Some local charities saw contributions drop dramatically in 2001, in part, they said, because of those relief efforts. The scale of the tsunami disaster is much larger, causing concern that local ...

After donating about $1.3 billion to help the victims of the devastating Southeast Asia tsunami and then contributing $1.7 billion to support relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina, many donors ...

Deny Syahputra, 24, lives alone in a wooden house built by an aid agency after his parents, sisters and a brother were swept away in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that smashed into this Indonesian ...

U.S. charities have reported raising more than $337 million so far for emergency relief in countries devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami, in what some are calling the greatest outpouring of ...

Charities helping victims of last week's Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami report receiving a huge outpouring of money from Americans. Some groups have been overwhelmed by the response, but all ...

MIAMI (AP) -- With private donations pouring into charities, law enforcement officials say scam artists claiming to represent tsunami relief organizations are using e-mails and telephone calls to ...

Folks will now be allowed to claim a tax deduction in tax year 2004 for donations made specifically for tsunami relief until January 31, 2005. Without the bill, taxpayers would have had to wait ...

When news of the Asian tsunami devastation spread around the globe, people everywhere began sending donations to help survivors recover. Within months, major charities and relief agencies had more ...

But it is not a dangerous procedure, unless something totally unpredictable happens.” Mr. Clinton said he knew he needed the operation before he and Mr. Bush embarked on a tour of tsunami-ravaged ...

Another charity of concern in the wake of the disaster is the commission of youth against violence, or Kompac. According to Mr. Abuza, Kompac was, between 1996 and 2001, one of the main charities in ...