Tsunami Relief - Please Donate

[knok]

Originally Posted by knok

About Sri Lanka, I just made a phonce call to the Wachovia Bank in Washington D.C. Here is additional information from the bank. If anyone knows more, please post. Thank you.

You may mail the personal check directly to Wachovia Bank.

Send check payable to: Sri Lanka Disaster Relief Fund

Address: Wachovia Bank, Attention: VA 3289
P.O. Box 26090
Richmond,
Virginia 23260-6090

Please note at the right corner at the bottom of your check (check attention) :"Tsunami Relief Fund"

Note from Sri Lanka Embassy

I just got the email from Sri Lanka Embassy. Here is the information. I am not sure which address is better between the address below provided by Sri Lanka Embassy and the quote above. Or either one is okay. I sent the address above to confirm that it is the correct address.There is no Wachovia Bank in my state. I'll send the check by mail. What do you think? This is what I got.

Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for contacting us in this regard. The address of the Bank on the Embassy website is as follows:

SRI LANKA DISASTER RELIEF FUND

Contributions to the ongoing Sri Lanka relief efforts can be made by cash, check or wire transfer.

** Please note that the Sri Lanka Disaster Relief Fund is not tax deductible**.
Checks and wire transfers should be made out to “Sri Lanka Disaster Relief Fund”
Please note that deposits can be made at any Wachovia Bank or branch.

Wachovia Bank,
1300 I Street, NW,
Washington DC 20005

Swift: PNBPUS33

ABA#: 054001220

Account: 2000024529976

Questions related to Wachovia Bank account please call: 1-800-922-4684

Credit Card Contributions can be made by calling your credit card company and providing them with the account information listed above. At this time Wachovia Bank is unable to process online credit card payments. We regret any inconvenience caused.



Best regards,

Dhammika Semasinghe
First Secretary
Embassy of Sri Lanka
Washington DC
202-483-4026

[adonis]

Prime Minister appeals for contribution to National Relief Fund


The Prime Minister has issued an appeal to all citizens to donate generously to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund to help fund the relief and rehabilitation measures.

The donations can be made by cheque or draft in the name of “The Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund” and sent to the Prime Minister’s Office, South Block, New Delhi 110001. As per directions on the subject the nationalised banks are not to charge any commission on preparation of drafts favouring the PMNRF.



Contributions can also be sent through Money Orders with no commission chargeable. Contributions to the PMNRF have ben notified for 100% deduction form taxable income under section 80(G) of the Income tax act.
Contributions can also be made directly to the branches of the following banks:
1) State Bank of India
2) Central Bank of India
3) Union bank of India
4) Dena Bank
5) Syndicate Bank
6) Corporation Bank
7) Bank of India
8) Indian Overseas Bank
9) Punjab National Bank
10) Indian Bank
11) Allahabad Bank
12) Citi Bank
Contributions can also be sent through Money Orders with no commission chargeable. Contributions to the PMNRF have ben notified for 100% deduction form taxable income under section 80(G) of the Income tax act.

Contributions can also be sent through Money Orders with no commission chargeable. Contributions to the PMNRF have ben notified for 100% deduction form taxable income under section 80(G) of the Income tax act.

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You can send donations to help those affected through NDTV's trust fund, The Hope Trust.
Donations can be made to: HOPE - Tsunami Relief Fund and sent to:
The Company Secretary, New Delhi Television,
W-17,Greater Kailash-1,
New Delhi-110048.
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Readers wishing to contribute may please send cheques to 'Times Foundation' at either Delhi (Times House, 7, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, New Delhi - 110002) or Mumbai (Times of India, Dr D N Road, Mumbai - 400001).
All donations above Rs 1,000 will be acknowledged through the paper. Donations will be exempt from tax under Section 80(G) of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
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or by

http://pay.hindu.com/thrfpay/thrfpay.jsp
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https://www.aidindia.org/aidadmin/DonateToRRF.jsp
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https://ssl.charityweb.net/mercycorps/giftbasket/donation.htm?pDonorIntent=SoutheastAsiaEarthquake& Custom15=wm
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http://www.supportunicef.org/site/pp.asp?c=iuI1LdP0G&b=45523

