Local Groups Reach Out to Tsunami Victims
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(Indianapolis-December 28, 2004) - The number of confirmed deaths from the tsunamis in South Asia is now more than 52,000. As that number continues to climb, efforts to reach out are gearing up here in Indianapolis.
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The devastation caused by Sunday&#39;s tsunami in South Asia has caused many Fairbanksans to come forward asking how they can contribute to relief efforts, according to a local Red Cross representative.
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Relief agencies are continuing attempts to send supplies to areas affected by the tsunami disaster. Is the aid getting through? Have you contributed to the appeals?
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A floating warehouse and the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior are among the more unusual ways relief workers reaching isolated tsunami survivors on the west coast of Indonesia's Aceh.
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While Hardin County is thousands of miles from the beaches lining the rim of the Indian Ocean devastated by Sunday&#39;s tsunami, residents here can reach out to victims through relief groups such as the American Red Cross.
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A lack of coordination in the relief effort for survivors of a deadly tsunami in south India has led to an excess of supplies in some villages while others lack the most basic necessities.
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TEMECULA ---- Local Red Cross officials have been answering questions and accepting donations this week from Southwest County residents who want to help the victims of the powerful earthquake and tsunamis that struck South Asia on Sunday.
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Tsunami survivors were trying to rebuild their shattered lives on Friday as aid agencies scrambled to reach some 5 million people affected by the most wide-reaching natural disaster in living memory.
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Online journals or weblogs are helping people share information about the tsunami disaster.
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People worldwide opened their hearts and  wallets on Thursday to give millions of dollars to the victims  of Asia's tsunamis, jamming phone lines and web sites and  outpacing their own governments in their generosity.
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Members of New England's Sri Lankan community came together in a Brighton church last night to remember their nation's enormous loss in this week's tsunami disaster, which claimed an estimated 30,000 lives in that country alone.
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From antibiotics to clothes to cash &#151; lots of it &#151; U.S.-based relief groups report an overwhelming response from donors moved by the devastation of the Indian Ocean tsunami, with more than &#36;200 million raised as of Tuesday. One charity said online pledges were coming in at the rate of &#36;100,000 an hour.
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Sri Lankans of all castes and creeds are pulling together to try to salvage what remains of their lives, following a series of tsunami waves that devastated coastlines across Asia.
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Thousands of people were killed and millions made homeless by recent tsunamis in southeastern Asia. The American Red Cross has set up a disaster relief fund.
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BOISE -- In Idaho, the phones at the Red Cross continue to ring as people look for ways to help those touched by tsunami disaster in Asia.
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Villages along the western coast of Aceh Province in Indonesia, where help was slow to arrive, appear to have suffered some of the worst losses in the tsunami.
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Anxious relatives trying to locate survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster overwhelm a Red Cross website set up to help track loved ones. Organizers are setting up a larger server.