January 9, 2005
As you know on, on December 26, 2004, a cataclysmic 9.0 earthquake off the western coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra has caused mass devastation and loss of life in many parts of South and South East Asia.
The current death toll has been in the tens of thousands with millions of people displaced from their homes and left looking for shelter, clean water, food and medical attention. Countries in need right now include Indonesia, Thailand, India, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, and Myanmar. The effects have been felt as far as the eastern coast of Africa.
The following reputed international organizations are currently collecting donations:
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
http://www.unicef.org/index.html
Oxfam America
https://secure.ga3.org/02/asia_earthquake04
AmeriCares
https://www.americares.org/donate/?id=South20Asia20Earthquake20Relief20Fund
Network for Good
http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/international/earthquake/tsunami122604.aspx?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=HMPCRS
Red Cross
https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation-form.asp
If you can give...please do so; it's funny how disasters have a way of bringing people together.
**I am in no way affiliated with any of the organizations I've listed above**
On a more superficial note... Ch 2 of "We Belong" is 30 percentdone. I scrapped what I had originally written after seeing the ideas I was focusing on reflected with much greater skill in another fanfic. Sigh. Back to the drawing board.
Thanks for reading!
Scherezade
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