I want to repeat Dan Gillmor’s impassioned plea to give to organizations which are helping the people of South and Southeast Asia recover (as much as anyone could be expected to recover from something on this scale) from the horrific tsunamis which have dwarfed other very real tragedies such as 9/11:
The tens of thousands who will have died when the counting ends are the immediate tragedy. But their numbers are dwarfed by literally millions of people whose lives have been turned inside out by this disaster. They must be the world’s focus now. We must all do what we can to help.
He has links to the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, and a blog with some excellent links to information related to the tragedy. I just received an email from Sojourners which had several others:
- Catholic Relief Service
- Christian Aid
- Church World Service
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- Lutheran World Relief
- Mennonite Central Committee
- Mercy Corps
- World Relief
- World Vision
This tragedy will not be overcome in short order, so I would encourage us all to give now and keep on giving in the months to come.
