Links for donating towards tsunami disaster relief

[beowabbit]

Howdy. Here are a few links I’ve seen in other people’s journals through which you can donate to organizations helping with disaster relief after the devastating tsunami in south and southeast Asia:

• Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). They’re who I’m about to donate to. (Thanks to derien for the mention.)
• American Friends Service Committee, as recommended by bubblebabble.
• And Amazon currently have a button to donate to the American Red Cross on their front page. I personally don’t like Amazon as a company, and have very mild pricklies about the Red Cross, but I didn’t want to leave that link out.
• Edit: Wex and simonbillenness suggest Oxfam America; see their comments below. simonbillenness works for them. If I’d thought of them earlier I might have given to them instead of MSF, or split my contribution.
• Edit: keyne points to the American Institute of Philanthropy’s article “The Best Way to Assist in Providing Emergency Relief in Southeast Asia”, which lists and rates charitable organizations helping with the relief effort.

If people have links to donate to other organizations that they strongly recommend, please comment with links (and I may edit this post to include them).

Comments

[water-childe.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking about making a donation, but somehow that doesn't sit well with me. I'm kind of low income and don't have a lot of money to donate. Does anyone know anything about local agencies who might need volunteers to help with organizing outreach, and aid for those affected?
I'd really rather donate a day of my time then just through cash at the problem. Time I have. Money? Not so much.