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SOURCES & EXPERTS
NEED HELP COVERING THIS STORY?
Ask SAJA: saja@columbia.edu
212-854-5979
(in the e-mail addresses below, substitute "@" for "at")
To find journalists in South Asia to help with coverage please see
SAJA Freelance Forum
To find South Asian community
leaders in the U.S. and Canada, please see
SAJA
Sources & Experts
To find South Asian journalists covering the story from various angles, please see SAJA list.
SOME EXPERTS/SOURCES TO KNOW
- Leading expert on the Andaman Islands of India - an American journalist currently in Calcutta, India, where she is involved in relief efforts:
Madhusree Mukerjee
Author, The Land of Naked People: Encounters with Stone Age Islanders
(Houghton Mifflin, Boston and Penguin India, 2003)
E-mail: lopchu at att.net
Phone: 91-33-3096-7216
Cell:
91-9830040807
SAJA NOTE: Formerly an editor of Scientific American magazine, Mukerjee is involved in efforts to secure the territorial and other rights of Andaman islanders, the protagonists of her book, a widely praised work of nonfiction reportage.
- American doctor helping with relief in Chennai:
Siddharth Ashvin Shah, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Preventive Medicine Residency at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center; Private Practice, Psychotherapy & Mind-Body Medicine
Clinical Instructor, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
India-based Mobile: 91-9825-685-764
E-mail: sidhshah at yahoo.com
Web: www.siddharthshah.com
- A very good U.S. source for covering the devastation in Indonesia
Shadia, an Acehnese woman who knows many of the affected, has also worked as a translator and fixer with several journalists in Indonesia, now lives in
Boston, 617 731-1621 shadmar12 at yahoo.com
- A SAJA member from Washington, D.C. now in Sri Lanka helping with the relief efforts:
Chamithra Perera
e-mail: chami43 at hotmail.com
SAJA NOTE: She is available to help with sources, contacts and more.
- Sri Lankan American working on relief efforts from the the U.S.
Nihal Goonewardene
Sri Lanka Association of Greater Washington, Inc.
c/o ISTI, Inc.
1820 North Fort Myer Dr.
Suite 600
Arlington, VA 22209
Tel: (703) 807-2080
E-mail: nihalg at istiinc.com
General experts on South Asia in the U.S. - should be able to
comment on the disaster
- Thalif Deen, NY bureau chief, Inter Press Service - senior-most American journalist of Sri Lankan origin: thalifdeen at aol.com
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Prof. Philip Oldenburg, author, India Briefing series: pko1 at columbia.edu
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Mira Kamdar, member, Pacific Council's Bi-Lateral Task Force on
India-U.S. Relations and senior fellow at the World
Policy Institute:
mirakamdar at aol.com
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Prof. Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University and author of several books on South Asia: sganguly at indiana.edu
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Prof. Maya Chadda, William Patterson College and author of several books on South Asia: chaddam at wpunj.edu
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Sanjay Ruparelia, asst director, Columbia Southern Asian Institute: sr2140 at columbia.edu / 212-854-4565
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Gautam Adhikari,
American Enterprise Institute and former journalist:
GAdhikari at aei.org
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Dr. Santosh Mehrotra, Sr Economist at Human Development Report, UNDP, New
York, and author of several books on economic and social development in
India: santosh.mehrotra at undp.org
Need someone to report from South Asia or get you material?
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INDIA
Journalists
in New Delhi
available to help with stories
(numbers to dial from US):
DIALING
INDIA: When dialing India, be aware that printed
numbers list Indian area codes with a 0 in front of
the code... when dialing from the US, use 011 (the number
to dial international calls, then 91 (the code for India),
then the local area code and number (skip the zero after
the 91). eg: Delhi is listed as "011" -- but
to dial from the US, use only the "11". So
Delhi is 011-91-11 + local seven-digit number.
Some cities in India have local numbers with less than
seven digits. "98" is national cell phone
code.
