I personally endorse the appeal and urge you to please donate as much as you can to this relief effort. Please forward this appeal to as many people as you can. One of the worst earthquakes in recorded history has hit Gujarat state, India. More than 15,000 people are feared to have died and hundreds more have been injured. It is thought that the city of Ahmedabad has suffered the highest number of deaths.
Property damage is estimated to be in the millions of dollars.
IDRF, an established non-profit organization in the United States, is administered by volunteers with no honorarium or overhead. Because of the working relationships with many NGOs in India, specific organizations that will best utilize the funds will be quickly identified. IDRF maintains bank accounts both in India as well as in the USA which allows for a quick transfer of funds to the selected organizations. Besides accepting individual, corporate and organizational donations by check, IDRF is eligible to receive corporate-matching gift funds. Donors working for firms that have such a program are encouraged to take advantage of it to increase the funds available to help the victims of this huge national disaster.