INTERNATIONAL DISASTER RELIEF FOR ASIA

Silicon Valley Community Foundation supports the recovery efforts around the world responding to the tens of thousands of cyclone victims in Myanmar and earthquake victims in China. Below is a list of organizations and the specific projects providing urgently needed disaster relief. Your donation to any of these organizations will help survivors with emergency needs now.

Anyone can make a direct contribution. Additionally community foundation fund advisors can make grants out of their funds by logging into DonorConnect.

If you have any questions, please contact us at 650.450.5400.

Myanmar Cyclone Response

Give2Asia
Attn: Burma Cyclone
P.O. Box 193223
San Francisco, CA 94119-3223
415.743.3336
Web Site: http://www.give2asia.org
Donation Page: http://www.give2asia.org/burma-cyclone

Give2Asia was established in 2001 by The Asia Foundation to facilitate and encourage charitable giving in Asia. Through its relationship with The Asia Foundation, Give2Asia gives donors access to a comprehensive network across Asia built over 50 years and leverages over 200 staff in 18 offices. Give2Asia’s own staff are also present in areas where giving is most active, including China. Their ability to partner with local charitable groups and provide technical assistance enables them to be on the ground in response to long-term community development and immediate disaster relief needs.

Give2Asia’s local partners have collected basic staples, footwear and medical supplies for distribution to cyclone survivors and have treated 700 patients during the first few days after the disaster. They are providing shelter to 1,300 families in South Dagon and supporting mini projects to bring clean water, emergency shelter and water pumps in the Irrawaddy delta.

CARE
151 Ellis Street N.E. Atlanta, GA 30303
(800) 521-2273
http://www.care.org
Donation Page: https://my.care.org/05/myanmar/?source=170860490000

CARE has worked in Myanmar for more than 14 years, with nearly 500 staff engaged in projects in 120 townships. Much of CARE’s work has focused on food security, health, HIV/AIDS prevention and water and sanitation projects.

CARE has distributed emergency rice rations and first aid kits throughout Thaketa and is arranging delivery of 50,000 home kits. These kits include blankets, ropes, mosquito nets, buckets, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste and plastic sheeting.

Save the Children
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06880
800.728.3843
http://www.savethechildren.org
Donation page: https://secure.ga4.org/01/cyclone_nargis

Save the Children has mobilized 500 aid workers in Myanmar to respond to the emergency and deliver much-needed food, water and other materials by truck and boat throughout the delta region. For the past week, Save the Children has been purchasing supplies within Myanmar to supplement its massive relief effort. Supplies of food, clean water, oral-rehydration solution to treat diarrhea and shelter materials has been provided to 100,000 people, including about 40,000 children under age 12 in 12 Yangon townships and the Irrawaddy delta region.

Save the Children’s first plane load of relief supplies arrived in Myanmar, passed inspection by the government and is now in the hands of Save the Children staffers for distribution in the hardest hit areas of the delta region.

U.S. Fund for UNICEF
125 Maiden Lane, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10038
(800) 4UNICEF
http://www.unicefusa.org
Donation page: https://secure2.convio.net/unicef/site/Donation2?df_id=3381&3381.donation=form1

The U.S. Fund for UNICEF was founded in 1947 to support the work of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) by raising funds for its programs and increasing awareness of the challenges facing the world's children.

UNICEF is delivering oral rehydration solution, water guards, first aid kits and tarpaulins to the Irrawady delta area and townships in Yangon. UNICEF is also focusing on ensuring safe water supplies and building latrines for the affected population, including displaced persons in camps.

UNICEF is also focusing on returning children to schools by June 1, in an effort to bring a sense of normalcy to their lives and protect them from potential abuse as a result of displacement. UNICEF plans to support the identification of separated children, family tracing, verification and reunification of children with families, and the establishment of safe environments for children and women.

World Vision
P.O. Box 9716
Federal Way, WA 98063
(888) 56-CHILD
http://www.worldvision.org
Donation page: Click here

World Vision teams have worked in Myanmar for 40 years assisting children and families across the country through food assistance, agriculture, health, clean water, education, income generation, anti-trafficking and nutritional assistance programs.

World Vision has delivered 35 metric tons of rice, 18,000 liters of drinking water and diesel fuel to allow generator pumps to continue to pump water. They have also distributed clothing, blankets and tarpaulins to people living in and around Yangon.

Teams are coordinating with authorities to explore an airlift of zinc sheets, tents, tarpaulins and medicine into the country from its global pre-positioning warehouses. Assessment teams have been deployed to five areas in the hardest-hit delta area to determine urgent needs, including Bogalay, where some 10,000 are thought to be dead.

CHINA EARTHQUAKE Response

Give2Asia
Attn: China Earthquake
P.O. Box 193223
San Francisco, CA 94119-3223
415.743.3336
Web Site: http://www.give2asia.org
Donation Page: http://www.give2asia.org/page11487.cfm

With the help of its founder The Asia Foundation, Give2Asia is identifying local partners who can help deliver assistance to those affected by the quake. China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs, the government agency responsible for disaster relief, is working with other government agencies, NGOs and charity organizations to provide victims with immediate relief. Give2Asia expects that its greatest impact will come after the first wave of emergency relief as communities will need to restore basic services, such as local health care and education, as well as rebuild homes and schools.

Please note that by May 16, Give2Asia’s Beijing office will have details on its first set of projects requiring immediate funding. More details are available on their website.