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CHILE EARTHQUAKE RELIEF EFFORT INFORMATION AND RESOURCES
As with any disaster, donors are asked to give money instead of material items. The Center for International Disaster Information offers the following explanation for why cash donations are the most effective way to help:
Financial contributions allow professional relief organizations to purchase exactly what is most urgently needed by disaster victims and to pay for the transportation necessary to distribute those supplies. Unlike in-kind donations, cash donations entail no transportation cost. In addition, cash donations allow relief supplies to be purchased at locations as near to the disaster site as possible. Supplies, particularly food, can almost always be purchased locally - even in famine situations. This approach has the triple advantage of stimulating local economies (providing employment, generating cash flow), ensuring that supplies arrive as quickly as possible and reducing transport and storage costs. Cash contributions to established legitimate relief agencies are always considerably more beneficial than the donation of commodities.
CASH CONTRIBUTIONS:
American Red Cross National Headquarters: www.redcross.org
AmeriCares: www.americares.org
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE CHILE EARTHQUAKE SITUATION, GENERAL DISASTER INFORMATION, AND LOCATING FAMILY & FRIENDS:
- Center for International Disaster Information: www.cidi.org
- Friends and family can search for a message from a loved one on the Red Cross Safe and Well site by using a phone number or complete address, http://disastersafe.redcross.org/, or by calling 866-438-4636.
- People trying to locate U.S. citizens living or traveling in Chile should contact the U.S. Department of State, www.state.gov, Office of Overseas Citizens Services, at 1-888-407-4747 or email ChileEarthquake@state.gov.
GENERAL INFORMATION LINKS:
TO FIND ADDITIONAL PROVIDERS THAT ASSIST WITH DISASTERS, SEE CONNECTICUT'S COMMUNITY RESOURCE DATABASE:
Search by service name: Disaster Related Monetary Fund Management
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