From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 27 Aug 92 09:58 PDT
Subject: SOMALIA: US Relief Agencies'...
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From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: SOMALIA: US Relief Agencies'...

/* Written  5:41 pm  Aug 26, 1992 by peacenet in cdp:pn.alerts */

From: Tony Gambino <iac>

Somalia Alert
InterAction, a coalition of 135 U.S.-based private voluntary
organizations working on international humanitarian issues, is now
on PeaceNet.  We believe that people interested in supporting the
relief effort in Somalia should be aware of the work of relief
agencies to help the Somali people.  Therefore, we are including
the following list of our member agencies working to mitigate the
Somali tragedy.

We also encourage people to write letters to local and national
media urging them to keep covering the suffering in Somalia.
Don't let this drop off your front page!

Somalia Famine August 26, 1992

The following InterAction member agencies are collecting cash
donations for their relief programs in Somalia:

Adventist and Development Relief Agency (ADRA) Somalia Relief Box
4289 Silver Spring, MD  20904
800/424-ADRA
ADRA is working with Somali refugees and is supporting the work of
ADRA Germany and ADRA Canada

American Friends Service Committee 1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA  19102 215/241-7141 Supports a girls' orphanage
and other projects.

American Jewish World Service 15 West 26th Street, 9th Floor New
York, NY  10017 212/683-1161 Supports partner agencies.

American Red Cross Box 37243 Washington, DC 20013 800/842-2200
Supports the  work of the International Committee of the Red
Cross.

Baptist World Alliance 6733 Curran Street McLean, VA  22101
703/790-8980 Exploring direct channles of assistance into the
country and working with refugees.

CARE
660 First Avenue New York, NY  10016 212/686-3110 Providing food
throughout Somalia

Church World Service Box 968 Elkhart, IN  46515 219/264-3102
Supporting an airlift of food and medicine.

Food for the Hungry 7729 E. Greenway Road Scottsdale, AZ  85260
800/2-HUNGER
Supports partner agencies.

Grassroots International 48 Grove Street, Suite 103 Somerville, MA
02144 617/628-1664 Supports partner agencies.

International Medical Corps 5933 West Century Blvd. Suite 310 Los
Angeles, CA  90045 310/670-0800 Runs a medical surgical program in
Mogadishu.

International Rescue Committee 386 Park Avenue South New York, NY
10016 212/679-0010 Works with Somali refugees in Kenya

Lutheran World Relief 390 Park Avenue South New York, NY
10016-8803 212/532-6350 Supports Lutheran World Federation's
airlift of food and medicine.

MSF (Doctors Without Borders) 30 Rockefeller Plaza #5425 New York,
NY  10112 212/649-5961 Supports the work of MSF France, Belgium
and Holland.

Operation USA 7615 1/2 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, CA  90046
213/658-8876 Will be consigning pharmaceuticals to operational
agency.

Oxfam America 115 Broadway Boston, MA  02116 800/225-5800 Supports
the work of Oxfam UK.

Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief/Episcopal Church 815
Second Avenue New York, NY  10017 212/867-8400 Supports a partner
agency.

Save the Children 54 Wilton Road Westport, CT  06880 203/221-4100
Supports Save the Children UK.

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) 130 Prospect
Street Cambridge, MA  02139-1813 617/868-6600 Supports partner
agencies

US Committee for UNICEF 331 East 38th Street New York, NY  10016
212/686-5522 Supports the work of UNICEF.

United Methodist Committee on Relief 475 Riverside Drive, Room
1374 New York, NY  10115 212/870-3816 Provides funding through
World Council of Churches.

World Concern Box 33000 Seattle, WA  98133 206/546-7201 Runs a
mobile medical team, mother and child health centers,  and other
relief projects.

World Vision 919 West Huntington Drive Monrovia, CA 91016
818/357-7979 Involved in emergency feeding and health care.

For more information, e-mail InterAction at "iac" or contact
InterAction at 202/667-8227..