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Giant Earthquake
and Tsunami Wave - Worldwide Relief Effort
Devastation across
Asia in the wake of Tsunami
27th December 2004
Countries across the globe are responding to
the massive tsunami catastrophe in south Asia as
United Nations officials warned that it would require
the world's biggest ever aid operation to cope
with the aftermath of the worst natural disaster
in living memory.
As thousands of rotting corpses stacked up, contaminating
water supplies, aid organisations were racing against
time to deliver vital relief to the hundreds of
thousands made homeless on the coastal areas around
the Indian Ocean rim. Britons are now among the
confirmed dead of the disaster.
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This is the largest catastrophe we have seen in
decades. We haven't even seen the tip of the iceberg
yet. Relief workers warned of epidemics of water-borne
diseases, particularly malaria and diarrhoea, as
well as respiratory tract infections.
The aid effort, unprecedented in scale, involves
neighbouring Asian countries, European countries,
America and international organisations.
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The British Government has already
given £400,000 through the European Union to
the Red Cross and £50,000 to the World Health
Organisation as well as a further £400,000
to Save the Children UK for its work in Sri Lanka.
British charities including ActionAid, British
Red Cross, Cafod, Oxfam, Save The Children, Christian
Aid and World Vision launched an emergency appeal
last night under the umbrella of the Disasters
Emergency Committee (DEC).
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DONATIONS to
the Disasters Emergency
Committee can be made on 0870 6060
900 or at www.dec.org.uk or
to the following:
Oxfam:
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0870 333 2500
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The Red Cross:
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0870 512 5125
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Unicef:
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0845 731 2312
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CAFOD:
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0500 858 885
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Save The Children:
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020 7012 6400
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Christian Aid:
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020 7620 4444
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Money can also be sent to:
Sri Lanka High Commission (Disaster Relief),
13 Hyde Park Gardens
London W2 2LU
Tel: +44(0)20 7262 6721/1841
THE Foreign Office has issued an emergency
number +44(0)20 7008 0000 for those who wish
to check on relatives and friends affected
by the tsunami or to pass on information about
them.
For travel advice on the affected countries
visit the Foreign Office website at www.fco.gov.uk or
telephone 0870 606 0290. For other general
enquiries call +44(0)20 7008 1500.
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A massive earthquake, measure 9.0 on the Richter scale, has caused
tidal waves of up to 10 metres to crash into the coastal areas
of South East Asia. The death toll has reached over 69,000, though
this figure will continue to rise in the coming days. Well over
a million people have been displaced from their homes.
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Please join us
in a New Year Minute
Silence in Respect of those affected
by this dreadful tragedy.. More...
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Lucky to be alive
after tsunami hit
Evening Advertiser
29th December 2004
www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk
A local family from Goatacre returned home 28th December 2004 from
Thailand minus the bulk of their belongings. Company director Charles
Delamain, 44, was staying with his wife Julia, 44, and three children
at the beach resort of Khophrathong when the tsunami struck. His
daughter Charlotte, 19, said she and her brothers Max, 14, and
George, 16, watched in disbelief as a 40ft wall of water bore down
on them. She broke down in tears as she told of the carnage the
wave left in its wake. She said: "We've seen some really horrible
things. Bodies floating horrible things. "We climbed up a
hill when it struck, and stayed up there until it was safe to come
down."
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