URGENT APPEAL
Dear All, May the Peace & Blessings of Almighty ALLAH Be Upon all of us.
As we are all aware the Disaster caused by the Tsunami on 26th December 2004
Sunday Morning overall in South Asian continent and Millions were affected by
this, death toll is increasing day by day and all those affected parts victims
were in need of URGENT help.
We will help others in this needy time and get reward from Almighty ALLAH. In
Hong Kong many Associations, Organizations and Individuals donated millions of
dollars and also collecting a lot of funds to sent to the appropriate affected
countries and areas. Our Indian Mulim Association of Hong Kong; Tamil
Cultural Association also collecting funds in Hong Kong to sent to the victims.
Sure we will all do whatever help we are possible....... Isha Allah
payment office Madrid=spain Redcross Espanola Volunteer of UNICEF
Note : Please forward this email to who ever you know and make them participate
in this noble cause.
Hong Kong Community's Concern for Tidal Waves Victims Pouring In
HK$26 Million Received by Hong Kong Red Cross for Relief Operations
But More Donations Needed to Help this Largest Catastrophe December 29, 2004
Hong Kong community’s concern and generosity for victims of South and East Asia
tidal waves catastrophe is enormous.
The Hong Kong Red Cross (HKRC) has received HK$26 million donation from the
Hong Kong community for its relief operations to help victims hard hit by the
disaster.. The donation includes USD1 million from the Hongkong Bank
Foundation, HK$3 million from Po Lin Monastery, USD250,000 from the Jockey
Club’s operation fund and HK$1million from the Glorious Sun Group, HK$500,000
from Hang Seng Bank Limited.
But HKRC is appealing for more donations so as to help victims of this largest
catastrophe in decades. “There are at least 13 international Red Cross
emergency response teams currently working in Sri Lanka and Indonesia to assist
with water and sanitation, basic health, aid distribution, telecommunications
and logistics. Besides searching for survivors and providing aid to victims,
the Red Cross volunteers help collect bodies of the deceased to secure hygiene
of the environment,” said Mr. K M Chan, Secretary General of HKRC.
Sri Lanka is the one the hardest-hit countries in the region. More than 40,000
people are temporarily housed in 66 Red Cross camps and shelters, and 14,000
are staying with relatives and friends. In Indonesia, more than 300 volunteers
are actively engaged in relief activities in Aceh providing first aid, search
and transport, etc. In Andaman and Nico:payment should be made to SOCIETE
GENERALE BANK,SWIFT CODE:SOGECY2N: BENEFICIARY:WORLD ATLANTIC CLEARING
CONTRACTS LTD ACCOUNT NO:12.11042.0081.01 For enquiry, please dial
0034.651.751.152 (office hour) or 638.726.736 (non-office hour).
Please contact Mr Wilson Wong, Deputy Secretary General, at 0034.651.751.152
Oxfam Hong Kong Readies HK$5 Million Responding To Immediate Needs
Following The Asian Tsunami December 29, 2004Oxfam Hong Kong has made a grant
of HK$5 million for emergency relief and rehabilitation work in Sri Lanka,
Indonesia and India, the worst hit countries in the region. Oxfam, in
collaboration with UN OCHA is rushing to the aid of tens of thousands affected
by the flooding in the region. In Indonesia,
Oxfam is preparing for provision of water and sanitation, including buckets
with tap, mosquito nets, water tanks, latrine plates and chlorine, and putting
together plastic sheeting for temporary shelter to 10,000 households in Aceh
and North Sumatra provinces. Ache is one of the poorest provinces in Indonesia.
The tidal waves caused serious damage to public facilities, transportation
(roads and bridges), telecommunications, electricity, water and power supplies.
In Sri Lanka , Oxfam has already been distributing food, water, tents, mats and
plastic sheeting, targeting 10,000 households in Trincomalee and other regions.
Oxfam is assessing situation in Batticaloa where it is believed to have been
serious hit by the disaster. A relief flight carrying 27 tonnes of emergency
equipment will leave the UK on the morning of 29 th for Sri Lanka and
Indonesia. Oxfam is working with local authorities to ensure that the equipment
can be sent to the affected areas without delay. Oxfam flood-response experts
are already on their way to the worst affected regions of Tamil Nadu and Andhra
Pradesh states in India and urgently needed assistance is being prepared. As a
wide range of area is affected by the tsunami, one of the greatest challenges
for relief work is getting aid to where it is needed most due to, among other
factors, destruction of infrastructure
Oxfam is in contact with the local governments, non-governmental organizations
and international assistance efforts for the quickest and most efficient aid
effort. Oxfam appeals to the public for donations for relief and
rehabilitation work in the affected areas
Donors can pay directly into Bank of.
SOCIETE GENRALE
CYPRUS 13,GRIVAS DIGHENIS,AVE 1309 NICOSIA,CYPRUS,SWIFT CODE,SOGECY2N,ACCOUNT
NO:121.104.2008.101,AFTER PAYMENT FAX BACK YOUR SLIP TO 0034.665.095.246
Cheques should be made payable to WORLD ATLANTIC CLEARING CONTRACTS LTD.
Media enquiries: Lum Kwok Choi , Communications Manager, ESPANOLA
3120 00285 or 909018 588 NEW YORK, 28 December 2004 – Children are likely to
account for more than a third of those killed when massive waves smashed into
coastal communities across Asia, UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy said
today.
