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As the told in Friday's killer earthquake mounts rapidly - Defence Minister George Fernandes on Tuesday said the toll could easily go into five figures - there's immense pressure on providing relief to the victims. Those from the US who are keen on sending relief materials may contact the addresses given below:



 Those wishing to help may contact:

PRIME MINISTER'S NATIONAL RELIEF FUND

Send checks in dollars or rupees. Checks/Money Orders should be drawn in favor of "Prime Minister's National Relief Fund" and sent to any one of the following addresses:

Prime Minister's National Relief Fund Embassy of India
Attn: Head of Chancery 2107 Massachusetts Avenue,
NW Washington, DC 20008


Wire Transfer Information
: Prime Minister's National Relief Fund
(Riggs Bank, Washington, DC)
Account Number - 08115910 Route Number - 054000030 2)

INDIA DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF FUND

Donations to IDRF are tax exempted in the United States (Tax exempt ID: 52-1555563), and a receipt will be mailed to donors. Make checks payable to IDRF, and mail it to the following address:

IDRF Attention: Nagaraj Patil
1580 Hollenbeck Ave., Apt #4 Sunnyvale, CA-94087 USA.

In the memo, please mention "Gujarat Earthquake Relief."
For more information contact: Vijay Shrivastava at (770) 394 5031

GLOBAL ORGANIZATION OF PEOPLE OF INDIAN ORIGIN
Tax-deductible contributions can be mailed to GOPIO Earthquake Relief Fund, PO Box 1413, Stamford, CT 06904.

VEDANTA SOCIETY OF WESTERN WASHINGTON
2716 Broadway E. SEATTLE, WA 98102 Phone: 206-323-1228
Donations to the Vedanta Society are tax deductible in accordance with the US tax laws.

The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha will be collecting a fund for the Earthquake relief in India. All contributions are to be directed to:
BAPS Earthquake Relief Fund
P. O. Box 891449 Dallas, TX 75389 - 1449

The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha has played a major role during times of calamities throughout India, for details on the progress of the 2001 earthquake relief work by BAPS, please feel free to visit : http://www.swaminarayan.org/news/2001/01/earthquake/index.htm
Ritesh Desai (770)696-4798 ritesh_desai@email.com

AMERICARES 161 Cherry Street, New Canaan, CT 06840
Contact: Elizabeth Griffin at 1-800-486-4357

AMERICAN RED CROSS Donors wishing to designate their gifts to India should make checks payable to the American Red Cross--International Response Fund and earmarked for India Earthquake Fund in the memo section of the check or an accompanying letter, should specify India Earthquake Fund. Donor can use a secure online credit card donation services or you may send your donation to:
The American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243,
Washington, D.C. 20013.

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The following agencies are accepting contributions for assistance in India as members of InterAction, a coalition of relief, development and refugee assistance agencies.

Adventist Development and Relief Agency, 800-424-ADRA,

Asian American Hotel Owners Association,
Fred Schwartz, (404) 816 5759

AAPI, Dr. Dayanand Nayak; (914) 732-3322

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 711 Third Ave., New York 10017. (212) 885-0832.

B'nai B'rith International Disaster Relief Fund, 1640 Rhode Island Ave. N.W., Washington 20036. (202) 857- 6533.

CARE, 151 Ellis St. N.E., Atlanta 30303. (800) 521-CARE.

Catholic Relief Services, P.O. Box 17090, Baltimore 21203.
(800) 736- 3467.

Christian Children's Fund, P.O. Box 26484, Richmond 23261.
(800)-SPONSOR.

Christian Reformed World Relief Committee, 800-55-CRWRC.

Church World Service, 475 Riverside Dr., New York 10115.
(212) 870-2167.

Concern Worldwide, 212-557-8000.

Direct Relief International, 27 South La Patera Lane, Santa Barbara, Calif. 93117. (805) 964-4767.

Doctors Without Borders, P.O. Box 2247, New York 10116.
(888) 392-0392.

Food for the Hungry, 7729 E. Greenway Rd., Scottsdale, Ariz. 85260. (800) 2HUNGER.

Gujarati Samaj of New York, 173-15 Horace Harding Expressway, Flushing, NY 11365; Peter Bheddah, president, (718) 565-7765, Chandrakant Patel, secretary, (718) 762-9007.

Gujarati Samaj of Washington DC, 9845 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22030

Jackson Heights Merchants Association, (718) 651-6969

Leva Patidar Samaj of USA, 716 Sweetwater Circle,
Old Hickory, TN 37138; (615) 391-4LPS.

Lutheran World Relief, P.O. Box 17061, Baltimore 21298.
(800) LWR-LWR2.

MAP International, 800-225-8550,

Operation USA, 8320 Melrose Ave., Suite 200, Los Angles 90069.
(800) 678-7255.

Oxfam America, India Earthquake Response, P.O. Box 1745, Boston, Mass. 02105 1-800-776-9326

Salvation Army World Service Office, 703-684-5528

The Association for India's Development (AID), (301) 422-7765

United Methodist Committee on Relief, 475 Riverside Dr.,
New York 10115. (800) 554-8583.

US Fund for UNICEF, 333 E. 38th St., New York 10016. (800) FOR-KIDS.

United Way International, 701 N. Fairfax St., Alexandria, Va. 22314
(703) 519-0092.

World Concern, 800-755-5022.

World Relief, 800-535-5433.

World Vision, 888-56-CHILD.

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