Donations

Ten days after the tsunami, donations began pouring in. Over 250 million dollars of donations from American organizations were raised in that short amount of time. Even more amazing, more than half of the donations are from the Internet. Many sites have raised lots of money. Red Cross raised over 150 million dollars, UNICEF raised over 30 million, Amazon raised 14.9 million, and Apple's website provides links to dozens of donation sites. E-bay had over 50 links to donation sites in their banners. The Internet has been very helpful to the victims of the tsunami.

Many people are doing things to help the tsunami victims. People from the entertainment industry, Hollywood and elsewhere, are making special efforts. For example, Cher held a concert where proceeds from the ticket sales went to the victims. Proceeds from the MTV music awards go to the funds. Portions of proceeds from Mandy Moore's new clothing line will also go towards the effort.

This recent turn of events has also become an opportunity for scam artists. Many of them create fake Internet website soliciting donations. Most of this money will never go to the tsunami victims, but into the pockets of these criminals. Some even pretend to be "investigators" that advertise services to find lost loved ones at the disaster zone. People are advised to check the website or charitable foundations before donating money.

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Credits

Credits: Online

• Tsunami Relief and Recovery Efforts: Latest from the Field
• American Red Cross Relief Workers Help Meet the Needs of Tsunami Survivors
• Frequently Asked Questions About Tsunami Relief and Recovery Donations

Credits: Individuals

• Ms. Irivinti for teaching us how to use Dreamweaver for our web design, Photoshop and Fireworks for graphics as well as animating our logo. She taught us how to create different background (fading) effects, how to pick appropriate colors, and how to generate theme specific images, spacers etc. She also assisted us with all programming aspects of our website.
• Mrs. Cataldo, Ms. Irivinti and our parents for guiding us with research and content development. It was difficult to find information we needed in one place and their assistance helped us a lot in this regard.
• Mrs. Cataldo and Ms. Irivinti for reviewing and editing what we wrote. They told us when our writing needed more work and also taught us how to cite sources, obtain permission for images that we borrowed from other websites and also the proper way to credit them.
• Photos: USAID

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Vocabulary on Recovery : Donations