Trojans Urged to Offer Aid
A Message from USC President Steven B. Sample:
The entire USC community expresses its profound sympathy to the victims of the recent Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami disaster. The effects of this tragedy are being felt on our campuses. We have more than 3,000 students, research scholars, faculty and staff who are citizens of the affected countries, and many of them may have family and friends suffering in the aftermath. Many of our alumni in Southeast Asia are likewise bearing the impact of this catastrophe.
We are making every attempt to locate members of the Trojan Family who are affected. If you know of anyone in the USC community who has been affected, please let our staff in the Office of International Services know. Realizing that some of our students’ lives may seriously have been disrupted, we encourage those who have concerns to contact the Office of International Services for counseling and assistance.
Pragna Patel, visiting professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and dentistry, and student volunteers will hold a fundraiser for victims of the disaster on the Health Sciences Campus quad from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 12. The money raised through donations and the sale of Indian food will be donated to relief efforts. For more information, click here.
Members of the Trojan community are urging support of disaster-relief efforts, and some are organizing their own. We encourage you to support any of the following internationally recognized disaster recovery assistance organizations through their secure websites (listed below).
An interfaith gathering for reflection and response, "Commemorating the Dead, Remembering the Living," will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 11, at 12:05 p.m., in Bovard Auditorium.
The gathering is presented by the Office of Religious Life, in conjunction with representatives of the major religious traditions of Asia, and with students, staff and faculty from the nations surrounding the Indian Ocean.
AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE
AFSC Crisis Fund
1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, Pa. 19102
888-588-2372
www.afsc.org.
AMERICAN RED CROSS
International Response Fund
P.O. Box 37243
Washington, D.C. 20013
800-HELP NOW
www.redcross.org.
ASSOCIATION FOR INDIA’S DEVELOPMENT
Relief and Rehabilitation Fund
AID
PO Box F
College Park, MD 10741-3005
www.aidindia.org.
CARE
151 Ellis Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
800-521-CARE
www.care.org.
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES
Tsunami Emergency
P.O. Box 17090
Baltimore, Md. 21203-7090
800-736-3467
www.catholicrelief.org.
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS
P.O. Box 1856
Merrifield, Va. 22116-8056
888-392-0392
www.doctorswithoutborders.org.
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT
www.ifrc.org.
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS
Earthquake/Tsunami Relief
1919 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 300
Santa Monica, Calif. 90404
800-481-4462
www.imcworldwide.org.
ISLAMIC RELIEF USA
Southeast Asia Earthquake Emergency
P.O. Box 6098
Burbank, Calif. 91510
888-479-4968
www.irw.org/asiaquake.
SAVE THE CHILDREN
Asia Earthquake/Tidal Wave Relief Fund
54 Wilton Road
Westport, Conn. 06880
800-728-3843
www.savethechildren.org.
UNICEF
General Emergency Fund
333 E. 38th Street
New York, NY 10016
800-4-UNICEF
www.unicef.org.
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
US Friends of the WFP
PO Box 11856
Washington, D.C. 20008
www.wfp.org/donate.
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