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How to Participate in International Relief Efforts
The following is a list of relief organizations that help bring aid to people in need around the world:
| Cambodia |
Central Africa |
Eastern Africa Bombings |
Kosovo |
N. Korea |
| Papua New Guinea |
Sudan |
Cambodia
American Refugee Committee
World Headquarters
2344 Nicollet Ave. South
Suite 350
Minneapolis, MN 55404
(800) 875-7060
CARE USA
151 Ellis St., NE
Atlanta, GA 30303-2439
(404) 681-2552
(800) 521-CARE
Food for the Hungry International
7729 E. Greenway Rd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
(602) 998-3100
(800) 248-6437
Save the Children
54 Wilton Rd.
Westport, CT 06880
(203) 221-4000
World Relief
World Relief Corporation
P.O. Box WRC
Wheaton, IL 60189-8004
More coverage of the situation in Cambodia is available from our special report.
Central Africa
Adventist Development & Relief Agency
ADRA Zaire
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
(301) 680-6370
AFRICARE
440 R Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 462-3614
American Red Cross
ARC International Response Fund
PO Box 37243
Washington, DC 20013
(800) HELP NOW (English)
(800) 257-7575 (Spanish)
American Jewish World Service
989 Avenue of the Americas, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10018
(212)736-2597
American Refugee Committee
World Headquarters
2344 Nicollet Ave. South
Suite 350
Minneapolis, MN 55404
(800) 875-7060
CARE USA
151 Ellis St., NE
Atlanta, GA 30303-2439
(404) 681-2552
(800) 521-CARE
Eastern Africa Bombings
American Red Cross
ARC International Response Fund
PO Box 37243
Washington, DC 20013
(800) HELP NOW (English)
(800) 257-7575 (Spanish)
Doctors Without Borders
(Medecins Sans Frontieres USA)
6 East 39th St., 8th Floor
New York, NY 10016
(212) 679-6800
International Rescue Committee
122 East 42nd St.
New York, NY 10165
(212) 551-3000
International Medical Corps
11500 W. Olympic Blvd.
Suite 506
Los Angeles, CA 90064
(310)826-7800
Salvation Army World Service Office (SAWSO)
615 Slaters Lane
PO Box 269
Alexandria, VA 22313
(703) 684-5528
World Relief
World Relief Corporation
PO Box WRC
Wheaton, IL 60189-8004
The latest updates of the bombing investigations in Kenya and Tanzania are available from our special report.
Kosovo
Catholic Relief Services
World Headquarters
209 W. Fayette St.
Baltimore, MD 21201-3443
(800) 736-3467
Doctors Without Borders
(Medecins Sans Frontieres USA)
6 East 39th St., 8th Floor
New York, NY 10016
(212) 679-6800
International Orthodox Christian Charities
711 West 40th St.
Suite 306
Baltimore, MD 21211
(410) 243-9820
International Rescue Committee
122 East 42nd St.
New York, NY 10165
(212) 551-3000
Mercy Corps International
3030 SW First Ave.
Portland, OR 97201
(800) 292-3355, ext. 223
More background on the situation in Kosovo is available from our special report.
N. Korea
American Red Cross
ARC International Response Fund
PO Box 37243
Washington, DC 20013
(800) HELP NOW (English)
(800) 257-7575 (Spanish)
CARE USA
151 Ellis St., NE
Atlanta, GA 30303-2439
(404) 681-2552
(800) 521-CARE
Food for the Hungry International
7729 E. Greenway Rd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
(602) 998-3100
(800) 248-6437
US Committee for UNICEF
333 East 38th St.
New York, NY 10016
(800) FOR-KIDS
World Vision
34834 Weyerhaeuser Way South
Federal Way, WA 98001
(800) 544-5144
More background on the food shortage in North Korea is available from our special report.
Papua New Guinea
Agencies helping tidal wave
victims in Papua New Guinea
Adventist Development & Relief Agency (ADRA)
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
(301) 680-6380
American Jewish World Service
989 Avenue of the Americas, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10018
(212)736-2597
American Red Cross International
2025 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
(202)728-6600
CARE USA
151 Ellis St., NE
Atlanta, GA 30303-2426
(404)681-2552
Operation USA
8320 Melrose Ave., Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90069
(213) 658-8876
Sudan
American Red Cross
ARC International Response Fund
PO Box 37243
Washington, DC 20013
(800) HELP NOW (English)
(800) 257-7575 (Spanish)
American Refugee Committee
World Headquarters
2344 Nicollet Ave. South
Suite 350
Minneapolis, MN 55404
(800) 875-7060
Doctors Without Borders
(Medecins Sans Frontieres USA)
6 East 39th St., 8th Floor
New York, NY 10016
(212) 679-6800
Operation USA
8320 Melrose Ave. #200
Los Angeles, CA 90069
(800) 678-7255
Save the Children
54 Wilton Rd.
Westport, CT 06880
(203) 221-4000
The U.S. Committee for UNICEF
333 East 38th St.
New York, NY 10016
(800) FOR-KIDS
InterAction, a Washington, D.C.-based coalition of more than 150 U.S. nonprofit humanitarian aid groups, has a complete list of accredited relief agencies that respond to various humanitarian disasters. For more information, call 202-667-8227 or visit the Web site at www.interaction.org
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