Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Pakistan-India Earthquake : Master List of Aid Agencies
Note 1 : The following lists will be updated periodically. Please keep checking to avail the latest information and updates.
Note 2 : Check http://quakehelp.blogspot.com (from the Tsunami-related SEA-EAT blog team) for continuous updates.
Note 3 : First timers please read the previous post before proceeding.
You can select your preferred Aid Agency / NGO according to the following listing :
A. DONATING MATERIALS TO INDIAN AFFECTED AREAS
B. DONATING MATERIALS TO PAKISTANI AFFECTED AREAS
C. DONATING FUNDS TO INDIAN AFFECTED AREAS
D. DONATING FUNDS TO PAKISTANI AFFECTED AREAS
A. DONATING MATERIALS TO INDIAN AFFECTED AREAS
The materials could be Clothes, Blankets, Footwear, Medicines etc.
1. Rotary Club of Hyderabad
Person Spoken To : Mr. Sanjay Khendry of Rotary Club of Hyderabad East
They are doing relief work in the Indian affected areas. They may be willing to collect materials from a central location, but they would prefer that donors courier the materials directly to the Rotary Club units working in J&K. Further details will be available soon.
Contact Details :
Rotary Club of India URL : http://www.rotaryindia.net/
All Rotary Club Details : http://www.rccentralcal.org/link_below.html
Rotary Club of Hyderabad :
Flat No.403 D No.3-5-798 Pratima Apts.
Opp. Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan
King Kothi Road
Hyderabad-195
Tel. 040-23243101
Rotary Club of Hyderabad East :
Mr. Sanjay Khendry
Email: skhendry@Rotary3150.org
Phone: +91 40 5543 6299
2. Indian Red Cross Society
Person Spoken To : Mr. Satish (040-23221748)
They prefer new materials. If the materials are old they should be clean, washed and ironed. They will revert soon on whether they can arrange for pickup from a central location.
Contact details :
Indian Red Cross URL : http://www.indianredcross.org/south-india.html
IFRC India URL : http://www.ifrc.org/where/country/cn6.asp?countryid=84
Andhra Pradesh State Branch
Indian Red Cross Society,Raj Bhavan, Hyderabad-500041
Contact numbers : 040-23221748, 23260201
Online donation : http://donate.ifrc.org
3. Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) (Working through FOCUS)
Person Spoken To : Mr. Sarfaraz (022-23001726)
The immediate requirement is for winterized tents. They are collecting clothes and blankets also, but they prefer donation of funds for various reasons. Donors will get 50% tax exemption. Right now, they have sent 1000 blankets and have not yet started the next round of blanket collection, but will do so soon. For clothes, they do not want old / used clothes, they only want new clothes – but again, they prefer cash donations for reasons mentioned elsewhere in this post.
Contact details :
AKDN URL : www.akdn.org
FOCUS URL : http://www.akdn.org/focus/index.html#contacts
AKDN Mumbai
INDIA
Focus Humanitarian Assistance, India
4th Floor, Warden Building, 340, Sir J.J. Road,
Byculla, Mumbai 400 008
India
Tel: + 91 222 300 1726 /1749
Fax: +91 22 2300 1792
4. Action Aid
Here is a letter from Action Aid (Srinagar) :
(Reference http://pakistan.wikicities.com/wiki/Earthquake_10-05_in_India)
Dear Friend,
If you live anywhere in India here is one way that you can help, in your own small way, the suffering victims of the recent earthquake in Kashmir:
You can collect or buy warm clothes, blankets, sleeping bags, sheets etc [in good condition please] from friends and relatives and then arrange to send them by truck/road transport to Kashmir [which will be cheaper, although less fast, than courier]. Please note that all this material should be in GOOD condition, and not torn or unusable. Please do NOT send dirty, torn or very old and fraying material.
Think of the thousands of people suffering in Kashmir with severe winter now approaching.
