The casualties in SE Asia have topped 71,000 human lives lost to the tsunami & its aftermath.
Amazon dot com has a link to donate to the Red Cross, with their One Click system.
I gave $200.
Any other Dopers donate yet?
I just donated $100 to Doctors Without Borders.
Here is their website.
(I just clicked on the link and the website has a message that they are currently overwhelmed with traffic. I see that as a very good sign!) 
My bank account only has $17.00 in it at the moment but when I get my paycheck I plan on donating something somewhere. Both of these organizations look worthwhile.
The bf and and I are kicking in $200 to the Red Cross.
Gave $100 to the Red Cross
BBC link–
Yep, donated this morning.
$150 from me.
Thanks for the heads-up, that was so quick & easy! Didn’t even have to get up & go look for my doggone wallet.
The following list was forwarded to me this a.m. by some activist friends. So if someone has an issue with the Red Cross, there are lots of other opportunities:
Chicago Area Aid agencies
In the Chicago area, the following are among those accepting
contributions for aid to the victims of the earthquake and tsunamis:
Royal Thai consulate general: 700 N. Rush St., Chicago, IL 60611-
2504, 312-664-3129, http://www.thaichicago.net
CARE: 70 E. Lake St., Suite 1430, Chicago, IL 60601, 312-641-1430,
Indian Consulate: 455 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive, Suite 850, Chicago,
IL 60611, 312-595-0405, http://chicago.indianconsulate.com
Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha temple in
Bartlett: 888-CARE-881, http://www.BAPScare.org
Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple: 520 Devonshire Lane, Crystal Lake, IL
60014, http://www.blue-lotus-temple.org
Many international agencies are also accepting contributions for
quake aid, including:
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC Crisis Fund): 215-241-7000,
American Red Cross, International Response Fund: 800-HELP-NOW,
Direct Relief International: 805-964-4767, http://www.directrelief.org
International Medical Corps: 800-481-4462,http://www.imcworldwide.org
Operation USA: 800-678-7255, http://www.opusa.org
Save the Children (Asia Earthquake/Tidal Wave Relief Fund): 800-728-
3843, http://www.savethechildren.org
US Fund for UNICEF: 800-FOR-KIDS, http://www.unicefusa.org
Other Agencies Helping Victims
The following aid agencies are accepting contributions for assistance
that they or their affiliates will provide for those affected by the
earthquake and tidal waves in Asia.
Action Against Hunger
247 West 37th Street, Suite 1201
New York, NY 10018
212-967-7800
http://www.aah-usa.org
American Jewish World Service
45 West 36th Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10018
800-889-7146
ADRA International
9-11 Fund
12501 Old Columbus Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
800-424-2372
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC Crisis Fund)