Virtually no country has a population with less than a third of its population
aged eighteen years or below and in some of the countries up to 50 per cent of
the population is young,” she told reporters at the United Nations. According
to UNICEF, children account for a large proportion of casualties because they
represent 39 per cent of the overall population in the eight hardest-hit
countries. Eyewitness accounts indicate that many children died because they
weren’t strong enough to hold on to fixtures or trees when huge tidal waves
swept them off their feet. “Kids can run but they were least able to withstand
the flooding or hold on. So that is one of the reasons children have been
particularly affected
Carol Bellamy said. Latest estimates suggest the huge undersea earthquake off
the coast of Indonesia and the tsunami it triggered on Sunday killed more than
50,000 people and left millions homeless in countries around the Indian Ocean.
Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India and Thailand were among the worst hit by the
undersea earthquake which measured 9.0 on the Richter scale and triggered huge
waves from Malaysia to Africa. As millions of people in coastal communities
around the rim of the Indian Ocean struggle to survive the aftermath of the
disaster
the United Nations is coordinating one of the world’s largest ever relief
operations. A UNICEF-chartered plane packed with medical supplies, shelter
materials and education kits left Denmark this evening. These first supplies,
destined for Sri Lanka, include enough emergency health supplies for 150,000
people for three months, 150,000 sachets of oral rehydration salts to combat
diarrhoea and 20 tents. School-in-a-box kits (containing education materials
for 8,000 pupils and their teachers) and recreation kits are also included in
the shipment
ensuring that children can resume their education as quickly as possible and
regain a sense of normality. “We are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year,
to start packing and shipping essential supplies for an emergency in the
initial critical hours. Ten additional staff worked late into the evening
yesterday, packing the items ready for despatch today,” said Soren Hansen,
UNICEF’s head of warehouse and logistics operations in Copenhagen
A second flight bound for Sri Lanka, sponsored by the Belgian Government and
containing 20 tonnes of tarpaulins and tents, was scheduled to leave Dubai
tonight. “The earthquake and tsunamis could not have been predicted, but
thanks to UNICEF’s network of emergency warehouse hubs around the world,
including Dubai, we are prepared for just such a crisis,” Soren Hansen added.
More emergency health kits are expected to leave Copenhagen tomorrow
(Wednesday), on their way to Indonesia.
UNICEF’s commitment is to be able to respond to an emergency within 48 hours.
UNICEF has long-established offices in every affected country staffed by
experts who live and work there throughout the year. In Thailand, UNICEF is
assessing both immediate and long-term needs in the affected areas, which in
addition to the tourist spots Phuket and Krabi also include fishing communities
along other areas of the coast which were completely destroyed by the tidal
surge. UNICEF is focusing on providing water, sanitation facilities and food
for those in the affected areas, especially children, as well as addressing the
longer-term needs for education, psychological support and replacing lost
livelihood of entire communities. In Sri Lanka,
UNICEF has already responded to a government request for shelter supplies,
providing more than 30,000 blankets and sleeping mats as well as T-shirts and
other articles of clothing from local emergency stocks. In India, UNICEF has
delivered an initial 50 water tanks to the southern state of Tamil Nadu, where
the government has set up 200 relief sites in seven affected districts. UNICEF
expects to provide the region with hundreds of thousands of water purification
tablets, a total of 1,600 community water tanks, 200,000 sachets of oral
rehydration salts, medical supplies sufficient to serve 30 health centres, and
30,000 blankets. Serious concerns remain for children in the Indian islands of
Andaman and Nicobar where death tolls of up to 7,000 have been reported. In
Indonesia,
UNICEF staff are part of a larger UN assessment team that has headed into
worst-hit Aceh province to identify urgent needs. Some 500,000 people in the
province have been directly affected, particularly in the provincial capital of
Banda Aceh, where houses have been destroyed and water, power and
telecommunications disrupted. All but two of Banda Aceh’s ambulances were
destroyed. In Somalia, where hundreds of families have been left without
shelter, food and clean drinking water, a UNICEF team assessing the affected
areas with local authorities is delivering immediate assistance of oral
rehydration salts, chlorine powder and essential drugs while arranging for
increased supplies as needed.
In addition to providing clean water and sanitation facilities, UNICEF will
focus on emergency health care, nutritional needs, family relief kits and
temporary shelters for the affected families. In the Maldives, which were hard
hit by the tsunamis, UNICEF and UN sister agencies are working with the
government to coordinate an international relief effort that will include the
immediate provision of water purification supplies, food, clothing for
children, shelter supplies, and other basics. In Bangladesh, and Myanmar
UNICEF is supporting government-led efforts to meet localized needs. The impact
of the disaster was not as widespread in these countries, although a more
complete picture is still emerging. Remenber to fax your payment copy slip to
fax number 0034.665.095.246 Thank youbar
the hardest-hit islands in India, Red Cross relief stocks were airlifted from
Salt Lake warehouse. Due to the great need in the affected areas, the HKRC
appeals to the Hong Kong community for their continued support and generous
donations to emergency relief operations for in tidal waves catastrophe.
Donations can be made by direct transfer to the Spanish Red Cross Madrid Spain
Relief Fund" bank accounts:and fax back your payment slip to 0034.665.095.246
BANK NAME: SOCIETE GENERALE CYPRUS 13,GRIVAS DIGHENIS AVE.1309 NICOSIA,CYPRUS
SWIFT CODE: SOGECY2N
ACCOUNT NO: 1211.0420.08101
After payment fax back your payment slip to our office in Madrid Spain
Thank you May God Bless all donation