Help dialing India
INDIA
TIME: India has only one time zone -- it is 10.5
hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time
DIALING SRI LANKA: When dialing from the US, use 011 (the number to dial international calls) then 94, then the local area code and number (skip the zero
after the 94). eg: To call Colombo, dial 011-94-11 + the local area code and phone number. In some areas, the local area codes have changed recently.
SRI LANKA TIME: Sri Lanka has only one time zone -- it is 10.5 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time
SOURCES:
US-based Experts on South Asia
& Sources based in South Asia: See relevant
section of SAJA's source list
Updates/corrections:
saja@columbia.edu
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Tsunami Disaster in Southeast & South Asia
The resources are mainly specific to the disaster in South Asia, but have several links to info about the rest of Asia as well. Please note: SAJA has not verified information of the various aid organizations listed here. SAJA does not recommend any one particular one over others.
GENERAL SOURCES
SRI LANKA SOURCES
INDIA SOURCES
INDONESIA SOURCES
OPINIONS, ESSAYS, EDITORIALS
Google News collection
- "Now We Hate Seeing the Sea," by Suketu Mehta, WSJ
- Preparing for the Next Tsunami, by Salil Tripathi, AWSJ
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Finding Comfort Among Epic Destruction, by Sandip
Roy, NPR
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In Death, Imperialism Lives On, by Jeremy Seabrook, Guardian
- Waves Cast Maldives' Hope for a Future Adrift, SMH
- Forgotten People, Times of India
- Unfathomable Devastation, Orange County Register (Calif)
- Now, Let's See Man's Pwer In Full Effect, New Zealand Herald
- Swept Away, Wilmington Advocate
- Disturbances in the Earth: Peggy Noonan, OpinionJournal/WSJ
- Coastal Dynamics, Sacramento Bee
Organizations Targeting Sri Lanka & India
Places you can donate now - from Team Zoo Station
To help in Sri Lanka you can go to the website http://www.lankapage.com/ and
pay by credit card through PayPal
Lanka Academic Network
marked: Tidal Wave Victims
c/o Daya Weerakody, LAcNet Treasurer
9603 Avenel Road
Silver Spring, MD 20903
[LAcNet ( theacademic.org ) is an independent, non-profit source of news and other information about Sri Lanka. Its U.S. tax ID number is 411-69-1170. LAcNet has raised $12,000 so far and it is dispatching teams of volunteers from the University of Moratuwa to the Hambantota area.]
Tamil Rehabilitation Organization or TROhttp://www.trousa.org/ Ram Ranjan - (609) 951-6747 http://www.troonline.org/en/
American India Foundation (established after 2001 Gujarat Earthquake with Bill Clinton as honorary chair)
Goal: raising $2 million; will match dollar-for-dollar the first $1million. 100% to go to victims in India
http://www.aifoundation.org
Contact: Azad Oommen
American India Foundation
212-891-4614
azad.oommen at aifoundation.org
SULEKHA.COM-AID TSUNAMI RELIEF FUND: Your Contributions Matched Dollar-for-Dollar
Your tax-deductible online contribution to Tsunami Relief in India will be matched dollar for dollar from the Sulekha-AID matching fund. Sulekha.com has partnered with Association for India's Development (AID) and NuWay Advertising to raise money for the relief efforts in India following the devastating earthquake/tsunami that has claimed thousands of lives. Sulekha.com is the world's largest online Indian community. AID is a reputed social service organization run by volunteers all across the world; being a voluntary organization, and with strong grass roots presence in South India as well, AID is geared to maximize the impact of our contributions in India focused on development. All funds raised through this effort will go to AID specifically for Tsunami relief efforts. Nu Way Advertising, a leading US based advertising agency, is working on raising funds from its vast network of clients for the matching fund program.
