Another great story is that President Bush naming his father, brother and even bill clinton to head up relief efforts and the reports that US military ships are being welcomed. This is indeed a great President!!!!
Now I am ready to give, but not to the UN or Red Cross!!! Any Ideas, I thought perhaps to the Salvation Army......
Television image released by a Thai news agency January 2, 2005 shows a Thai man carrying an 18-month-old Kazakh boy who was found alive in Khao Lak on January 1, 2005 almost a week after a tsunami devastated Indian Ocean shores and killed 129,817 people. According to the Thai News agency the boy was discovered floating on a mattress in the sea in Thailand's Khao Lak resort. The boy was handed over to the Kazakh ambassador after his parents were believed to have been killed.
We gave to Catholic Relief Services. They are in place in Indonesia and Sri Lanka; have been there for years, so are familiar with the areas and immediate needs of the people affected.