Asian Tsunami Disaster - How You Can Help

The following Jewish agencies are accepting donations:

American Jewish World Service
Asia Tsunami Relief
 45 West 36th Street, 10th Floor
New York,  NY 10018
800-889-7146.
Credit card donations may be made at www.ajws.org, or by calling 1.800.889.7146.

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
JDC- South Asia Tsunami Relief
Box 321
847A Second Avenue
New York,  NY  10017
Credit card donations may be made at www.jdc.org, or by calling 212-687.6200, ext. 851.

Message Board For Israelis in South East Asia

Travelers and family members seeking to be in touch with relatives in and around the affected areas of South East Asia may communicate and share photos of missing persons through a Jerusalem Post message board. 

To view visit www.jpost.com
To post your message email talkback@jpostmail.com.  

December 28, 2004

IDF humanitarian and medical delegation leaving for Sri Lanka
(Communicated by the IDF Spokesman)

An IDF humanitarian and medical delegation will arrive to the area of devastation in Sri Lanka in the wake of the disaster. The delegation will be sent following the decision of the Defense Minister and the IDF Chief of Staff and in coordination with the Foreign Ministry.

The delegation will include approximately 150 rescue and medical personnel including doctors, nurses and paramedics, and will be under the command of the Chief of the Home-Front Command Staff, Brigadier General Avraham Ben David.

The delegation that will leave on IAF and leased aircraft, will be equipped with medical equipment and supplies, water, food and other equipment such as tents, blankets, mattresses and generators.

A medical facility will be assembled at the location, comprising of specialist doctors, an emergency department, an internal medicine department, a pediatric department as well as laboratory and X-ray facilities.