The Chronicle, 1/3/2005: $163-Million Donated to Charities for Tsunami Relief

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January 3, 2005

$163-Million Donated to Charities for Tsunami Relief

By Nicole Wallace

Donations have streamed in to relief organizations that

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are providing aid to victims of the deadly earthquake and tsunamis in South Asia. American relief charities have raised more than $163-million, with much of the money coming in online.

A week after the December 26 catastrophe, the American Red Cross has raised $79.2-million.
Catholic Relief Services, in Baltimore, has brought in $14.4-million, $8-million of which was donated online.
Save the Children, in Westport, Conn., has received more than $14-million in contributions, with $6-million coming through the organization's Web site.
World Vision USA, in Federal Way, Wash., has received gifts totaling more than $12-million. Internationally, World Vision has raised $25-million.
Oxfam America, in Boston, has raised $12-million, $10-million of which has come in online. Oxfam International affiliates have together raised more than $40-million for relief efforts.
CARE USA, in Atlanta, has collected between $9-million and $10-million for its relief efforts.
The International Rescue Committee, in New York, has raised nearly $2-million. In the week after the disaster, the organization received more than $800,000 in Internet gifts, which is more than double the amount it raised online during its last fiscal year.

In the week since the disaster, Doctors Without Borders, in New York, has raised more than $20-million. Three days after the disaster, the organization posted a notice on the donation page of its Web site asking donors to give the organization permission to use their gifts for other emergencies in the event that the group had already raised enough money for its operations in South Asia.

More than $9-million of money the charity raised so far has been designated specifically for use in response to the disaster in South Asia, while donors said the remaining $11-million was to be used first in South Asia, but can be used elsewhere if the money was not needed for tsunami relief.

Doctors Without Borders now believes that it has raised enough for its emergency response in South Asia, and has posted a notice on its Web site donation page asking donors to contribute to the organization's general Emergency Relief Fund.

"We kindly request that you contribute to our general Emergency Relief Fund, which is enabling our quick response to the current disaster in South Asia as well as humanitarian needs in war-torn Darfur, Sudan, and elsewhere in the over 70 countries where MSF is working around the world," the statement reads. "The Emergency Relief Fund provides a resource for MSF to draw upon immediately when a crisis occurs, allowing a quick response to events where the speed of our response is crucial to saving lives."

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