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DONATE AND HELP Charities, agencies and organisations offering aid to tsunami victims 29 December 2004 The Disasters Emergency Committee - is an umbrella group of UK aid organisations - including ActionAid, British Red Cross, Oxfam - working to provide clean water, food and shelter to thousands. Call: 0870 60 60 900. The United Nations World Food Programme - is seeking donations to feed victims of the earthquake. Medecins Sans Frontieres - is sending aid workers to the region, focusing on medical care for survivors and displaced people after the rescue operations. Oxfam - is providing emergency supplies, including water tanks, pumps, taps and temporary toilets for families left homeless by the floods. Islamic Relief - has also launched an appeal to provide medical supplies, tents and sanitation facilities for those affected. The United Nations Children's Fund, Unicef - is working to meet the "urgent needs of hundreds of thousands of people" affected by the tsunami disaster. Save the Children - providing plastic sheeting for temporary shelter, tents to run children's services from, and essentials such as clothing and cooking utensils. Anti-poverty organisation Care International - has already provided food for thousands of affected people in Sri Lanka. Cafod, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development - is working with partners across Asia to provide shelter, food aid and medical assistance, and assessing what further relief is needed. The Islamic Aid Emergency Relief Fund - aims to provide immediate relief and long-term support to people in the affected areas. Muslim Hands - is collecting money and sending volunteers to help in Indonesia and Malaysia. UK residents can donate via the - British Red Cross - which has launched an appeal to fund supplies including blankets and cooking utensils. Medair - is providing emergency support to agencies with a long term presence in Sri Lanka and its medical experts are assessing the likelihood of malaria and diarrhoea. World Vision - has also launched an appeal and has already delivered relief goods to thousands. Christian Aid - has already allocated £250,000 from its emergency fund to help the victims of this disaster but says more money is needed. Tearfund - Christian charity with its partners in Sri Lanka and India helping devastated fishing communities and coastal villages get back on their feet. Concern - is working with local partners to meet the needs of families in the devastated coastal villages of Tamil Nadu, the worst affected state in India. The International Rescue Committee - is providing emergency supplies and materials to "people most affected by the crisis". The Salvation Army has local teams working in a number of affected areas and is sending a team from its international headquarters on Wednesday evening. Muslim Aid - donating cash towards the purchase of food, clothing and medicine in the region but wants to raise more.

                                                   ONCE UPON      a TIME
                                                                                          ezine at l'atelier bonita
                                                     established since december 2002