You could send them to my friend Arjimand Hussain, who heads Action Aid in Kashmir, who will arrange to distribute them in affected villages in Kupwara and Baramulla. The parcel [s] should be addressed to:
Arjimand Hussain
Action Aid
H-12 Cooperative Colony
Peerbagh
Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir
Cell no: (0)9419004521
(Res): 0191-2476367
Regards, and in solidarity,
Yoginder Sikand
B. DONATING MATERIALS TO PAKISTANI AFFECTED AREAS
The materials could be Clothes, Blankets, Footwear, Medicines etc.
1. Edhi Foundation
Contact details : http://www.contactpakistan.com/socialwork/Edhi/Intloffice.htm
2. Association for the Development of Pakistan (ADP)
(Working with the Edhi Foundation)
Contact details : http://www.developpakistan.org/Default.aspx?tabid=149
3. Insanity Works Blog
URL : http://www.insanityworks.org/earthquake_relief.html
This has links to sites for donating goods, money, blood units and volunteering :
Goods : http://www.insanityworks.org/earthquake_relief--goods.html
Money : http://www.insanityworks.org/earthquake_relief--money.html
Blood units : http://www.insanityworks.org/earthquake_relief--blood.html
Volunteering : http://www.insanityworks.org/earthquake_relief--volunteer.html
4. Pakistan Medical Association
Refer http://madclub.blogspot.com/2005/10/pakistan-india-earthquake-pakistan.html
C. DONATING FUNDS TO INDIAN AFFECTED AREAS
The funds could be in the form of Cash, Cheque, Money Order, DD, Online or e-Deposit.
1. PM's National Relief Fund
Checks/Money Orders should be drawn in favor of "Prime Minister's National Relief Fund" and can be sent to any one of the following addresses:
Prime Minister's Office
New Delhi 110011
India
OR
Prime Minister's National Relief Fund
Embassy of India
Attn: Head of Chancery
2107 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20008
For details on contributing Online or via e-Deposit, and for more information on PM's National Relief Fund Website, visit : http://pmindia.nic.in/relief.htm.
See also : http://pakistan.wikicities.com/wiki/Earthquake_10-05_in_India
2. UNICEF
Person Spoken To : Mr. Prasad of UNICEF Hyderabad office
For earthquake relief, UNICEF is only collecting funds. For donating materials, they recommend the Red Cross.
Contact details :
URL : http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/india_india_contact.html
Hyderabad Field Office Mail address :
United Nations Children's Fund
"Gulmarg"
D. No. 865
Street No. 19, Himayathnagar
Hyderabad 500 029
Andhra Pradesh, India
Tel.: 040- 23227236 / 23227226 / 23227328 / 23227335
Email : Hyderabad@unicef.org
3. Eficor
Person Spoken To : Ms. Sheela George (+91-11-25516383)
Eficor is not accepting materials. They are accepting donations. Donation can be in any of the following two ways:
a. Online donation
Go to : http://eficor.org/ ==> Get Involved ==> Donate ==> India
ICICI branch EFICOR account No: 008701018157 Janakpuri Branch
After donation, please send a confirmatory email (mentioning your postal address) to eficorhq@vsnl.com or info@eficor.com. They will send you the receipt & ATG relief form by post.
b. Donation by post
Make your Cheque or Demand Drafts drawn in favor of "EFICOR, New Delhi".
Contact details:
URL http://eficor.org
Postal address:
EFICOR
308 Mahatta Tower
B Block Community Centre
Janakpuri
New Delhi 110 058
Telefax +91-11-25516383/4/5
Email: eficorhq@vsnl.com / info@eficor.com
4. Chinar (Child Nurture and Relief)
Donation details URL : http://www.chinar.org/appeal.htm
5. AID India
Refer http://madclub.blogspot.com/2005/10/pakistan-india-earthquake-aid-india.html
D. DONATING FUNDS TO PAKISTANI AFFECTED AREAS
The funds could be in the form of Cash, Cheque, Money Order, DD, Online or e-Deposit.
1. Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps URL : http://www.mercycorps.org
Note 2 : Check http://quakehelp.blogspot.com (from the Tsunami-related SEA-EAT blog team) for continuous updates.
Note 3 : First timers please read the previous post before proceeding.
