# Donate to the earthquake/tsunami victims? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 28, 2004, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donate-to-the-earthquake-tsunami-victims/281900 "2004-12-28T05:47:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![straykat23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@straykat23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straykat23)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donate-to-the-earthquake-tsunami-victims/281900/1 "2004-12-28T05:47:34Z")
I’d like to donate to the victims of this terrible tragedy. Here’s a list of organizations that are involved. Is there an agency that is above reproach that I should send a donation to? Are there any that I should avoid? http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/27/quake.aidsites/index.html ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donate-to-the-earthquake-tsunami-victims/281900/2 "2004-12-28T05:52:39Z")
I couldn’t get that link to work, but…on the news they just give the phone # for the Red Cross, which I believe is a safe bet in situations like this: 1 800 HELP NOW. I would also donate to Doctors Without Borders (which I do on a regular basis) because their help will be sorely needed. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donate-to-the-earthquake-tsunami-victims/281900/3 "2004-12-28T16:29:31Z")
**Antigen** started a thread [over here in MPSIMS](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=293905) where we’ve listed a number of agencies that donations can be made to.