# Donate To Earthquake Relief?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donate-to-earthquake-relief/281722>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 27, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donate-to-earthquake-relief/281722 "2004-12-27T01:14:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donate-to-earthquake-relief/281722/1 "2004-12-27T01:14:30Z")

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Where can I donate money to help the victims of the SE Asian Quake?  
I want to make sure the money winds up where its supposed to go.

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**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donate-to-earthquake-relief/281722/2 "2004-12-27T02:17:11Z")

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Here’s a partial list:

[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/12/26/international1812EST0545.DTL](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/12/26/international1812EST0545.DTL)

I just donated online through the American Red Cross, very simple and you can specify the International relief fund.

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**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donate-to-earthquake-relief/281722/3 "2004-12-27T02:34:01Z")

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Personally, I’m a big fan of [Oxfam](http://www.oxfam.org.uk/).