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Asia
Update
Tuesday
December 28, 2004; 1:00 p.m.
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- WER today raised its earlier estimates of 60,000
dead to a minimum of 100,000, given both the continuing trend of
thousands missing, and the dire threats of malaria, cholera and
dysentery.
Asia
Update
Tuesday
December 28, 2004; 8:00 a.m.
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for Tsunami Disaster Relief Now
- Joel MacCollam stressed our focused, long-term
approach to ID no more than 3-4 communities in Sri Lanka and Thailand,
and stick with them long-term through at least 3-year anticipated
recovery. “We're not pulling out early”.
- Main Sri Lanka port has reopened. We expect to
ship seven containers (230,000 pounds roughly) of food in next 48
hours, available shipping and weather in U.S. permitting to get
to Pacific port from mid-US food donor.
- Primary emergency WER assisters in Sri Lanka include
local church alliance, Kingscare (NGO), and Rotary International.
- We will have fuller response strategies as resources
become available later this week, including donated quality commodities
and cash.
- WER is not soliciting volunteers at this time.
- WER (UK) commits to joining UK charity SHELTER
BOXES in airlifting 250 emergency boxes to Sri Lanka . Each box
includes food, hygiene items, blankets, sheets, a tent and other
emergency supplies sufficient for a family.
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