SARID extends heartfelt thanks to all who have so generously contributed to the relief effort.

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TSUNAMI RELIEF FUND DONATIONS ... more

SARID FLYER: Please print out the .Pdf flyer and distribute widely to everyone you know

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FIELD REPORT: Toilets for Schoolchildren, April, 2005 (latest report)

RELIEF NEWS: SARID involved in disaster mitigation plan, March 29, 2005

RELIEF NEWS: Benefit Concert a Success, February 20, 2005

RELIEF NEWS: Concert to Benefit SARID Relief Effort, February 1, 2005

RELIEF NEWS: Schoolchildren empty piggy banks to help, January 20, 2005

FIELD REPORT: New SARID relief goods highlight children, January 14, 2005

FIELD REPORT: SARID Relief goods reach Sri Lankan tsunami survivors on East Coast, January 9, 2005

FIELD REPORT: First batch of SARID-funded relief goods, January 7, 2005

FIELD REPORT: SARID relief effort to concentrate on Sri Lankan east coast, January 6, 2005

FIELD REPORT: After the Tsunamis: Report & Images by Vinod Moonesinghe, Sri Lanka Project Leader for SARID, sarid@sltnet.lk.

FIELD REPORT: Nirosha's Tale: SARID's volunteer Nirosha Tilekaratne was at home in Seenigama, on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, when the tsunami hit.

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SARID FLYER: Please print out the form linked here and distribute widely to everyone you know.

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Update ...

HOW IS SARID HELPING? more

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SUPPORT SARID'S TSUNAMI RELIEF & RECONSTRUCTION EFFORT:

SARID is active in the ongoing relief and reconstruction effort. Vinod Moonesinghe (a member of our Board of Advisors) and a number of SARID volunteers took food, medicine and other provisions to affected smaller, remote areas in Sri Lanka where larger organizations did not go. We also supplied schoolchildren with clothes, school supplies, desks and toilets.

We need your help.

By giving money through SARID, you are assured that 100% of your donation will be sent to Sri Lanka and used to obtain relief and reconstruction goods directly. We keep nothing for overhead expenses. Donate Today!

For Relief & Reconstruction Donations to India:
Association for India's Development Tsunami Relief

For Relief & Reconstruction Donations to Indonesia:
WALHI Appeal

Proyek Secolah Aceh USINDO

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PRESS RELEASES:

- Tremendous Spirit of Self-help
- Women's Groups appeal for an inclusive framework for the response

MORE SARID REPORTS:

Recovery of Small Island States: The tourism industry, which suffered most of the damage in dollar terms, is bracing for a further crisis.

UN Population Fund Warns Women: Girls Especially Vulnerable: the special needs of women and girls must be built into all short- and intermediate-term relief planning.

IMAGES:

a) Images by SARID's Relief Team, December 27, 2004
b) Images by SARID's Relief Team, December 29, 2004

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For more information please contact Dr. Janaki Blum 617.492.0764, or Javed Sultan 617.492.6222 ext 11