How To Lend a Helping Hand or Contribute

— -- The following aid agencies are accepting contributions for assistance that they or their affiliates are providing for those affected by the earthquake and tidal waves in Asia. (We do not verify how these charities allocate funds or manage administrative costs. For help in choosing a charity, go to www.guidestar.org.)

Many Americans have expressed interest in adopting children who have been orphaned by the tsunami. The State Department, however, says such adoptions are not possible at this time for a number of reasons -- click here to learn more.

AID AGENCIES

Action Against Hunger
247 West 37th St.
New York, NY 10018
212-967-7800
www.actionagainsthunger.org

ADRA International
Asia Quake Fund
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
800-424-ADRA (2372)
www.adra.org

Air Serv International
6583 Merchant Place, Suite 100
Warrenton, VA 20187
www.airserv.org

Air Friends Service Committee
1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
888-588-2372
www.afsc.org

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc.
DC-South Asia Tsunami Relief
P.O. Box 321
847A Second Ave.
New York, New York 10017
212-885-0832
www.jdc.org

American Jewish World Service
45 W. 36th St., 10th Fl.
New York, NY 10018
212-736-2597
www.ajws.org

American Refugee Committee
Tsunami Relief
430 Oak Grove Street, Suite 204
Minneapolis, MN 55403
618-872-7060
www.archq.org

American Red Cross
International Response Fund
P.O. Box 37243
Washington, DC 20013
800-HELP NOW
www.redcross.org

AmeriCares
88 Hamilton Ave.
Stamford, CT 06902
800-486-4357
www.americares.org

Baptist World Aid
Asia Tidal Waves
405 North Washington St.
Falls Church, VA 22046
703 790 8980
www.bwanet.org/bwaid

B'nai B'rith International
B'nai B'rith Disaster Relief Fund
2020 K. St. NW
7th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
212-490-3290
www.bnaibrith.org

Brother's Brother Foundation
1200 Galveston Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15233
412-321-3160
www.brothersbrother.org

CARE
151 Ellis St. NE
Atlanta, GA 30303
800-521-CARE
www.care.org

Catholic Relief Services
Tsunami Emergency
209 West Fayette St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
877-HELP-CRS
www.catholicrelief.org

Christian Children's Fund
Child Alert Fund
PO Box 26484
Richmond, Virginia - 23261-6484
800-776-6767
www.ChristianChildrensFund.org

Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC)
South Asia Earthquake
2850 Kalamazoo Ave. SE
Grand Rapids, MI, 49560
800-55-CRWRC
www.crwrc.org

Church World Service
PO Box 968
Elkhart, IN 46515
800-297-1516
www.churchworldservice.org

Direct Relief International
27 South La Patera Lane
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
805-964-4767
www.directrelief.org

Doctors of the World - USA
375 W. Broadway, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10012
212-226-9890
ww.dowusa.org

Doctors Without Borders
P.O. Box 17090
Baltimore, MD 21203-7090
800-736-3467
www.DoctorsWithoutBorders.org

Episcopal Relief and Development
Emergency Fund
P.O. Box 12043
Newark, NJ 07101
800-334-7626
www.er-d.org