Guest guest Posted January 29, 2001 Report Share Posted January 29, 2001 >X-Sender: ramn >Ram Narayanan <ramn >Mr Sadananda <sada >Mon, 29 Jan 2001 11:59:36 -0500 >ACTION ALERT: Killer Earthquake > > >Dear Mr Sadananda: > >According Rediff.com, the toll in the killer earthquake in Gujarat >was on Monday >reported to be somewhere between 20,000 and 30,000. This figure was likely to >skyrocket, with survival chances appearing slim for nearly 100,000 >people feared >to be trapped in debris at Bhuj, Anjar, Rapar, Bhachchau (all in >Kutch district), >Ahmedabad, Surendranagar, Morbi and other places in Gujarat. > >In the midst of this benumbing news, it's of some consolation to us >Indian-Americans >that our government here is standing by India in this hour of grave crisis. > >The Times of India reports that Secretary of State Colin Powell, >Defense Secretary >Donald Rumsfeld and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice met >in emergency >session and agreed that India be provided with emergency relief that >could include >not only massive infusion of humanitarian assistance, but also other material >aid like US military aircraft support to ferry equipment to the affected areas >to help in search and rescue. The full text of the report is reproduced below. > >Meanwhile, for those who wish to make financial contributions, here are some >of the organizations to which you may send your check: > >1) PRIME MINISTER'S NATIONAL RELIEF FUND: Send checks in dollars or >rupees. Checks/Money >Orders should be drawn in favor of "Prime Minister's National Relief Fund" and >sent to any one of the following addresses: > >Prime Minister's National Relief Fund >Embassy of India >Attn: Head of Chancery >2107 Massachusetts Avenue, NW >Washington, DC 20008 > >Wire Transfer Information: >Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (Riggs Bank, Washington, DC) >Account Number - 08115910 >Route Number - 054000030 > >2) INDIA DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF FUND (http://www.idrf.org). Donations to IDRF >are tax exempted in the United States (Tax exempt ID: 52-1555563), >and a receipt >will be mailed to donors. Make checks payable to IDRF, and mail it >to the following >address: > >IDRF >Attention: Nagaraj Patil >1580 Hollenbeck Ave., Apt #4 >Sunnyvale, CA-94087 USA. > >In the memo, please mention "Gujarat Earthquake Relief." > >For more information contact: Vijay Shrivastava at (770) 394 5031 > >3) VEDANTA SOCIETY OF WESTERN WASHINGTON >2716 Broadway E. SEATTLE, WA 98102 >Phone: 206-323-1228 > >Donations to the Vedanta Society are tax deductible in accordance with the US >tax laws. > >4) The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha will be collecting a fund for the Earthquake >relief in India. All contributions are to be directed to: >BAPS Earthquake Relief Fund >P. O. Box 891449 >Dallas, TX 75389 - 1449 > >The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha has played a major role during times >of calamities >throughout India, for details on the progress of the 2001 earthquake >relief work >by BAPS, please feel free to visit : >http://www.swaminarayan.org/news/2001/01/earthquake/index.htm > >Ritesh Desai >(770)696-4798 >ritesh_desai > >5) AMERICARES >161 Cherry Street, >New Canaan, CT 06840 >Contact: Elizabeth Griffin at 1-800-486-4357 > >6) AMERICAN RED CROSS (http://www.redcross.org) >Donors wishing to designate their gifts to India should make checks payable to >the American Red Cross--International Response Fund and earmarked >for India Earthquake >Fund in the memo section of the check or an accompanying letter, >should specify >India Earthquake Fund. > >Donor can use a secure online credit card donation services or you >may send your >donation to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013. > >The following agencies are accepting contributions for assistance in India as >members of InterAction, a coalition of relief, development and >refugee assistance >agencies. > >a) Adventist Development and Relief Agency, 800-424-ADRA, http://www.adra.org > >b) Asian American Hotel Owners Association, Fred Schwartz, (404) 816 5759 > >c) AAPI, Dr. Dayanand Nayak; (914) 732-3322 > >d) American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 711 Third Ave., New >York 10017. >(212) 885-0832. http://www.jdc.org > >e) B'nai B'rith