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matttheboy
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
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Location: Valparaiso, Chile
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| Denise, thank you for your kind words, they are much appreciated. I spoke to another friend who was there when it all happened and who saw the dead bodies floating by, the destruction and heard the screams. I have never heard a voice so lifeless, so without a soul. He said he will never forget the noise, the roar of the water. I fear that he and many thousands more will never get over what they saw even with professional help. The local population will, of course, never receive any counsellling or psychological help and will suffer even more. And to top off a thoroughly miserable Christmas week a fire in my (now) home city of buenos aires killed 170. |
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Twisting in the Wind
Joined: 20 Oct 2003
Posts: 571
Location: Purgatory
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| Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 7:24 pm Post subject: Re: Giving to the Vics |
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I saw your post on another thread and went to the Doctors Without Borders website. Thanks for listing them. I chose to give to them because it looks like a lot of the funds that they raise actually help people in need--little overhead.
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Yes, this is true. When Mr. Twisting and I were going down the list of orgs to give to, we noticed that quite a large % of funds raised by Doctors Without Borders go to the people, very little overhead, so we chose to give to them. Plus, I worked with them in Central America--not that I'm a doctor--I worked in a different capacity, but saw how they operated, and I was impressed. |
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blue jay
Joined: 03 Aug 2004
Posts: 119
Location: Vancouver, formerly Osaka, Japan
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If you are Canadian here are some links for organizations that can help in the aid effort:
Asian tsunami disaster
http://news.sympatico.msn.ca/Home/Articles/tsunami.htm
The list of organizations are:
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Asian tsunami disaster
How you can help:
Canadian Red Cross
1-800-418-1111
(or donate through your local Red Cross office)
Oxfam Canada
1-800-466-9326
Asian Earthquake/Floods Relief, Oxfam Canada 200-215 Spadina Avenue Toronto, Ont. M5T 2C7
UNICEF Canada
1-800-567-4483
2200 Yonge St., Suite 1100 Toronto, Ont. M4S 2C6
Doctors Without Borders
1-800-982-7903
CARE Canada
1-800-267-5232
World Vision
1-800-268-5528
Habitat for Humanity
Salvation Army
Donation line: 1-800-725-2769
World Food Program (UN)
Indonesian Embassy in Ottawa
Tsunami relief fund 613-724-1100
Islamic Relief Fund
Canadian Tamil Congress
416-751-8777
Mennonite Central Committee
1-888-622-6337
The Canadian Jewish News
Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace
1-888-664-3387
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Twisting in the Wind
Joined: 20 Oct 2003
Posts: 571
Location: Purgatory
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Mattheboy,
Is that your REAL picture. You're a cutie, you are. Bien guapo, eres. Ayyyy. If I were 20 years younger (sighhh) and didn't have Mr. Twisting....  |
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