If you wish to pledge to the matching fund and pay via check or if you have any questions, please write to Arti Patel at arti@sulekha.net or call her at 214-616-2749. - http://www.sulekha.com/aid
Vetted nonprofits in India: GiveIndia.org
For 501(3)(C) contributions to India: Giveworld.org
Pawan Mehra: mehra_pawan at yahoo.com
cell: 650-207-0880
Indian Muslim Council-USA: Raising fund for victims in South Asia:
http://www.imc-usa.org/cgi-bin /cfm/PressRelease.cfm?PRID=90
Humanist Movement in India
Members of the Humanist Movement in India (an all-volunteer worldwide social movement of which Humanist Center of Cultures and DiverseCity newspaper of New York are part), are organizing aid for the tsunamis victims in India. More information about contacts can
be obtained at: http://humanistmovement.org/tsunami.html/
See list of NGOs in South Asia
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How to Find Missing People
1. Get in touch with the local embassy, please see list below.
2. The embassy should be able to get you the airline they traveled in and the travel agent
3. From the travel agent, get the name of the hotel/s that they checked into
4. Get in touch with the hotel
5. If not, get in touch with local hospitals and use the resources provided at tsunamimissing.blogspot.com to find locals in that city to ask for help.
International Aid Agencies
Best compilation of ways to help:
TsunamiHelp.blogspot.com
Google: Ways to Help
Action Against Hunger
247 West 37th Street, Suite 1201
New York, NY 10018
212-967-7800
www.aah-usa.org
ADRA International
Asia Quake Fund
12501 Old Columbus Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
800-424-2372
www.adra.org
Air Serv International
6583 Merchant Place, Suite 100
Warrenton, VA 20187
www.airserv.org
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
JDC: South Asia Tsunami Relief
Box 321
847A Second Avenue
New York, NY 10017
212-885-0867
www.jdc.org
American Jewish World Service
45 West 36th Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10018
800-889-7146
www.ajws.org
American Red Cross
International Response Fund
PO 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 Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30303-2440