International Disaster Relief Fund, 1640 Rhode >Island Ave. N.W., >Washington 20036. (202) 857- 6533. http://www.bnaibrith.org > >f) CARE, 151 Ellis St. N.E., Atlanta 30303. (800) 521-CARE. >http://www.care.org > >g) Catholic Relief Services, P.O. Box 17090, Baltimore 21203. (800) 736- 3467. >http://www.catholicrelief.org > >h) Christian Children's Fund, P.O. Box 26484, Richmond 23261. (800)-SPONSOR. >http://www.christianchildrensfund.org > >i) Christian Reformed World Relief Committee, 800-55-CRWRC, >http://www.crwrc.org > >j) Church World Service, 475 Riverside Dr., New York 10115. (212) >870-2167. http://www.churchworldservice.org > >k) Concern Worldwide, 212-557-8000, http://www.concernusa.org > >l) Direct Relief International, 27 South La Patera Lane, Santa Barbara, Calif. >93117. (805) 964-4767. http://www.directrelief.org > >m) Doctors Without Borders, P.O. Box 2247, New York 10116. (888) >392-0392. http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org > >n) Food for the Hungry, 7729 E. Greenway Rd., Scottsdale, Ariz. 85260. (800) >2HUNGER. http://www.fh.org > >o) Gujarati Samaj of New York, 173-15 Horace Harding Expressway, Flushing, NY >11365; Peter Bheddah, president, (718) 565-7765, Chandrakant Patel, secretary, >(718) 762-9007. > >p) Gujarati Samaj of Washington DC, 9845 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22030 > >q) Jackson Heights Merchants Association, (718) 651-6969 > >r) Leva Patidar Samaj of USA, 716 Sweetwater Circle, Old Hickory, TN >37138; (615) >391-4LPS. > >s) Lutheran World Relief, P.O. Box 17061, Baltimore 21298. (800) >LWR-LWR2. http://www.lwr.org > >t) MAP International, 800-225-8550, http://ww.map.org > >u) Operation USA, 8320 Melrose Ave., Suite 200, Los Angles 90069. >(800) 678-7255. >http://www.opusa.org > >v) Oxfam America, India Earthquake Response, P.O. Box 1745, Boston, >Mass. 02105 >1-800-776-9326 http://www.oxfamamerica.org > >w) Salvation Army World Service Office, 703-684-5528 > >x) The Association for India’s Development (AID), (301) 422-7765 > >v) United Methodist Committee on Relief, 475 Riverside Dr., New York >10115. (800) >554-8583. http://www.gbgm-umc.org > >z) US Fund for UNICEF, 333 E. 38th St., New York 10016. (800) FOR-KIDS. > >aa) United Way International, 701 N. Fairfax St., Alexandria, Va. 22314 (703) >519-0092. http://www.uwint.org > >bb) World Concern, 800-755-5022, http://www.worldconcern.org > >cc) World Relief, 800-535-5433, http://www.worldrelief.org > >dd) World Vision, 888-56-CHILD, http://www.worldvision.org > >Lets contribute generously to relieve the pain and suffering in India. > >Ram Narayanan >On-Line Resource for Indian-Americans >http://www.indiatogether.org/us/lobby.htm > >http://www.timesofindia.com/today/29indu14.htm > >TIMES OF INDIA, JANUARY 29, 2001 > >BUSH NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM PLEDGES HELP TO INDIA > >WASHINGTON: The Bush administration's national security team, in an emergency >meeting at the highest-level, has unanimously decided to provide >India with any >assistance it may require to deal with the earthquake that struck Gujarat on >Friday and has killed 20,000 people. > >Secretary of state Colin Powell, defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld >and national >security adviser Condoleezza Rice met in emergency session and >agreed that India >be provided with emergency relief that could include not only massive infusion >of humanitarian assistance, but also other material aid like US >military aircraft >support to ferry equipment to the affected areas to help in search and rescue, >administration and diplomatic sources said. > >These sources said the Indian government had acquiesced to American military >helicopters and if necessary C-17 transport aircraft -- like the >ones that accompanied >former president Bill Clinton during his trip to South Asian in March -- to be >used in this humanitarian effort and that US ambassador Richard >Celeste who was >in constant touch with defence minister George Fernandes had also conveyed to >Washington the expeditious need for concrete-cutting equipment, >water-purifiers >and mobile hospitals. > >Meanwhile, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), >the humanitarian >arm of the American government, will up its assistance to India >from the original $1 million announced