Directory of community-based disaster relief in south Asia
aid cavalry | 02.02.2005 00:52 | Globalisation | Health | Social Struggles
Far from waiting for the international aid cavalry to ride to the rescue, civil society organisations from across the tsunami-hit countries seized the initiative in the campaign to help their communities recover from the disaster. Red Pepper has produced an alternative guide to giving aid which lists a selection of self-organising groups working in south Asia, and details how you can contact them. Some of the contact details are listed below, but a longer directory with full descriptions is available at www.redpepper.org.uk
Sri Lanka
The Free Trade Zone and General Employees Union (FTZ&GSEU)
Tel: 00 94 11 4617711; email:
ftzunion@diamond.lanka.net
Donation account details: FTZ&GSEU to Assist the Victims of the Tidal Waves, Account number 0-3912-7, Bank of Ceylon, Lakehouse Branch, Lakehouse Building, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka
The Hiru group
Email: hirupaper@yahoo.co.in ; dotpalairet@yahoo.co.uk
Donation account details: Trade Union Support for the Hiru (TUSH), NatWest Bank, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M21 0BR
The Movement for National Land and Agricultural Reform (Monlar)
Tel: 00 94 11 2865534; email: monlar@sltnet.lk
The National Federation of Fishworkers (Nafso)
Tel: 00 94 31 2239750; email: fishmove@slt.lk
India
The Society for Rural and Education Development (SRED)
Email: Fatima N Burnad at burnad@md3.vsnl.net.in
Andhra Pradesh Vyavasaya Vruthidarula Union (APVVU)
Support can be routed through the Nisarga Trust at 22-1096, SBI Colony, Kongareddipalli, Chittoor 517 001, Andhra Pradesh, India;
tel: 00 91 8572 28592; email: chennya@sancharnet.in .
Kudumbam Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture Network (Leisa)
Tel: 00 91 431 2331879/ 00 91 431 2331842; email: kudumbamtry@eth.net
Thailand
Collaborative Network for the Rehabilitation of the Andaman Community
Tel: 00 66 75212414; email: preecha@mozart.inet.co.th ; pongtip@rrafa.org
Indonesia
KSKBA (Team of Humanitarian Solidarity of Tsunami Disaster in Aceh and North Sumatra Provinces, Indonesia)
Contact Henry Saragih; tel: 00 62 81631 4441; email: fspi@cbn.net.id
Tapol: the Indonesian Human Rights Campaign
111 Northwood Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7 8HW, UK;
tel: 020 8771 2904/ 07947 567449; email: tapol@gn.apc.org
Donation details: send a cheque payable to ‘Tapol – Aceh appeal’ to the above address; directly credit the following bank account: ‘Tapol – Aceh Appeal’, account number 65157529, the Cooperative Bank, sort code 08-92-99; or make an online donation via the Etan website at www.etan.org/action/action2/23alert.htm .
The Free Trade Zone and General Employees Union (FTZ&GSEU)
Tel: 00 94 11 4617711; email:
ftzunion@diamond.lanka.net Donation account details: FTZ&GSEU to Assist the Victims of the Tidal Waves, Account number 0-3912-7, Bank of Ceylon, Lakehouse Branch, Lakehouse Building, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka
The Hiru group
Email:
hirupaper@yahoo.co.in ; dotpalairet@yahoo.co.uk Donation account details: Trade Union Support for the Hiru (TUSH), NatWest Bank, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M21 0BR
The Movement for National Land and Agricultural Reform (Monlar)
Tel: 00 94 11 2865534; email:
monlar@sltnet.lk The National Federation of Fishworkers (Nafso)
Tel: 00 94 31 2239750; email:
fishmove@slt.lk India
The Society for Rural and Education Development (SRED)
Email: Fatima N Burnad at
burnad@md3.vsnl.net.in Andhra Pradesh Vyavasaya Vruthidarula Union (APVVU)
Support can be routed through the Nisarga Trust at 22-1096, SBI Colony, Kongareddipalli, Chittoor 517 001, Andhra Pradesh, India;
tel: 00 91 8572 28592; email:
chennya@sancharnet.in . Kudumbam Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture Network (Leisa)
Tel: 00 91 431 2331879/ 00 91 431 2331842; email:
kudumbamtry@eth.net Thailand
Collaborative Network for the Rehabilitation of the Andaman Community
Tel: 00 66 75212414; email:
preecha@mozart.inet.co.th ; pongtip@rrafa.org Indonesia
KSKBA (Team of Humanitarian Solidarity of Tsunami Disaster in Aceh and North Sumatra Provinces, Indonesia)
Contact Henry Saragih; tel: 00 62 81631 4441; email:
fspi@cbn.net.id Tapol: the Indonesian Human Rights Campaign
111 Northwood Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7 8HW, UK;
tel: 020 8771 2904/ 07947 567449; email:
tapol@gn.apc.org Donation details: send a cheque payable to ‘Tapol – Aceh appeal’ to the above address; directly credit the following bank account: ‘Tapol – Aceh Appeal’, account number 65157529, the Cooperative Bank, sort code 08-92-99; or make an online donation via the Etan website at www.etan.org/action/action2/23alert.htm .
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