San Francisco Fundraiser, 2/3
Thurs, Feb 3, 7PM
APA Artists 4 Tsunami Relief
Locus Arts @ Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco
All proceeds benefit tsunami relief in Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
http://ektaonline.org/tsunami/
Sunday, January 30, 2005
An Addendum: Related Struggles
As the publicity and the immediacy of the crisis dissipates in Asia, although not all the work that needs to be done, it became apparent that the major issue overshadowed by tsunami relief has been the ongoing crimes against humanity occurring in Darfur, Sudan. Here are some resources that will help you learn more and contirbute to alleviating that struggle. Below that are the original tsunami-assistance related sidebar entries.New York Times column by Nicholas Kristoff, hosted by Sudan Tribune (warning: graphic photos)
http://www.darfurgenocide.org/
www.savedarfur.org
What This Blog Is About There are now
Actions To Assist Afflicted Populations
Click on the items below for immediate steps you can take to assist:E-mail to Support Debt Relief (Jubilee South)
Support Debt Relief for Indonesia (INFID)
Write to Sec. of State Powell (Americans Voices for Asia)
Write to President Bush and Congress (MoveOn)
Donate Responsibly Now
The ideal criteria for choosing the organizations below are a focus on grassroots work, lack of corruption, and an emphasis on people and their needs rather than ideological or sectarian dogmatism. In practice, this has meant relying on recommendations from other good organizations or people, determined to the best of our ability. You can take the links below as suggestions, rather than a guarantee, that your giving will support progressive values.Asia:
Asia Coalition for Human Rights [Jess]
Global Giving Fund (various projects) [Anonymous SEA EAT reader]
Indonesia:
Indonesian Civil Society Coalition for the Victims of Earthquake and Tsunami [Greengrants Fund]
Urban Poor Consortium / Linkage [Jess]
Solidaritas Perempuan [Nisha Varia]
Sri Lanka:
Initiative Sunrise Lanka (Ampara, Eastern Province) [Tsunami Relief Benefit for Sri Lanka]
The Women's Fund for Tsunami Relief and Reconstruction, Sri Lanka [Tsunami Relief Benefit for Sri Lanka]
Equal Ground [Tsunami Relief Benefit for Sri Lanka]
Jeeva Jothi in Batticaloa [Tsunami Relief Benefit for Sri Lanka]
The Suriya Women's Development Center in Batticaloa [Tsunami Relief Benefit for Sri Lanka]
Saviya Development Foundation through Greengrants Fund [Greengrants Fund]
Shanthiham [Marian]
Rural Development Foundation [Marian]
Butterfly Garden Tsunami Relief [Marian]
Aide To Sri Lanka Victims [D'Lo]
Civil Society Initiative for Relief and Reconstruction [Nisha Varia]
Sarvodaya [Morquendi]
National Christian Council [Morquendi]
Girls Guide Society [Morquendi]
India:
AID - Association for India's Development [CSFH]
American India Foundation [CSFH]
Asha For Education [CSFH]
India Literacy Project [CSFH]
India Relief and Education Fund [CSFH]
Indians for Collective Action [CSFH]
Pratham [CSFH]
Singh Foundation [CSFH]
Vibha [CSFH]
International:
Doctors Without Borders [Saurav]
More information on sources: Jess Champagne, Indonesia-based NGO worker; Morquendi, Sri Lanka-based journalist; Nisha Varia, NY-based staffer for Human Rights Watch; D'Lo, LA-based artist; Saurav, NY-based activist; Tsunami Relief Benefit for Sri Lanka, a benefit held on 1/15/05; Marian, a New York-based activist with ties to Sri Lanka and the aforementioned benefit; Greengrants Fund, US-based global grassroots environmental foundation
Groups You May Want To Avoid
[Sri Lanka] Jantha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)This designation for JVP has been contested by a reader.
[Sri Lanka] Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU)
[Sri Lanka] Society for Peace Unity and Human Rights in Sri Lanka (SPUR)
[Sri Lanka] UNICEF-Sri Lanka
They have a bad reputaion and there was a expose a few weeks ago about their money showing up in LTTE accounts...they've never really come clean
[Sri Lanka] World Vision
[India] Sewa International
[India] Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS)
[India] India Development and Relief Fund (IDRF)
[India] Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
[India] Jana Sankshema Samiti
[India] Vivekananda Kendra
[India] Seva Bharathi Tamilnadu (Earth Quake Relief A/C)
[Indonesia] Government of Indonesia
[International] Salvation Army
For sources, more information, on India groups to avoid see Campaign To Stop Funding Hate's FAQ and this one. For more information on other groups listed, e-mail sauravsarkar2000 AT yahoo D-O-T com.
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