on Saturday to $5 million and has made >provisions to provide even more emergency supplies to India as the >situation warrants. > >Len Rogers, acting administrator of USAID's Humanitarian Response Bureau said >that "this is clearly a terrible earthquake," and that his office had >set up a special task force to monitor the situation and work with >Indian officials >to determine the most critical needs and would send more aid and >intensify its relief efforts as the days go by. > >A shipment of USAID supplies that includes plastic sheeting, >blankets, water-containers, >purification and distribution kits and generators have already >arrived in India, >envisaged to help at least 8,000-10,000 families, and so has a >seven-member disaster >response team that will quickly assess >the situation and send its requirements to Washington for additional >assistance >and more supplies. > >USAID said it was also working with the non-governmental >organization (NGO) CARE >and had already begun distributing 100 metric tons of food aid on >Saturday that >was already in India when the earthquake struck and was making arrangements to >rush several more hundred metric tons of food aid, which consists of >ready-to-eat >rations that could meet half of the energy requirements of about >4,000 families >for a period of up to 20 days. > >A spokesman for the Fairfax Country Search and Rescue team, which is >considered >one of the best in the world and works with sniffer dogs, said they >stood ready >to fly out to India as soon as New Delhi took it up on the offer they had made >immediately after the disaster struck. > >Meanwhile, all the area temples were packed to capacity on Sunday >with devotees >and worshippers offering special prayers and setting up special >committees to channel the spontaneous ontributions people were making to help >in the relief efforts. > >Community organizations in the area had also set up special accounts and Web >sites to channel the spontaneous outpouring of financial >contributions and were >working in concert with the Indian Embassy to expeditiously get >these funds across >so that they could be put into maximum use. > >The Washington Post, which continued to report on the earthquake and featured >it prominently on page one for the second day running, carried a >list of relief >organizations and NGOs that were assisting in the relief efforts with details >on how to contribute. > >Specialty organizations like the American Association of Physicians of Indian >Origin (AAPI) also was mobilizing its members. Dr. Navin Shah, past president >of AAPI and the chairman of the AAPI-Hinduja Hospitals collaborative venture >on developing trauma units, said he had been in contact with Hinduja chairman >S.P.Hinduja in New Delhi and that the Hinduja Hospital was >dispatching immediately >from Mumbai to Bhuj a team of doctors recently trained by >AAPI-sponsored American >trauma specialists. > >This US team is being led by Dr. P. Balasubramanium, a trauma surgeon at the >University of California, Los Angeles. Balasubramanium, according to >Shah, would >be leaving Monday with a top-flight six-member mobile surgical unit to assist >the medical units, both Indian and international, that were already >on the ground >in the acutely affected areas where emergency surgery >was required. (India Abroad News Service) -- K. Sadananda Code 6323 Naval Research Laboratory Washington D.C. 20375 Voice (202)767-2117 Fax:(202)767-2623 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2001 Report Share Posted January 29, 2001 Thanks Sada-ji for the excellent selection of websites where we can direct help and funding. May prayers, thoughts, action and relief help all who are suffering from this tragic event. Om! --Greg Goode At 12:16 PM 1/29/01 -0500, K. Sadananda wrote: ><http://www.swaminarayan.org/news/2001/01/earthquake/index.htm>http://www.s waminarayan.org/news/2001/01/earthquake/index.htm > >Ritesh Desai >(770)696-4798 >ritesh_desai > >5) AMERICARES >161 Cherry Street, >New Canaan, CT 06840 >Contact: Elizabeth Griffin at 1-800-486-4357 > >6) AMERICAN RED CROSS (<http://www.redcross.org)>http://www.redcross.org) >Donors wishing to designate their gifts to India should make checks payable to >the American Red Cross--International Response Fund and earmarked >for India Earthquake >Fund in the memo