SC Red Cross raising funds to aid Asian tsunami victims
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(Columbia) Dec. 30, 2004 - Officials now say more than 84,000 people are known dead with tens of thousands still missing. The Red Cross fears the overall death toll across eleven nations will top 100,000.
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Scottish aid agencies join the international effort to bring help to the thousands affected by the tsunami across Asia.
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People wanting to help victims of the tsunami may do so through the American Red Cross. The Wayne County Chapter has received several monetary donations already, said Chuck Waller, the director.
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By Thursday, just four days after a powerful tsunami hit countries in southern Asia and eastern Africa, Americans had contributed more than $18 million to the American Red Cross International Response Fund.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has made a substantial donation to aid efforts for victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia, royal officials said.
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British charities have launched a mammoth aid effort for victims of the sea surges in south and east Asia.
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International aid for victims of the South Asian tsunami that killed an estimated 150,000 people increased with Germany planning to raise its contribution, as the United Nations said relief work in Sumatra ...
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Actress Sandra Bullock donated &#36;1 million to the American Red Cross to help relief efforts for countries affected by the deadly tsunami.
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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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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The world pumped aid into  the tsunami zone around south Asia on Friday in a frantic race  to save millions of survivors from dehydration and disease, and  stop a terrifying death count climbing further.
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One of the world's largest relief efforts is gaining momentum as countries and aid organizations make more donations of funding, supplies and personnel to areas ravaged by earthquake-triggered tsunamis.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The world pumped aid into  south Asia's tsunami zone Friday in a frantic race to save  millions of survivors from dehydration and disease, and stop a  terrifying death count climbing further.
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The global Red Cross issued an emergency  appeal Sunday for immediate aid to hundreds of thousands of  people stricken by the tsunamis in South-East Asia.
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More aid from the international community poured into tsunami-devastated South Asian countries Wednesday as the death toll from the worst earthquake and tsunamisclimbed to over 80,000.
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MoneyGram International Inc. announced Thursday that it is waving its transaction fees for money transfers to the American Red Cross to help tsunami victims in South Asia.
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Britain is leading the drive to raise money for the Asian tsunami victims, with public donations of up to Â£1m an hour.
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LONDON: The British public has donated 32 million pounds (45 million euros, US$62m) for victims of the Asian tsunami, with calls to an aid line hitting a peak of almost a million an hour, charity organisers said Friday.