Charity organizations accepting donations: Red Cross (http://www.redcross.org) Mercy Corps (http://www.mercycorps.org) Oxfam (http://www.oxfam.org/eng) ICNA Relief (http://www.reliefonline.org) Islamic Relief (http://www.islamic-relief.com) Muslim Hands (http://www.muslimhands.org) Hidaya Foundation (http://www.hidaya.org) Yes Pakistan (http://www.yespakistan.com) Network For Good (http://www.networkforgood.org/crisis_relief) Association for the Development of Pakistan (http://www.developpakistan.org) South Asian Research Institute (http://www.sarid.net) Give2Asia (http://www.give2asia.org) UNICEF (http://www.unicef.org) - specific tochildren LIFE (http://www.lifeusa.org) - specific toemergency medicine Fundraising events around the city: 1) Columbia University Asian American Alliance is holding a benefit concert on October 26th at 7pm in Barnard College's Altschul Atrium. $2 cover, $3 per plate of catered food. Proceeds will be split 50/50 between Hurricane Katrina and South Asian Earthquake relief. Alternative ways to help: 1) Sign this petition for President Bush to donate 50 desperately-needed helicopters to Pakistan. 2) Sign this petition urging the media to provide greater coverage of the South Asian Earthquake. 3) Buy an Earthquake relief t-shirt here. 4) Coporation donation matching - for more information, click here. 5) Reach out to the local community and/or the government. For more information, click here. 6) Donate to the Presidents Relief Fund, set up by the Consulate General of Pakistan in NYC. Write acheck or make a deposit to the "Presidents Relief Fund for Earthquake Victims 2005" at theNational Bank of Pakistan, 100 Wall Street, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10005. The account number is1001003931. Funds can also be wire transferred by using ABA number 026004721, Swift Code:NBPAUS33. 7) Donate to Imamia Medics International, a non-profit organization of health-care professionals that are volunteering in Pakistan for the earthquake relief effort. Your contribution will go directly toward medical relief on the ground, without any administrative costs taken out. Please send all checks to: Imamia Medics International P.O. Box 8209 Princeton, NJ 08540 NOTE: PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF. 8) Text message the word DONATE to 436. The donation goes to MKRF (Mir Khalil-ur-RehmanFoundation) Relief Fund - you do not have to pay anything; GEO Television, Mobilink, and Ufone will donate money for each text message you send. For more information, click here. For more information on relief efforts, please check out these sites: Lahore Metroblog Earthquake Relief Information Directory BACK