthquake also affected parts of China and Afghanistan. Among the thousands who died were at least 400 schoolchildren, the bodies of 350 of whom all girls were pulled out on the 8th. Thousands more are either homeless or injured. Many villages in the impoverished region have been wiped out.
Please consider:
- Donating and Volunteering:
Please donate wisely or volunteer with one of these international aid
organizations:
- Action Against Hunger: www.actionagainsthunger.org
- Action Aid: www.actionaid.org
- Adventist Development and Relief Agency www.adra.org
- AmeriCares: www.americares.org
- American Friends Service Committee: www.afsc.org
- American Jewish World Services: www.ajws.org
- Association for India's Development: www.aidindia.org
- American India Foundation: www.aifoundation.org
- American Red Cross www.redcross.org
- Austcare: www.austcare.org.au
- Baptist World Alliance: www.bwanet.org
- CARE Global Webpage: www.care.org
- Caritas International: www.caritas.org
- Catholic Relief Services: www.catholicrelief.org
- Direct Relief International: www.directrelief.org
- Doctors Without Borders: www.doctorswithoutborders.org
- ECHO - European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department: europa.eu.int/comm/echo
- Doctors Worldwide: www.doctorsworldwide.org
- Education International: www.ei-ie.org
- GlobalGiving: www.globalgiving.com
- HELP: www.help-ev.de
- International Association for Human Values (IAHV): www.iahv.org
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: www.ifrc.org
- Islamic Relief: www.irw.org
- Medair: www.medair.org
- Mercy Corps: www.mercycorps.org
- Mennonite Central Committee (MCC): www.mcc.org
- Muslim Aid: www.muslimaid.org/
- Muslimhands: www.muslimhands.org
- Operation USA: www.opusa.org
- Oxfam America Asia Earthquake Fund: www.oxfamamerica.org
- Peacewinds Japan: www.peace-winds.org/
- Relief International: www.ri.org
- Salvation Army: www.salvationarmy.org
- Save the Children: www.savethechildren.org
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA): www.unfpa.org
- UNICEF: www.unicef.org/
- UN World Food Program: www.wfp.org
- US Fund for UNICEF: www.unicefusa.org
- Vibha: www.vibha.org
- World Concern: www.worldconcern.org
- World Health Organization: www.who.int
- World Vision:
www.worldvision.org
- The Pakistani embassy in Washington has also activated a donation link: www.embassyofpakistan.org
- Be Prepared: Learn more about how to be ready for earthquakes: http://www.fema.gov/areyouready/earthquakes.shtm
- Earthquakes Information:
Learn more scientifically about earthquakes:
- U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program Website: earthquake.usgs.gov
- World-Wide Earthquake Locater: http://tsunami.geo.ed.ac.uk/local-bin/quakes/mapscript/home.pl
Katrina
In the end of August, 2005, Hurricane Katrina, a Category Four hurricane, hit the gulf of Mexico especially areas in south of the states of Louisiana and the Mississippi. With wind speed that reached 145 mph, Katrina had a direct devastating effect in the areas it hit. Thousands lost their lives; hundreds of thousands more lost their homes and livelihoods - especially in the beautiful and charming city of New Orleans, LA. Katrina is the worst natural disaster that hit the United States so far. The recovery efforts will take years and cost billions of dollars. Despite the heroic efforts of many at all levels, more can be done.
- Donating and Volunteering: Please volunteer or donate money or services to help in aiding the victims. Please consider the American Red Cross www.redcross.org or USA Freedom Corps www.usafreedomcorps.gov
- International Aid: More information for the global humanitarian relief community is posted at the Relief Web website www.reliefweb.int. The site also posts a list of international hurricane aid to the United States. As of 9/6/05, Kuwait tops the list of countries with 500 million dollars in aid followed by the United Arab Emirates with 100 million dollars in aid and country of Qatar with another 100 million dollars.
- Health Information: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC - www.cdc.gov has great health related resources posted. The resources address the fears of epidemics / outbreaks and vaccinations - precautions needed. Hurricane health related updates are posted at the Hurricane's Emergency and Preparedness Response URL at http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/index.asp
- Federal Relief Aid: The recovery efforts is headed by FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Their website contains a plethora of information: www.fema.gov.
- Weather Information: For analysis of the hurricane itself along with aerial and satellite images of the areas affected, visit the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website: www.noaa.gov
