Sri Lanka Tsunami Relief Fund

Summary

Following the tsunami up to two million Sri Lankans remain homeless without adequate water, food, medicine, or shelter.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $2,188 was raised for this project.

Received $2,188 from 51 donations from people like:

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

A correspondent who flew over the country by helicopter described Sri Lanka as ravaged. Homes, crops and fishing boats have all been destroyed.

Activities

This fund will support general disaster relief activities including medical care, shelter for those displaced after the tsunami, food, and clothing for survivors.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $2,188

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $2,188.  The original project funding goal was $100,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Allow local organizations to effectively respond to this crisis affecting huge numbers of Sri Lankan residents.

Project Message

"Financial contributions allow professional relief organizations to purchase exactly what disaster victims need most urgently and to pay for the transportation necessary to distribute those supplies."
- Center for Int'l Disaster Info., website

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Dana Messick,
Associate
1816 12th St NW
3rd floor
Washington, D.C. 20009
United States
+1-202-232-5784
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organization

GlobalGiving
1816 12th St NW, 3rd floor
Washington, D.C. 20009
United States
202.232.5784
http://www.globalgiving.com

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Sri Lanka and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Sri Lanka, read the Human Development Report on Sri Lanka or the Wikipedia entry for Sri Lanka.

When this Project was Updated

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on December 30, 2004.