2008 Woodie Awards
Every Little Bit Helps, Donate to Tsunami Survivors
Issue date: 1/19/05 Section: Editorials
Imagine waking up in Glendora, a city with a population of 49,415, only to discover, your whole community has been destroyed.
For the people who live in Southeast Asia around the Indian Ocean that nightmare has become a reality. The tsunami of Dec. 26, 2004 is a natural disaster of historic proportions.
In Indonesia, the Banda Aceh province of 60,000 people was wiped out completely. Only a 1,000 people survived the deadly wrath of one of the most historical environmental disasters in our time.
Now imagine the aftermath.
The world's deadliest tsunami left more than 150,000 people dead, from East Africa to Sumatra. Imagine what the survivors are going through; no housing, no clothes, no water and thousands of people displaced and in dire need of humanitarian help.
We students at Citrus have a personal need to give whatever we can to help these fellow-human beings.
Governments around the world have pledged millions, but aid relief truly depends on the generosity of individuals.
After all, a disaster of this magnitude could happen right here in California. We all have seen what earthquakes, forest fires and flash floods can do to Southern California.
What the tsunami survivors need most is financial support. In Southeast Asia, it may take years to sort out these destroyed communities and rebuild out of the rubble and devastation.
Either online or by mailing a check, all of us can help by donating money towards disaster relief.
Every little bit helps. Students at La Puente High School have already begun to collect and pledge donations by collecting pennies.
Jeremy Schlittenhart, Red Cross spokesperson for the San Gabriel Valley, said that by donating a dollar we would help buy a blanket for a survivor.
He also added that the Red Cross has pledged $30 million, $25 million of that will go toward food and shelter. Another $5 million will go toward hygiene and food items.
Some of the online charitable organizations that you can link to are:
www.worldvisoin.org
www.redcross.org
www.unicefusa.org
www.usaid.gov
www.catholicrelief.org
www.mercycorps.org
A spokesperson at Mercy Corps, which is assisting families in Indonesia with medical and food supplies, said, a $30 donation can buy a child health kit that includes immunizations for measles, tuberculosis, and nutritional food.
For $18 you can feed a family with rice for a month. Also $30 can buy a water purification kit.
According to World Vision, $20 can purchase $300 worth of food for up to five children.
These websites are the most reliable and trustworthy. This will ensure that your donations will be properly used and they will be much appreciated.
Any amount will help and added together, it will make a significance difference towards relief in Southeast Asia. Give what you can today.
For the people who live in Southeast Asia around the Indian Ocean that nightmare has become a reality. The tsunami of Dec. 26, 2004 is a natural disaster of historic proportions.
In Indonesia, the Banda Aceh province of 60,000 people was wiped out completely. Only a 1,000 people survived the deadly wrath of one of the most historical environmental disasters in our time.
Now imagine the aftermath.
The world's deadliest tsunami left more than 150,000 people dead, from East Africa to Sumatra. Imagine what the survivors are going through; no housing, no clothes, no water and thousands of people displaced and in dire need of humanitarian help.
We students at Citrus have a personal need to give whatever we can to help these fellow-human beings.
Governments around the world have pledged millions, but aid relief truly depends on the generosity of individuals.
After all, a disaster of this magnitude could happen right here in California. We all have seen what earthquakes, forest fires and flash floods can do to Southern California.
What the tsunami survivors need most is financial support. In Southeast Asia, it may take years to sort out these destroyed communities and rebuild out of the rubble and devastation.
Either online or by mailing a check, all of us can help by donating money towards disaster relief.
Every little bit helps. Students at La Puente High School have already begun to collect and pledge donations by collecting pennies.
Jeremy Schlittenhart, Red Cross spokesperson for the San Gabriel Valley, said that by donating a dollar we would help buy a blanket for a survivor.
He also added that the Red Cross has pledged $30 million, $25 million of that will go toward food and shelter. Another $5 million will go toward hygiene and food items.
Some of the online charitable organizations that you can link to are:
www.worldvisoin.org
www.redcross.org
www.unicefusa.org
www.usaid.gov
www.catholicrelief.org
www.mercycorps.org
A spokesperson at Mercy Corps, which is assisting families in Indonesia with medical and food supplies, said, a $30 donation can buy a child health kit that includes immunizations for measles, tuberculosis, and nutritional food.
For $18 you can feed a family with rice for a month. Also $30 can buy a water purification kit.
According to World Vision, $20 can purchase $300 worth of food for up to five children.
These websites are the most reliable and trustworthy. This will ensure that your donations will be properly used and they will be much appreciated.
Any amount will help and added together, it will make a significance difference towards relief in Southeast Asia. Give what you can today.