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You can select your preferred Aid Agency / NGO according to the following listing :
A. DONATING MATERIALS TO INDIAN AFFECTED AREAS
B. DONATING MATERIALS TO PAKISTANI AFFECTED AREAS
C. DONATING FUNDS TO INDIAN AFFECTED AREAS
D. DONATING FUNDS TO PAKISTANI AFFECTED AREAS
A. DONATING MATERIALS TO INDIAN AFFECTED AREAS
The materials could be Clothes, Blankets, Footwear, Medicines etc.
1. Rotary Club of Hyderabad
Person Spoken To : Mr. Sanjay Khendry of Rotary Club of Hyderabad East
They are doing relief work in the Indian affected areas. They may be willing to collect materials from a central location, but they would prefer that donors courier the materials directly to the Rotary Club units working in J&K. Further details will be available soon.
Contact Details :
Rotary Club of India URL : http://www.rotaryindia.net/
All Rotary Club Details : http://www.rccentralcal.org/link_below.html
Rotary Club of Hyderabad :
Flat No.403 D No.3-5-798 Pratima Apts.
Opp. Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan
King Kothi Road
Hyderabad-195
Tel. 040-23243101
Rotary Club of Hyderabad East :
Mr. Sanjay Khendry
Email: skhendry@Rotary3150.org
Phone: +91 40 5543 6299
2. Indian Red Cross Society
Person Spoken To : Mr. Satish (040-23221748)
They prefer new materials. If the materials are old they should be clean, washed and ironed. They will revert soon on whether they can arrange for pickup from a central location.
Contact details :
Indian Red Cross URL : http://www.indianredcross.org/south-india.html
IFRC India URL : http://www.ifrc.org/where/country/cn6.asp?countryid=84
Andhra Pradesh State Branch
Indian Red Cross Society,Raj Bhavan, Hyderabad-500041
Contact numbers : 040-23221748, 23260201
Online donation : http://donate.ifrc.org
3. Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) (Working through FOCUS)
Person Spoken To : Mr. Sarfaraz (022-23001726)
The immediate requirement is for winterized tents. They are collecting clothes and blankets also, but they prefer donation of funds for various reasons. Donors will get 50% tax exemption. Right now, they have sent 1000 blankets and have not yet started the next round of blanket collection, but will do so soon. For clothes, they do not want old / used clothes, they only want new clothes – but again, they prefer cash donations for reasons mentioned elsewhere in this post.
Contact details :
AKDN URL : www.akdn.org
FOCUS URL : http://www.akdn.org/focus/index.html#contacts
AKDN Mumbai
INDIA
Focus Humanitarian Assistance, India
4th Floor, Warden Building, 340, Sir J.J. Road,
Byculla, Mumbai 400 008
India
Tel: + 91 222 300 1726 /1749
Fax: +91 22 2300 1792
4. Action Aid
Here is a letter from Action Aid (Srinagar) :
(Reference http://pakistan.wikicities.com/wiki/Earthquake_10-05_in_India)
Dear Friend,
If you live anywhere in India here is one way that you can help, in your own small way, the suffering victims of the recent earthquake in Kashmir:
You can collect or buy warm clothes, blankets, sleeping bags, sheets etc [in good condition please] from friends and relatives and then arrange to send them by truck/road transport to Kashmir [which will be cheaper, although less fast, than courier]. Please note that all this material should be in GOOD condition, and not torn or unusable. Please do NOT send dirty, torn or very old and fraying material.
Think of the thousands of people suffering in Kashmir with severe winter now approaching.
You could send them to my friend Arjimand Hussain, who heads Action Aid in Kashmir, who will arrange to distribute them in affected villages in Kupwara and Baramulla. The parcel [s] should be addressed to:
Arjimand Hussain
Action Aid
H-12 Cooperative Colony
Peerbagh
Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir
Cell no: (0)9419004521
(Res): 0191-2476367
Regards, and in solidarity,
Yoginder Sikand
B. DONATING MATERIALS TO PAKISTANI AFFECTED AREAS
The materials could be Clothes, Blankets, Footwear, Medicines etc.
