Contributing to Myanmar Relief Efforts (links are fixed)

AMERICARES

88 Hamilton Avenue
Stamford, Conn. 06902
(800) 486-4357

AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE

45 West 36th Street
New York, N.Y. 10018
(800) 889-7146

AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE

Myanmar Cyclone Relief
P.O. Box 530
132 East 43rd St.
New York, N.Y., 10017
(212) 687-6200

ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY

CARE

151 Ellis Street
Atlanta, Ga. 30303
(800) 521-CARE (521-2273)

CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES

Southeast Asia Natural Disaster
P.O. Box 17090
Baltimore, Md. 21203-7090
(877) 435-7277

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT

P.O. Box 372
CH-1211 Geneva 19, Switzerland
(011) 41-22-730-4222

INTERNATIONAL ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES

P.O. Box 630225
Baltimore, Md. 21263-0225
(877) 803-4622

SAVE THE CHILDREN

Myanmar Cyclone Response
54 Wilton Road
Westport, Conn. 06880
(800) 728-3843

U.N. HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
For U.S. residents: USA for UNHCR

1775 K St., NW
Suite 290
Washington, D.C. 20006
(202) 296-1115
(800) 770-1100

U.S. FUND FOR UNICEF

125 Maiden Lane
New York, N.Y. 10038
(800) 4-UNICEF (486-4233)

WORLD FOOD PROGRAM

Friends of the World Food Program
1819 L Street, NW
Suite 900
Washington, D.C. 20036
(866) 929-1694

WORLD VISION

P.O. Box 9716
Federal Way, Wash. 98063-9716
(888) 56-CHILD (562-4453)

Over the past few days, we've followed the devastation left in the wake of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (Burma). News reports have tallied more than 22,000 dead with another 41,000 missing. We're extremely saddened by the loss of life due to this cyclone, and hope you'd like to help assist with the relief effort.

As we did after last fall's wildfires in Southern California, we've created a Checkout Donations page so you can easily donate to UNICEF or Direct Relief International. Both organizations are working to directly assist the victims on the ground in Myanmar.

To help visualize the damage, there are Google Earth layers showing an animation of the cyclone's path (using satellite imagery from the Naval Research Laboratory) and the extent of the flooding using data from the UN Institute for Training and Research Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT). We'll keep posting information to the Lat-Long Blog as more data comes available.

There are also several Google Grants non-profits working to provide relief to those affected. Save the Children currently has a 500-person staff in the area, while Oxfam America has committed $800,000 to help NGOs meet the immediate needs of people. World Vision and Doctors Without Borders are also taking action with two of the most vulnerable populations in the crisis: children and the injured. We are pleased to be working with and supporting these organizations that are contributing directly to cyclone relief. We encourage you to visit them and consider lending them your support, too. For more details on these organizations and other non-profits providing support for the victims of the disaster, visit the Google Grants blog.