Harvard Will Match Contributions

On December 26, a devastating series of waves resulting from a powerful earthquake in the Indian Ocean hit countries in South Asia and Africa. The death toll on January 7 was estimated at nearly 145,000 people.

Dean Bloom has written a letter to members of the HSPH community with advice on how they may help survivors, with a list of agencies involved in relief efforts. In addition, Jennifer Leaning, professor of international health at HSPH, and Michael VanRooyen, physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), both of the Program on Humanitarian Crises and Human Rights at the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at HSPH, have written a description of tsunami relief efforts involving members of the School and BWH. Activities include providing expert assistance to NGOs; continuing disaster training programs in Southeast Asia called HOPE (Hospital Preparedness for Emergencies); coordinating relief efforts with the Sri Lankan Association of New England; conducting outreach to media; and assisting in gathering Harvard University-wide interests in looking at relief and reconstruction issues in a presentation forum. To learn more about Dean Bloom's letter and relief efforts involving School members, visit http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/tsunamirelief/.

Harvard University will match donations up to $100 made by Harvard students, faculty, and employees through Community Gifts Through Harvard-Tsunami Disaster Relief to the charities listed below. Harvard students, faculty, and employees who have already made a donation to one of the organizations, and who would like to have it matched by Harvard, may fill out the form at www.community.harvard.edu/communitygifts/Tsunami_relief_form.pdf. Forms should be accompanied by a copy of the donation receipt or cancelled check and mailed to:

Community Gifts Through Harvard Attn: Tsunami Disaster Relief 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 420 South Cambridge, MA 02138

Questions about matching contributions may be directed to the Office of Community Gifts Through Harvard www.community.harvard.edu/communitygifts/tsunami_relief.html or 617-495-4955.

ACTION AGAINST HUNGER
247 West 37th Street, Suite 1201
New York, NY 10018
212-967-7800 x108
http://www.actionagainsthunger.org

AMERICARES
88 Hamilton Ave.
Stamford, CT 06902
(800) 486-HELP
http://www.americares.org/

AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE
South Asia Tsunami Relief
Box 321, 847A Second Avenue
New York, NY 10017
212-687-6200 x851
http://www.jdc.org

AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE
45 West 36th Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10018
800-889-7146
http://www.ajws.org

AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE
AFSC Crisis Fund
1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
888-588-2372
http://www.afsc.org

AMERICAN RED CROSS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES
International Response Fund
P.O. Box 37243
Washington, DC 20013
800-HELP NOW
http://www.redcross.org

BAPTIST WORLD AID
405 N. Washington Street
Falls Church, VA 22046
703-790-8980
http://www.bwanet.org/bwaid/WhatIsBaptistWorldAid.htm

CARE
151 Ellis Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
800-521-CARE
http://www.care.org

CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES
Tsunami Emergency
P.O. Box 17090
Baltimore, MD 21203-7090
800-736-3467
http://www.catholicrelief.org

CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S FUND
Christian Children's Fund
2821 Emerywood Parkway
Richmond, VA 23294
http://www.christianchildrensfund.org/

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE
28606 Phillips Street
P.O. Box 968
Elkhart, IN 46515
800-297-1516
http://www.churchworldservice.org/

DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS
(Tsunami Disaster Relief Fund closed; General Emergency Relief only)
P.O. Box 1856
Merrifield, VA 22116-8056
888-392-0392
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org

EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT
Emergency Fund
P.O. Box 12043
Newark, NJ 07101
800-334-7626
http://www.er-d.org

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL
http://www.habitat.org/

INTERNATIONAL ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES
Asia Disaster Response
P.O. Box 630225
Baltimore, MD 21263-0225
877-803-4622
http://www.iocc.org

MERCY CORPS
Southeast Asia Earthquake Response
P.O. Box 2669
Portland, OR 97208
800-852-2100
http://www.mercycorps.org

OXFAM AMERICA
Donor Services Department
26 West Street
Boston, MA 12111-1206
800-77-OXFAM
http://www.oxfamamerica.org

PLAN USA
155 Plan Way
Warwick, RI 02886
800-556-7918
http://www.planusa.org/index.php

PROJECT HOPE
255 Carter Hall Lane
Millwood, VA 22646
540-837-2100
http://www.projecthope.org/

SAVE THE CHILDREN
Asia Earthquake/Tidal Wave Relief Fund
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06880
800-728-3843
http://www.savethechildren.org

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE
(UUSC-UUA Tsunami Relief Fund)
130 Prospect Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-868-6600
http://www.uusc.org/

UNITED METHODIST COMMITTEE ON RELIEF
General Board of Global Ministries
Room 330, 475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115
212-870-3816
http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/

UNITED WAY SOUTH ASIA RESPONSE FUND
c/o United Way International
701 North Fairfax Street
Alexandria, VA, 22314, USA
http://national.unitedway.org/tsunamiresponse/

US FUND FOR UNICEF
333 East 38th Street
New York, NY 10016
1-800-4UNICEF
http://www.unicefusa.org

WORLD RELIEF
7 East Baltimore St
Baltimore MD 21202
443-451-1900
http://www.wr.org/

WORLD VISION
800 West Chestnut Avenue
Monrovia, CA 91016-3198
http://www.wvi.org/wvi/home.htm