[knok]

Adonis,

Thanks for the link.
For the people in the US, It seems that this one is the best, right? A+ https://ssl.charityweb.net/mercycorps/giftbasket/donation.htm?pDonorIntent=SoutheastAsiaEarthquake& Custom15=wm

However, I saw on CNN last night. Children program from UNICEF, the last link of your list. I saw that it got a F or D. It is not efficient. Please confirm if I am wrong.
http://www.supportunicef.org/site/pp.asp?c=iuI1LdP0G&b=45523

100,000+ Hopefully, I wake up tomorrow morning, I am not going the get the total different number.

Good night.
Knok

[wenura]

i thank all the non nationals(i mean non sri lankans ) for the interest shown in helping our poor ppl in this regard. its always nice to see that we still have the human feelings all over the world.its good you ppl exist . you all will make this world a better place
abt links, i tell u to trust the links provided by the sri lankan embassy in USA and all the other countries
thank you again folks

[knok]

Wenera,

I asked about the address since I was not sure about it. The address the embassy provided did not have attention to whom it may concern. It sounds that that address(Washington D.C) for the people walking in only. Imagine, the bank has a lot of mails each day.

If there is no attention to whom, who is going to accept the letter. Also, I called to figure out to the bank. It turned out that the customer service gave a total different address. I don't know the virginia adress that has attention will go to Sri Lanka embassy or to other organization. I surely would like to have it send to Sri Lanka Embassy. What do you think?

I am cooperating with all students and Thai community here in my city. Most people of Thai community in my city are doctors (>30 doctors or professors), professors teaching at Washington University. Some of them volunteer for the program of helping people without border. I need to have correct information. Thank you.

[wenura]

Dear knok

First of all let me apologize for not giving the required information in detail(presuming that the embassy officials are handling the matter precisely). you and your colleagues can donate any money to the sri lankan pri ministers fund set up for this purpose

you can reach it through http://www.emergencydonations.gov.lk/ . you surely can send ure cheque to the embassy and they will send it to the appropriate funds set up in sri lanka.(if ure not donating through ure credit card). in case u want further information i will be more than happy to provide you
thanks ppl
wish u a peaceful undisturbed new year

[knok]

Wenura,
Thank you about the site.That's helpful. You already did your job to help people. We'll have a big meeting on Dec 31. Let's see what the doctors, businessman, and people in my community can do.

I hope that things will get better and better.

Take care.
Knok

[knok]

Dear Friends,

The Thai community, led by the Thai Temple, Wat Phrasriratanaram, a non-profit organization, is currertly accepting donations as an emergency relief fund for the Tsunami victims in Thailand. The donated fund will be passed on to the proper authority or organizations in Thailand to those vicitms and their families.

Your generous donations are greatly appreciated, and will be tax-deductible.

Please make check payable to "Wat Phrasriratanaram", with the memo, "Tsunami relief fund", and mail to:

Wat Phrasriratanaram

890 Lindsay Lane

Florissant, MO 63031

Thank you very much.

Board of Directors
Wat Phrasriratanaram
Thai Buddhist Temple
Tel: (314) 839-3115, 837-9717
http://www.self-aware.net

The fund will be carrying by Dr. Weerawat, a monk of this Thai temple who will travel to Thailand on January 20, 2005. Please send the check before that date.

Best Regards,
Knok

[PINTUDAO]

I think that anybody here has seen such tragedy....... All my wishes is that the people who suffered this horrible thing be strong................ and they know that the entire world are with them..............

[Erin]

To be honest, I don't feel that I have the right to thank anybody on another's behalf for donating, especially when I was fortunately unaffected. But I would like to thank you for reading this thread.

I think this thread has served its purpose, and I will now un-sticky it. I think the next few years will be difficult for those affected by the tsunami, and I hope that the global economy will be just as generous in the future, even when the devastation is not so painfully apparent.