Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Date: Saturday, 19 Dec 1992 15:42:06 PST
From: H. Galic <GALIC@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.europe
Subject: Humanitarian aid for Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina


                APPEAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

Described are several possibilities for those who would like to help
victims of the war in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

All described  organizations are  non-profit, trustworthy,  and well
managed.  You  are encouraged  to contact  the organization  of your
choice  with   further  questions.   Your  contributions   to  these
organizations are tax-deductible. (A  charitable contribution may be
used to  lower your federal  and state taxes  for 1992, but  only if
your check is in the mail before Dec. 31, midnight.)

             YOUR GIFT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

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"Relief for Croatia" is a  non-profit umbrella organization for many
ongoing charitable projects.  Their address is:

Relief for Croatia
502 West 41st Street
New York , NY 10036
Phone: (212) 564-2354  Fax: (212) 564-2546.

Relief  for Croatia  works closely  with many  other relief  groups,
including "AmeriCares".  Their primary goal is to help refugees from
Croatia  and  Bosnia-Herzegovina  and   other  victims  of  the  war
regardless  of the  race,  ethnic, or  religious  background of  the
recipients.  They collect money, medical supplies, and also organize
the shipping of  donations to Croatia.  They  will gratefully accept
used clothing in good condition  and non-perishable food.  They also
need used hospital  beds, surgical supplies and  any other equipment
in good operating condition that  hospitals in your community may no
longer  need.   For very  large  donations,  they can  arrange  free
transport directly from your location to Croatia by "Croatia Lines".
The  received money  is spent  on humanitarian  aid including  food,
infant  formula, and  winter  clothing.  One  of  their projects  is
purchasing  of  ambulances  which  are in  great  demand  throughout
Croatia.   Money is  also redistributed  to other  organizations and
relief projects.

Relief  for Croatia  is an  efficient group,  completely staffed  by
volunteers.   Your  outreach  and   generosity  will  be  gratefully
appreciated.  Your contribution is tax-deductible.

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"AmeriCares"  is a  private, non-profit,  humanitarian organization,
with many prominent Americans in  its Advisory Board.  Their mailing
address is:

AmeriCares
Attn: Croatian Relief  (or Bosnia-Herzegovina Relief)
161 Cherry Street
New Canaan, CT 06840
Phone: (203) 966-5195 or 1-800-486-HELP
Fax: (203) 972-0116 and (203) 966-7945.

Please endorse your check to AmeriCares.  Do not forget to designate
in  the  memo  space:   "Croatian  Relief"  (or  "Bosnia-Herzegovina
Relief").

AmeriCares has flown twenty airlifts with over one million pounds of
life-saving medical  supplies to  the war-stricken republics  of the
former  Yugoslavia since  September  1991.  They  have also  shipped
surgical instruments,  x-ray machines, infant formula,  clothing and
food.   These  materials have  a  fair  market  value of  more  than
$34,000,000.  AmeriCares  intends to continue the  support until the
conflict is resolved.

Their   latest   airlift   (November  1992)   carried   antibiotics,
analgesics, blankets, new winter clothing, food, and other essential
supplies.  The  materials were  distributed to  the areas  where the
need  is acute:  refugee  centers throughout  Croatia  and areas  of
extreme  hardship in  Bosnia-Herzegovina,  such  as Tuzla,  Gorazde,
Zavidovici, Travnik and as many towns and villages in central Bosnia
as were accessible.

As a result of the increasing  concern over the situation in Croatia
and B&H, AmeriCares has received large quantities of urgently needed
supplies  from  many  American  companies.   AmeriCares  gets  these
supplies  free, but  has to  cover the  transportation costs.   Your
financial support will pay for the airlifts, trucking, and container
transportation by ships.

Your gifts are  tax-deductible.  If you need more  info, please call
their office.

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"Save the Children of Croatia"  (SCC) is a non-profit fund organized
and administered  by a group of  volunteers, physicians, businessmen
and other  professionals.  The sole purpose  of the fund is  to help
children who have  lost one or both  of their parents in  the war in
Croatia.  The fund's address is:

Save the Children of Croatia
P.O. Box 3606
Oak Brook, IL 60522-3606
Phone: (708) 986 1129 and (708) 256 6297
Fax: (708) 986 1015

They ask you to sponsor a child for one year ($600.00).  If you have
a preference on child's  sex or age, or wish to help  a child from a
particular  area, please  indicate  so.  You  may  pledge a  monthly
contribution ($50 for  each month) or send a  single yearly payment.
Even if  you cannot  commit to  sponsor the child  for a  full year,
consider contributing to the fund: SCC can combine your contribution
with those of other partial sponsors.

All sponsored children and their guardians will be required to write
to their sponsors at least once a month, reporting about the child's
progress, regularity of payments, and  how the money is being spent.

Save the Children of Croatia fund is overseen by the Croatian church
of St.  Jerome in Chicago,  Illinois.  All contributions are applied
exclusively to  the cause,  and there  are no  administrative costs.
Your  donation is  a  legitimate tax-deductible  expense.  For  more
information, please phone to the Fund's office.

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Almost  all Croatian  parishes in  USA collect  money and  goods for
refugees from Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.  More than one million
refugees are  in great need of  your help.  If there  is no Croatian
church in your vicinity, you may  consider sending a donation to the
well-organized "Croatian Refugee Fund" in San Jose:

Croatian Refugee Fund
Assumption of Mary Croatian Parish
901 Lincoln Avenue
San Jose, CA 95126
Phone: (408) 279 0279  Fax: (408) 292 5868

If you contribute money, please make your checks payable to Croatian
Refugee Fund.   You can also  send canned and other  non- perishable
food, winter  clothing, blankets,  sleeping bags,  medical supplies,
baby  formula,  soap,  detergents,  etc.   All  your  donations  are
tax-deductible.  May God bless you and reward your generosity.

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