Ways to help Tidal Wave Victims...

Hi All,
Below are just some of the info (each method of donation is separated by a line of ***) I've received via email/ read on the papers and tot that I should just share with you, as an individual, so that our collective efforts could will mean something.

Pls play a part in helping the others... in other words, let's pay it forward.

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FROM NOW TILL 2 Jan 2005

You may wish to drop off the following donations in kind:
i.e.: Food (canned, pre-cooked or ready-to-eat packets), Medical Supplies like bandages and paracetamol & Blankets

AT the following Ananda Travel's branches:

MAIN BRANCH : CITY HOUSE
36 Robinson Road #01-01
Opening Hours: Weekdays: 10am to 7pm, Weekends: 10am to 6pm

OUB CENTRE
1 Raffles Place, #37-00 OUB Centre
Opening Hours: Weekdays: 9am to 7pm, Saturdays: 9am to 5pm

PEOPLE’S PARK CENTRE
101 Upper Cross Street #B1-23/24
Opening Hours: 10am to 9pm daily

CAUSEWAY POINT
1 Woodlands Square #01-37
Opening Hours: 10am to 6pm daily

For further information, pls contact:
Adeline Ee
Manager, Marketing Communications
Ananda Travel (S) Pte Ltd
DID : 6435 8422
Fax : 6535 3810

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Requested by Sri Lanka
Tents, pre-cooked or ready-to-eat meal packs, water purification tablets, wheat flour, rice, other staples, medicine (paracetamol, antibiotics), wound dressings, suture material, vitamins, rehydration salts, vaccinations for cholera, malaria tablets, saline intravenous infusions, portable generators, clothes and blankets.

Requested by India
No in-kind donations. Only bank drafts and cheque donations. Contact Mr Avinash Singh Gill, First Secretary, High Commission of India, 31 Grange Road, Singapore 239702. Tel: 6238-2514/24 or e-mail: hcihoc@pacific.net.sg

Attention bank drafts to: Prime Minister National Relief Fund. Attention cheques to: The High Commission of India, Singapore.

Requested by Indonesia
Relief supplies of any sort.

Drop-off venues
For Sri Lanka: Ananda Travel's branches during office hours. Tel: 6435-8422/18.

Virar's Rehab Centre at 553A Balestier Road. No 2, Changi South Avenue 2, Singapore 486354.

Small parcels can be sent to SriLankan Airlines, 133 Cecil Street, Keck Seng Tower, #13-02, Singapore 069535.

Donations can be sent to the Sri Lanka High Commission, Goldhill Plaza, #13-07/12, 51 Newton Road, Singapore 308900.

For Sri Lanka and Indonesia: Restaurant 1827, The Arts House, Old Parliament Building, 1 Old Parliament Lane.

For Indonesia: The Embassy of Indonesia. 7 Chatsworth Road, Singapore 249761. Tel: 6737-7422 Contact the Secretariat, Network Indonesia on 6433-4932.

General collection
Singapore Polytechnic, at counters along the walkway between Dover MRT Station and the polytechnic. 6pm to 9pm.

Donation of essential food
From Jan 1 to 31 next year, the public can buy NTUC FairPrice Food Relief Packages, comprising milk, rice, tuna and cream crackers, for $10. The purchased packages will be directed to Mercy Relief for airfreight to stricken areas.

Donation boxes are available in NTUC FairPrice outlets and Shell petrol stations islandwide


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Those who wish to donate food items can now purchase food relief packages for $10 each from NTUC FairPrice. All food packages will be passed to recipients (tidal wave victims) through Merry Relief.

Pls pass the msg around.

Thanks,
Sharry