Tsunami: Where Was God?
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British Red Cross Tsunami Support Network
www.tsunamisupportnetwork.org.uk
Provides help and support for all those affected by the Boxing
Day disaster.
As well as the website there is a telephone support line which
is open during office hours and includes an answer phone service:
0845 054 7474.
Further information
Actionaid
www.actionaid.org/
International development agency whose aim is to fight poverty
worldwide. In all their country programmes they work with local
partners to make the most of their knowledge and experience.
After the Tsunami (Channel 4)
www.channel4.com/news/microsites/T/tsunami/
Explores the whole range of scientific, political and economic
issues thrown up by the disaster on Boxing Day 2004.
Alertnet
www.alertnet.org/thenews/emergency/SA_TID.htm
A portal to alert humanitarians to emergencies all over the world.
CAFOD
www.cafod.org.uk/news_and_events/emergencies/asia_tsunami
CAFOD believes that all human beings have a right to dignity and
respect, and that the world's resources are a gift to be shared
equally by all men and women, whatever their race, nationality
or religion. The website includes lots of information about the
organisation's work one year on from the Tsunami.
CARE International UK
www.careinternational.org.uk/
A global humanitarian organisation working with over 45 million
people in 70 of the world's poorest countries. One year on, CARE
is helping to rebuild lives and homes after the Tsunami.
Christian Aid: Rebuilding After the Tsunami
www.christianaid.org.uk/indepth/512_tsunami/index.htm
This report tells how, with the public's help, Christian Aid was
able to respond quickly in the immediate aftermath, and how the
organisation has helped half a million people in the year since.
Christian Aid: Tsunami Exhibition
www.christianaid.org.uk/news/stories/0512092s.htm
Every time I see the sea... life after the Tsunami a powerful multimedia
exhibition marking the first anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami, viewable
online.
Concern
www.concern.net
Strives to enable absolutely poor people to achieve major improvements
in their lifestyles which are sustainable without ongoing support
from Concern. Works with the poor themselves and with local and
international partners to create just and peaceful societies where
the poor can exercise their fundamental rights.
Disasters Emergency Committee
www.dec.org.uk/
An umbrella organisation which represents 13 leading UK aid agencies:
ActionAid, British Red Cross, CAFOD, CARE International UK, Christian
Aid, Concern, Help the Aged, Islamic Relief, Merlin, Oxfam, Save
the Children, Tearfund and World Vision.
Help the Aged
www.helptheaged.org.uk
Fights to free disadvantaged older people in the UK and overseas
from poverty, isolation and neglect. Almost a year after the Boxing
Day Tsunami, Help the Aged is still working to rebuild lives and
livelihoods in India and Sri Lanka.
Islamic Relief
www.irw.org/tsunami/
Strives to alleviate suffering, hunger, illiteracy and diseases
worldwide without regard to colour, race or creed and to provide
aid in a compassionate and dignified manner. It aims to provide
rapid relief in the event of disasters.
Mercy Foundation
www.mercyfoundation.com.au
Established by the Sisters of Mercy, North Sydney, the Mercy Foundation's
work is based on the principle that systemic change enables people to be equal
participants in society. The focus is on long-term solutions for social change
so that all people can be active citizens and have equal access to resources.
Merlin
www.merlin.org.uk
The only specialist UK charity which responds worldwide with vital
health care and medical relief for vulnerable people caught up
in natural disasters, conflict, disease and health system collapse.
Merlin’s teams in Sri Lanka and Indonesia are rebuilding
and renovating clinics and hospitals, and training health workers.
New Socialist: Marxism and Religion – Opiate of
the People?
http://newsocialist.org/newsite/index.php?id=243
Article arguing that the Marxist view of religion has been greatly
over-simplified, typically identified with the well-worn refrain
that it’s the 'opiate of the people'. Michael Löwy challenges
this misconception, and presents a nuanced view of Marxism and
religion.
Oxfam
www.oxfam.org/en/
Oxfam International is a confederation of 12 organisations working
together with over 3,000 partners in more than 100 countries to
find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice. The
Tsunami aid effort has been Oxfam's biggest ever relief operation.
redhotcurry.com
www.redhotcurry.com/news/hfb_tsunami_service.htm
Report of participation by the Hindu Forum of Britain, the only
Hindu organisation invited to give a reading at the national service
led by the Queen, on 11 May 2005 at St Paul's Cathedral, to remember
the thousands who perished in the Boxing Day Tsunami disaster.
Save the Children
www.savethechildren.org.uk
Fights for children in the UK and around the world who suffer from
poverty, disease, injustice and violence, working with them to
find lifelong answers to the problems they face.
Tearfund
www.tearfund.org
Tearfund works through local churches and Christian agencies to
open up brighter futures for the world’s poorest communities.
World Jewish Aid
www.worldjewishaid.org.uk/projects/\?id=20
Acts on behalf of the UK Jewish community to provide emergency
and development aid to those in need throughout the world regardless
of race, religion or nationality. The Asian Tsunami Disaster appea;
reached over £1.1 million plus donations of medication to
a total value of £1.5 million.
World Vision
www.worldvision.org.uk
One of the world's leading relief and development agencies. It
is a Christian charity currently helping people in nearly 100 countries
in their struggle against poverty, hunger and injustice, irrespective
of their religious beliefs.
