It doesn't seem really in good taste to bring up any other subject today, in the wake of the mind-boggling disaster that struck southeast Asia's coasts.
The majority of my charity dollars these days I try to allocate at the beginning of the year, so I am not facing the situation of being "guilted" into giving to someone pressuring me over the phone, etc. But in instances like this, where there is a sudden, unexpected, and critical need for aid, I try to make an exception. I know there's a lot of really good organizations out there doing brave and incredible work, but I offer the two suggestions for giving below to anyone else interested (the first, because I admire the noble work being done by the doctors involved, and the second because they really know what the hell they're doing in cases like this):
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières
P.O. Box 2247
New York, NY 10116-2247
888-392-0392
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
American Red Cross
International Response Fund
P.O. Box 37243
Washington, D.C. 20013
800-HELP NOW
www.redcross.org
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I give all of my charity at the end of the year and so gave to the International Federation of the Red Cross.
www.ifrc.org
Faith and I were in some of these places on our Asia trip, including Banda Aceh - the worst hit place in Indonesia. We met a few of the locals at the time and were amazed to learn that very few of them could swim, even living their entire lives on an island. Not to say that swimming was much of a help in this situation, but better than not I would assume.
Extraordinarily sad.
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