1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA
215-241-7000
Catholic Relief Services
PO Box 17090
Baltimore, MD 21203-7090
800-736-3467
Direct Relief International
27 South La Patera Lane
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
805-964-4767
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres
PO Box 2247
New York, NY 10116-2247
888-392-0392
International Medical Corps
1919 Santa Monica Boulevard Suite 300
Santa Monica CA 90404
800-481-4462
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
PO Box 372
CH-1211 Geneva 19
Switzerland
41-22-730-4222
International Orthodox Christian Charities
Middle East Crisis Response
PO Box 630225
Baltimore, MD 21263-0225
877-803-4622
Lutheran World Relief
PO Box 17061
Baltimore MD 21298-9832
800-597-5972
MAP International
2200 Glynco Parkway
PO Box 215000
Brunswick, GA 3121-5000
800-225-8550
http://www.map.org
Mercy Corps
PO Box 2669
Portland, OR 97208
800-852-2100
Northwest Medical Teams
PO Box 10
Portland, OR 97207-0010
503-624-1000
Operation USA
8320 Melrose Avenue, Ste. 200
Los Angles, CA 90069
800-678-7255
http://www.opusa.org
Plan USA
155 Plan Way
Warwick, RI 02886
800-556-7918
Relief International
1575 Westwood Blvd.
Suite 201
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(800) 573-3332
Save the Children
Asia Earthquake/Tidal Wave Relief Fund
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06880
800-728-3843
United Methodist Church Committee on Relief
475 Riverside Dr., Room 330
New York, NY 10115
(800) 554-8583
http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/
US Fund for UNICEF
333 East 38th Street
New York, NY 10016
800-FOR-KIDS
http://www.unicefusa.or
World Concern
19303 Fremont Ave. N
Seattle, WA 98133
800-755-5022
World Emergency Relief
P.O. Box 131570
Carlsbad, CA 92013
(760) 930-8001
http://www.wer-us.org
World Relief
7 E. Baltimore St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
443-451-1900
World Vision
PO Box 70288
Tacoma, Washington 98481-0288
888-56-CHILD
Plan USA
155 Plan Way
Warwick, RI 02886
800-556-7918
Sri Lankan Disaster Relief Fund
Acct. # 002013396
Victory State Bank
755 Forest Ave.
Staten Island, NY 10310
http://sibv.org
$100 to International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. It was pretty much the first web site I could actually connect to and donate. Hope it’s a good sign that there’s a lot of traffic to the donation pages.
This is just so hard to get your mind around; the number are too staggering, and now I’m hearing there might be 2x the number dying from disease.
My bank account is zero right now (Christmas stole my money)- hopefully I can afford to donate after the first. I did however convince my company to donate thousands upon thousands of clothes, that were sitting in our backstock, to the cause. I figured every little bit helps, right? I hope so.
Doctors without Borders got $100 from me yesterday.
Seems so little for a tragedy so vast.
I gave $35 to the Canadian Red Cross and am planning to give a lot more when I get paid for the ludicrously huge translation I’m working on.
Since we do have a couple of Dopers ( False God in Sri Lanka and Xash in India)
maybe they know of local organizations that are reputable that can take paypal.
Brief hijack: does anyone know of a site that has a partial list (seeing as they still don’t have a final count) of as-yet unaccounted for victims? My cousin’s over there, and we haven’t had any word from her since a week before the tsunami.
Back to this regularly scheduled thread: I also plan to give to the relief fund. I’m not sure how much, but I’m definitely giving.
Wow, Amazon is showing over $2M collected so far, good job people.
$100 this morning, to the Red Cross International Response Fund.
The primary relief fund in India is the “Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund”.
http://www.indianembassy.org/Tsunami/PMCont1.htm
"In the US, contributions can be sent to Head of Chancery, Embassy of India, 2107 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC 20008. The Cheque/draft should be drawn in favor of "The Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund” and the envelope should be marked "PM’s National Relief Fund” "
"
U.S. $: A/C No. 000-03847-4 with HSBC BANK,
USA, New York.
( SWIFT Code :- MRMD US 33 )
Pound Sterling: A/C No. 203253-80412368 with,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, London.
( SWIFT Code :- BARCGB 22 )
EURO: A/C No. 4112222001 with CITI BANK,
Frankfurt.
( SWIFT Code :- CITI DE FF )
To enable us to send you an appropriate receipt, please furnish details to our bankers in M.T 100 Formats through SWIFT – SWIFT CODE “CBININ BBAPAR”.
"
For Credit Card Payment:
http://www.indianembassy.org/Tsunami/PMCont2.htm
Emergency contact numbers in countries affected:
http://www.indianembassy.org/Tsunami/Emergency.htm
My company, and all its employees, are contributing heavily to the relief efforts, in monetary and non-monetary ways. A lot of Indian companies are offering substantial contributions towards relief efforts, although in face of the magnitude of the tragedy, even large amounts seem small.
You know what’s cool? Go to that page (click here for it) and click refresh over and over (okay, it’s a slow day at work). It’s amazing to watch the number increase every couple seconds.
I donated $50 to the American Red Cross’ International Response Fund this morning. It’s not a good time for me financially, unfortunately. We’ll see how much I have left after all the bills are paid and hopefully I’ll be able to donate more.
I will admit, I’ve been a “clicker” today too. It looks like they have been averaging over $1000 per minute. I hope that pace keeps up for a few days.