156,000 dead and rising....Please donate

Please email and ask for folks to donate. Even though Bush stepped up his contribution, the total UN/World Bank amount of 1 billion is only 1/10th of what is needed (possibly more). The death toll is rising dramatically every day.

Indonesia and Shri Lanka have been completely devestated. 100,00 dead in Indonesia are the estimates. And to happen in an area of the world (Indonesia particularly) already devestated by poverty and political violence is particuarly complicated.

I strongly encourage your donations be sent to "Indonesian Civil
Society Coalition for the Victims of Earthquake and Tsunami". This is
being coordinated by Friends of the Earth
Indonesia (WALHI).

The US funding pool for their efforts is Global Greengrants, which
will make matching grants for the first $25,000 of our donations.

To make a donation, go to:
http://www.greengrants.org/pressreleases.php?news_id=29

For updates of the Coalition's work, see:

http://www.eng.walhi.or.id

Also, please read the excellent stories on Aceh on
Democracy Now from this week, in case you missed the radio shows:
http://www.democracynow.org, especially January 4, 2005:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/04/160250).