It has been a pleasure to serve as Chairman of the Board of Sarvodaya, USA. I recieved a report of a visit by Direct Relief International which gives a good introduction to their work http://www.directrelief.org/sections/our_work/asia_story_sri_lanka3.html.
Sarvodays web site is: http://www.sarvodaya.org/ This one is great but may tell you more than you want for an introduction.
June 26th was exactly six months after the Tsunami. There is a full report of what has been accomplished since then.
Sarvoday, USA has been able to send $1,490,000 to Sarvodaya Sri Lanka by June 30 for Tsunami relief due to the extraordinary generosity of more than 4,000 individual contributions.
I have also joined the Board of Directors of ForesTrade, Inc http://www.forestrade.com/ ForesTrade is a leading international supplier of organic and sustainably produced tropical spices, vanilla, essential oils, and Fair Trade coffee. We directly source our products from over 5,000 small-scale, indigenous farmers in Indonesia and Guatemala. In total, our production partners harvest an estimated 92,000 hectares of sustainably managed land, much of which lays within the buffer zones of 9 biologically rich National Parks and Preserves.
ForestTrade Tsunami Relief Efforts in Aceh, Sumatra: Learn about relief efforts underway and how you can contribute to immediate humanitarian needs in Aceh, Province. Learn more
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