1. Edhi Foundation
Contact details : http://www.contactpakistan.com/socialwork/Edhi/Intloffice.htm
2. Association for the Development of Pakistan (ADP)
(Working with the Edhi Foundation)
Contact details : http://www.developpakistan.org/Default.aspx?tabid=149
3. Insanity Works Blog
URL : http://www.insanityworks.org/earthquake_relief.html
This has links to sites for donating goods, money, blood units and volunteering :
Goods : http://www.insanityworks.org/earthquake_relief--goods.html
Money : http://www.insanityworks.org/earthquake_relief--money.html
Blood units : http://www.insanityworks.org/earthquake_relief--blood.html
Volunteering : http://www.insanityworks.org/earthquake_relief--volunteer.html
4. Pakistan Medical Association
Refer http://madclub.blogspot.com/2005/10/pakistan-india-earthquake-pakistan.html
C. DONATING FUNDS TO INDIAN AFFECTED AREAS
The funds could be in the form of Cash, Cheque, Money Order, DD, Online or e-Deposit.
1. PM's National Relief Fund
Checks/Money Orders should be drawn in favor of "Prime Minister's National Relief Fund" and can be sent to any one of the following addresses:
Prime Minister's Office
New Delhi 110011
India
OR
Prime Minister's National Relief Fund
Embassy of India
Attn: Head of Chancery
2107 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20008
For details on contributing Online or via e-Deposit, and for more information on PM's National Relief Fund Website, visit : http://pmindia.nic.in/relief.htm.
See also : http://pakistan.wikicities.com/wiki/Earthquake_10-05_in_India
2. UNICEF
Person Spoken To : Mr. Prasad of UNICEF Hyderabad office
For earthquake relief, UNICEF is only collecting funds. For donating materials, they recommend the Red Cross.
Contact details :
URL : http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/india_india_contact.html
Hyderabad Field Office Mail address :
United Nations Children's Fund
"Gulmarg"
D. No. 865
Street No. 19, Himayathnagar
Hyderabad 500 029
Andhra Pradesh, India
Tel.: 040- 23227236 / 23227226 / 23227328 / 23227335
Email : Hyderabad@unicef.org
3. Eficor
Person Spoken To : Ms. Sheela George (+91-11-25516383)
Eficor is not accepting materials. They are accepting donations. Donation can be in any of the following two ways:
a. Online donation
Go to : http://eficor.org/ ==> Get Involved ==> Donate ==> India
ICICI branch EFICOR account No: 008701018157 Janakpuri Branch
After donation, please send a confirmatory email (mentioning your postal address) to eficorhq@vsnl.com or info@eficor.com. They will send you the receipt & ATG relief form by post.
b. Donation by post
Make your Cheque or Demand Drafts drawn in favor of "EFICOR, New Delhi".
Contact details:
URL http://eficor.org
Postal address:
EFICOR
308 Mahatta Tower
B Block Community Centre
Janakpuri
New Delhi 110 058
Telefax +91-11-25516383/4/5
Email: eficorhq@vsnl.com / info@eficor.com
4. Chinar (Child Nurture and Relief)
Donation details URL : http://www.chinar.org/appeal.htm
5. AID India
Refer http://madclub.blogspot.com/2005/10/pakistan-india-earthquake-aid-india.html
D. DONATING FUNDS TO PAKISTANI AFFECTED AREAS
The funds could be in the form of Cash, Cheque, Money Order, DD, Online or e-Deposit.
1. Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps URL : http://www.mercycorps.org
Online donation URL : http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/emergencies/910
2. Hidaya Foundation
Hidaya Foundation URL : http://www.hidaya.org
Online donation URL : https://donation.hidaya.org/donation.aspx?projectId=66
Zakat-ul-Mal Online donation URL : https://donation.hidaya.org/donation.aspx?projectId=40
3. Oxfam
Online donation URL : http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_you_can_do/give_to_oxfam/donate/asian_quake.htm
Oxfam International URL : http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/emergencies/country/asian_quake/index.htm
Oxfam India URL : http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/where_we_work/india/index.htm
