Thursday, December 30, 2004

International Relief Agencies

There are six major international disaster and relief agencies operating in Hong Kong (see the Mingpao news below). Yesterday my little sister asked me how to choose among the relief agencies, and it's difficult to tell... with due respect to the other four agencies, I recommended UNICEF and MSF at last, mainly because the widespread geographical locations might correspond better for the two agencies. I would probably recommend the other four agencies (all are HK-chapters of int'l agencies) if it is a relief operation in China.

A good friend of mine working for ADRA has been headed to Sri Lanka organising for their relief work there. It's likely that another friend at UNDP is also working on fire to coordinate some sorts of relief work. I wish them all the best...

政府舉辦籌款呼籲踴躍捐款[22:38]
2004/12/30

民政事務總署署長陳甘美華呼籲市民發揮人類互助互愛的崇高精神,踴躍捐款協助南亞地區的地震海嘯災民。

陳甘美華今午在新聞發布會上說,為響應聯合國的呼籲,政府將於本星期六舉行籌款活動。她說,連日來已經接觸過不少熱心市民、社區及慈善團體,甚至政黨成員,他們都表示願意捐款協助。

是項名為「四海同心送關懷」的籌款活動,已定於元旦當日下午三時至五時在香港大球場舉行,由香港電視廣播有限公司負責製作,安排本地歌手演唱募捐。善款將交予紅十字會香港世界宣明會樂施會無國界醫生聯合國兒童基金會救世軍等六個國際救援組織,在受影響地區進行賑災工作。

無線電視翡翠台將直播「四海同心送關懷」節目,市民也可親自到大球場觀賞節目,免費入場,額滿即止。

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