Almost 300 people are confirmed dead, and several thousand people were injured after at least three tidal waves lashed the South of Thailand and swept their way across Asia.
As you may already aware we have faced the worse disaster of our life time. According to available sources 15,000 have already been dead due to the tidal wave. Over one million people including women and children are homeless.
The following Malaysian Buddhist organizations are mobilizing efforts to help victims of the Asian Tsunami Disaster. Please do offer your assistance to those in need.
Los Angeles, USA -- From Buddhist temples in the Northeast to commercial strips in California, Southeast Asian immigrants made frantic calls home, gathered bandages and food and offered prayers for loved ones devastated by the giant waves that killed tens of thousands of people on two continents.
Asia -- As the death toll from the Indian Ocean tsunamis soars past 56,000, relief workers warn of even greater tragedy ahead if disease breaks out on a wide scale.
by Pramitha B. Kodagoda, The Buddhist Channel, Dec 28, 2004
Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Members of the Colombo Regency Club is making arrangements to support a group of friends (who are part of the Rotary Club of Colombo Regency), who have dedicated themselves to help the victims in very remote areas.
Below is a list of Buddhist organizations initiating efforts to send humanitarian aid to areas effected by the devastating Tsunami on Dec 26, 2004. Please contact the person in charge at the respective organizations for details:
Worldwide, Tzu Chi volunteers in Asia have started to provide aid to local survivors in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia in the cities of Penang, Phuket and Medan.