800-521-CARE
www.care.org
Catholic Relief Services
209 West Fayette St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
800-HELP-CRS
www.catholicrelief.org
Christian Children's Fund
Child Alert Fund
PO Box 26484
Richmond, VA 23261
800-776-6767
www.christianchildrensfund.org
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
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
Food for the Hungry
Asia Quake Relief
1224 E. Washington St.
Phoenix, AZ 85034
800-2-HUNGERS
www.fh.org
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres
PO Box 2247
New York, NY 10116-2247
888-392-0392
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
International Aid
17011 W. Hickory
Spring Lake, MI 49456
800-968-7490
www.internationalaid.org
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
PO Box 372
CH-1211 Geneva 19
Switzerland
41-22-730-4222
www.ifrc.org
International Medical Corps
11500 West Olympic Blvd., Suite 506
Los Angeles, CA 90064
800-481-4462
www.imcworldwide.org
International Medical Corps
Tsunami Emergency Response
1919 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 300
Santa Monica, CA 90404-1950
800-481-4462
www.imcworldwide.org
International Orthodox Christian Charities
PO Box 630225
Baltimore, MD 21263-0225
877-803-4622
www.iocc.org
International Relief Teams
Asia Earthquake/Floods
3547 Camino Del Rio South, Suite C
San Diego, CA 92108
619-284-7979
www.IRTeams.org
International Rescue Committee
PO Box 5058
Hagerstown, MD 21741-9874
877-REFUGEE or 733-8433
www.theIRC.org
Latter-Day Saint Charities
Welfare Services Emergency Response
50 East North Temple Street, Room 701
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84150-6800
801-240-3544
ldscharitiesldschurch.org
Lutheran World Relief
South Asia Tsunami
700 Light St.
Baltimore, MD 21230
410-230-2700
www.lwr.org
MAP International
PO Box 215000
Brunswick, GA 3121-5000
800-225-8550
www.map.org
Mercy Corps
Southeast Asia Earthquake
Dept. W
PO Box 2669
Portland, OR 97208
800-852-2100
www.mercycorps.org
Northwest Medical Teams
PO Box 10
Portland, OR 97207-0010
503-624-1000
www.nwmedicalteams.org
Operation USA
8320 Melrose Avenue, Ste. 200
Los Angles, CA 90069
800-678-7255
www.opusa.org
Oxfam America
Asia Earthquake Fund
P.O. Box 1211
Albert Lea, MN 56007-1211
800-77-Oxfam
http://www.oxfamamerica.org
Plan USA
Asia Disaster
155 Plan Way
Warwick, RI 02886
800-556-7918
www.planusa.org
Project Concern International
Asia Tsunamis Press List
5151 Murphy Canyon Road Suite 320
San Diego, CA 92123
858-279-9690
www.projectconcern.org
Project HOPE
Asia Tsunami Response
255 Carter Hall Lane
Millwood, VA 22646
800-544-4673
www.projecthope.org
Relief International
11965 Venice Blvd. .405
Los Angeles, CA 90066
800-572-3332
www.ri.org
Save the Children
Asia Earthquake/Tidal Wave Relief Fund
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06880
800-728-3843
www.savethechildren.org
SAWSO (Salvation Army World Service Office)
South Asia Relief Fund
615 Slaters Lane
Alexandria, VA, 22313
800-SAL-ARMY
Stop Hunger Now
SE Asia crisis
2501 Clark Ave, Suite 200
Raleigh, NC 27607
888-501-8440
www.stophungernow.org
US Fund for UNICEF
333 East 38th Street
New York, NY 10016
800-4-UNICEF
www.unicefusa.org
World Concern
19303 Fremont Ave. N
Seattle, WA 98133
800-755-5022
www.worldconcern.org
World Emergency Relief
2270-D Camino Vida Roble
Carlsbad, CA 92009
760-930-8001
www.worldemergencyrelief.org
World Vision
PO Box 70288
Tacoma, Washington 98481-0288
888-56-CHILD
www.worldvision.org
UK BASED ORGANIZATIONS
From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4131881.stm
The Guardian, UK:
(click to donate to Asian Earthquake Emergency Fund)
https://www.concern.net/christmasappeal.php
The Disasters Emergency Committee - www.dec.org.uk - is an umbrella group of
UK aid organizations - including ActionAid, British Red Cross, Oxfam -
working to provide clean water, food and shelter to thousands.
The United Nations World Food Programme - www.wfp.org - is seeking
donations to feed victims of the earthquake.
Medecins Sans Frontieres - www.msf.org - is sending aid workers to the
region, focusing on medical care for survivors and displaced people after
the rescue operations.
The United Nations Children's Fund, Unicef - www.unicef.org - is working to
meet the "urgent needs of hundreds of thousands of people" affected by the
tsunami disaster.
Save the Children - www.savethechildren.org.uk - has already flown a plane
out to Sri Lanka carrying plastic sheeting for temporary shelter, tents to
run children's services from, and essentials such as clothing and cooking
utensils.
Anti-poverty organisation Care International - www.care.org - has already
provided food for thousands of affected people in Sri Lanka.
Cafod, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development - www.cafod.org.uk - is
working with partners across Asia to provide shelter, food aid and medical
assistance, and assessing what further relief is needed.
UK residents can donate via the British Red Cross - www.redcross.org.uk -
which has launched an appeal to fund supplies including blankets and cooking
utensils.
Medair - www.medair.org - is providing emergency support to agencies with a
long term presence in Sri Lanka and its medical experts are assessing the
likelihood of malaria and diarrhoea.
World Vision - www.worldvision.org.uk - has also launched an appeal and has
already delivered relief goods to thousands.
Christian Aid - www.christianaid.org.uk - has already allocated £250,000
from its emergency fund to help the victims of this disaster but says more
money is needed
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