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FIND A CHARITY: Java earthquake

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Saturday, 27 May 2006 00:00 GMT

Action Against Hunger

is assessing the nutritional needs of quake survivors and will be distributing food, drinking water and first aid kits. Click here to donate to this organisation.

The Action by Churches Together (ACT) network has issued a preliminary appeal for the emergency relief projects of three ACT members, who are operating food crises centres and distributing water, tents, hygiene kits and other relief supplies. Click here to donate to the ACT network.

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is providing emergency medical care at clinics around Bantul and is shipping medical boxes and water bladders to the region. Click here to donate to this organisation.

American Jewish World Service

(AJWS) will be working with local and international partner organisations on emergency and long-term relief in the earthquake area. Click here to donate to this organisation.

AmeriCares

has distributed food, water and tents to survivors around Bantul and Klaten and is shipping medicines and medical supplies. Click here to donate to this organisation.

The Australian aid organisation AUSTCARE has sent a medical team to work out of temporary mobile clinics in remote communities. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Baptist World Aid

is coordinating with Baptist organisations in the area, who have set up an operation centre and a mobile clinic. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Partner organisations of Baptist World Aid Australia are responding to survivors&${esc.hash}39; immediate needs with a medical team, public kitchen, shelter and blankets, and are also assisting with village evacuations. Click here to donate to this organisation.

CARE International

has dispatched an assessment team to Yogyakarta, where it will coordinate its work with other NGOs and U.N. agencies, and has distributed water purification solution to earthquake survivors in the remote area of Klaten. Click here to donate to this organisation.

The Catholic humanitarian agency Caritas Internationalis is working with local parishes, hospitals and volunteer teams on bringing food, blankets, clothes, tents and medical assistance to people displaced by the earthquake. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Catholic Relief Services

(CRS) is distributing emergency supplies and responding to the immediate needs of survivors in Kretek, Pundung and Prambanan. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Christian Aid

is supporting the work of three Action by Churches Together (ACT) member organisations that work on healthcare, medical and food relief in the earthquake zone. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Christian Children&${esc.hash}39;s Fund

is preparing to distribute emergency supplies and is setting up child centered spaces in Yogyakarta and surrounding areas. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Church World Service

, a member of the Action by Churches Together (ACT) network, is providing food and non-food items, shelter, potable water, sanitation, health services and psycho-social assistance in the earthquake area. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Concern Worldwide

has sent staff to Indonesia to assess the needs of people displaced by the earthquake. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe

, a German aid organisation, is appealing for earthquake relief funds. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Direct Relief International

has sent emergency medical kits for use by Indonesian-based partner organisations and U.S. NGOs, and is funding emergency patient transport and surgical items at a hospital in Bantul. Click here to donate to this organisation.

GOAL

has sent an assessment team to the earthquake area and is allocating funds for immediate assistance to survivors. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Handicap International

is dispatching emergency equipment such as wheelchairs and crutches from its operational centre in Yogyakarta, and is carrying out needs assessments in the city&${esc.hash}39;s hospitals. Click here to donate to this organisation.

The German humanitarian aid organisation HELP is setting up a mobile clinic in Bantul for earthquake victims and survivors. Click here to donate to this organisation.

The humanitarian organisation humedica is providing medical relief for earthquake survivors. Click here to donate to this organisation.

The Indonesian Red Cross is working extensively on relief in the earthquake-hit area, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched an emergency appeal and coordinates the work of at least ten national societies that are providing water, food, shelter and medical care to earthquake survivors. Click here to donate to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

International Medical Corps

(IMC) is treating earthquake victims at an operations centre in Palbapang and is also distributing medical treatment, plastic sheeting, food and hygiene kits. Click here to donate to this organisation.