section of the check or an accompanying letter, >should specify >India Earthquake Fund. > >Donor can use a secure online credit card donation services or you >may send your >donation to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013. > >The following agencies are accepting contributions for assistance in India as >members of InterAction, a coalition of relief, development and >refugee assistance >agencies. > >a) Adventist Development and Relief Agency, 800-424-ADRA, <http://www.adra.org>http://www.adra.org > >b) Asian American Hotel Owners Association, Fred Schwartz, (404) 816 5759 > >c) AAPI, Dr. Dayanand Nayak; (914) 732-3322 > >d) American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 711 Third Ave., New >York 10017. >(212) 885-0832. <http://www.jdc.org>http://www.jdc.org > >e) B'nai B'rith International Disaster Relief Fund, 1640 Rhode >Island Ave. N.W., >Washington 20036. (202) 857- 6533. <http://www.bnaibrith.org>http://www.bnaibrith.org > >f) CARE, 151 Ellis St. N.E., Atlanta 30303. (800) 521-CARE. ><http://www.care.org>http://www.care.org > >g) Catholic Relief Services, P.O. Box 17090, Baltimore 21203. (800) 736- 3467. ><http://www.catholicrelief.org>http://www.catholicrelief.org > >h) Christian Children's Fund, P.O. Box 26484, Richmond 23261. (800)-SPONSOR. ><http://www.christianchildrensfund.org>http://www.christianchildrensfund.org > >i) Christian Reformed World Relief Committee, 800-55-CRWRC, ><http://www.crwrc.org>http://www.crwrc.org > >j) Church World Service, 475 Riverside Dr., New York 10115. (212) >870-2167. <http://www.churchworldservice.org>http://www.churchworldservice.org > >k) Concern Worldwide, 212-557-8000, <http://www.concernusa.org>http://www.concernusa.org > >l) Direct Relief International, 27 South La Patera Lane, Santa Barbara, Calif. >93117. (805) 964-4767. <http://www.directrelief.org>http://www.directrelief.org > >m) Doctors Without Borders, P.O. Box 2247, New York 10116. (888) >392-0392. <http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org>http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org > >n) Food for the Hungry, 7729 E. Greenway Rd., Scottsdale, Ariz. 85260. (800) >2HUNGER. <http://www.fh.org>http://www.fh.org > >o) Gujarati Samaj of New York, 173-15 Horace Harding Expressway, Flushing, NY >11365; Peter Bheddah, president, (718) 565-7765, Chandrakant Patel, secretary, >(718) 762-9007. > >p) Gujarati Samaj of Washington DC, 9845 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22030 > >q) Jackson Heights Merchants Association, (718) 651-6969 > >r) Leva Patidar Samaj of USA, 716 Sweetwater Circle, Old Hickory, TN >37138; (615) >391-4LPS. > >s) Lutheran World Relief, P.O. Box 17061, Baltimore 21298. (800) >LWR-LWR2. <http://www.lwr.org>http://www.lwr.org > >t) MAP International, 800-225-8550, <http://ww.map.org>http://ww.map.org > >u) Operation USA, 8320 Melrose Ave., Suite 200, Los Angles 90069. >(800) 678-7255. ><http://www.opusa.org>http://www.opusa.org > >v) Oxfam America, India Earthquake Response, P.O. Box 1745, Boston, >Mass. 02105 >1-800-776-9326 <http://www.oxfamamerica.org>http://www.oxfamamerica.org > >w) Salvation Army World Service Office, 703-684-5528 > >x) The Association for India’s Development (AID), (301) 422-7765 > >v) United Methodist Committee on Relief, 475 Riverside Dr., New York >10115. (800) >554-8583. <http://www.gbgm-umc.org>http://www.gbgm-umc.org > >z) US Fund for UNICEF, 333 E. 38th St., New York 10016. (800) FOR-KIDS. > >aa) United Way International, 701 N. Fairfax St., Alexandria, Va. 22314 (703) >519-0092. <http://www.uwint.org>http://www.uwint.org > >bb) World Concern, 800-755-5022, <http://www.worldconcern.org>http://www.worldconcern.org > >cc) World Relief, 800-535-5433, <http://www.worldrelief.org>http://www.worldrelief.org > >dd) World Vision, 888-56-CHILD, <http://www.worldvision.org>http://www.worldvision.org > >Lets contribute generously to relieve the pain and suffering in India. > >Ram Narayanan >On-Line Resource for Indian-Americans ><http://www.indiatogether.org/us/lobby.htm>http://www.indiatogether.org/us/ lobby.htm > ><http://www.timesofindia.com/today/29indu14.htm>http://www.timesofindia.com /today/29indu14.htm > >TIMES OF INDIA, JANUARY 29, 2001 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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