International Relief Teams

(IRT) is accepting donations to provide emergency medicine and supplies and possibly send medical personnel. Click here to donate to this organisation.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is delivering blankets, hygiene supplies and other relief items to hard-hit villages outside Yogyakarta. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Islamic Relief

has begun distributing blankets, clean water, food and hygiene kits, and is coordinating its relief work with domestic and international NGOs. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe

, a German aid organisation, is distributing blankets, medicine and baby food to villages in the Bantul area. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Lutheran World Relief

is channeling funds through the Action by Churches Together (ACT) network to ACT member organisations in Indonesia that have begun to assist survivors with medical care and food. Click here to donate to this organisation

Malteser International

has opened an emergency hospital and a mobile clinic in Bantul district. Click here to donate to this organisation.

The medical relief organisation MAP International is providing water and sanitation services as well as food relief, and is shipping two emergency health kits to the region. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Medecins du Monde Greece, France and Spain have sent medical teams to the earthquake area, where they are carrying out assessments, assisting local hospitals and providing medical supplies. Click to donate to MDM Greece, MDM France or MDM Spain..

Medecins Sans Frontieres

(MSF) has a medical team in the earthquake area and has sent logistical and medical supplies. Click here to donate to this organisation.

The relief organisation Mercy Corps has deployed emergency staff to the region, and is distributing survival kits including tarpaulins, blankets, and hygiene products to quake-affected families. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Merlin

, a British medical aid charity active in the Bantul area, has set up a mobile clinic in the Bantul area and is distributing emergency medical supplies such as intravenous fluids, antibiotics and water purification tablets. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Muslim Aid

is setting up three relief centres in outlying areas together with a local partner organisation, with the aim of providing shelter, food, medicine and counselling for 500 quake-affected families. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Norwegian Church Aid

is supporting the relief work of Action by Churches Together (ACT) member organisations and has sent a water and sanitation expert to the earthquake area. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Operation USA

has deployed its tsunami response team from Aceh to organise medical teams, food, medicine, water purification and shelter supplies for earthquake survivors. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Oxfam

is distributing clean drinking water and essential supplies to people made homeless by the earthquake. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Plan International

is distributing hygiene kits, blankets and sleeping mats and will be sending tarpaulin sheets and other emergency supplies to the earthquake area. Click here to donate to this organisation. The Freephone appeal line for donations to Plan International&${esc.hash}39;s relief effort is 0800 526848.

Project HOPE

is air-lifting medicines and medical supplies to hospitals in the earthquake zone. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Relief International

is distributing more than 15 tonnes of food throughout the earthquake-hit region, and is also sending water purifying machines to Java. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Save the Children

has launched an emergency appeal for the earthquake, is setting up &${esc.hash}39;child safe spaces&${esc.hash}39; and has been distributing educational, hygiene and household kits to survivors. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Tearfund

has offered blankets, tents and antiseptic lotions as well as assistance to the U.N. earthquake emergency response. Click here to donate to this organisation.

Telecoms Sans Frontieres

(TSF) has sendt emergency telecoms specialists to Java to strengthen coordination and provide satellite communication facilities for rescue teams. Click here to donate to this organisation.

UNICEF

, the U.N. Children&${esc.hash}39;s Fund, has opened a child protection centre in Bantul district, and has distributed emergency supplies such as water tanks, tarpaulins, hygiene kits and cooking sets.

World Concern

is supporting partner organisations that work on temporary shelter, rubble clearance, clean water and basic healthcare in the earthquake area. Click here to donate to this organisation.

World Emergency Relief

is offering medical supplies, blankets, new clothing and trauma counselling for earthquake survivors. Click here to donate to this organisation.

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is assisting the Indonesian government with assessing survivors&${esc.hash}39; needs in rural areas.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has airlifted relief items to Java and installed four mobile warehouses for storing emergency supplies, and is delivering food to earthquake survivors.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sent medical supplies and communications equipment, and is supporting psychosocial assessments, vaccination campaigns and disease surveillance measures in the earthquake area.

World Relief

has sent staff to Yogyakarta and is in contact with Indonesian church leaders and local partner organisations. Click here to donate to this organisation.

World Response

is working with its partnering organisations to provide boxes of medicines for the earthquake victims and survivors. Click here to donate to this organisation.

World Vision

has distributed tarpaulins and family kits and is supplying community health clinics with high-energy food for young children. Click here to donate to this organisation.

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