Carla Ballatan Continuous valiant efforts around the globe are being done to reach out to the thousands of victims of the tsunami disaster that affected several eastern countries. The big death toll and terrible destruction caused by the big tidal waves caused by an subsurface earthquake, on December 26, 2004, waved out a international call for all relief organization to do what they can in helping out the victims. It was truly one of the worst disasters to happen in history. Between 167,530 and 178,118 people have been according dead and the number of absent ranges from 25,353 to 128,430 with most presumed dead. One of the hardest hit was Indonesia, with between 119,807 and 123,198 dead and between 12,046 and 114,897 were missing. Aceh province at the northern tip of Sumatra Islands was near the quake’s epicenter and the hardest hit region in Indonesia. In India, the government confirmed 10,779 deaths and 5,614 people missing. Sri Lanka reported deaths between 30,998 and 38,195 and 4,698 to 4,924 missing people. In Thailand there were 5,395 stillborn and 2,995 missing. Phang Nga province and the near resort islands of Phuket and Phi Phi were bad hit by the waves. Death tolls were also according in Malaysia, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Maldives and Somalia. Contamination and diseases from mosquitoes, contaminated drinking water, exposure and handling of stillborn bodies, mass injuries and trauma are widespread. It doomed is a good way to distributed out word in the web calling out for donations, and another link would make untold more difference. It is a worthy effort of Christopher Mackay to post a reminder and call for users on December 31, 2004, 12:30 am http://chris.tantramarinteractive.com/node?from=10. He have invited people to donate what they can to the Canadian chromatic Cross, which have a tsunami fundraising program to go on for the next ten years – involving relief, recovery and rehabilitation. And reported to press releases on January 27, 2005 at Ottawa, Canada, General Dr. Pierre Duplessis, the Canadian Red crosswise Secretary General proudly announced that outpouring of care and generosity has been overwhelming all finished the world and particularly in Canada. They according that 181 general societies that belong to the foreign Federation of chromatic Cross and chromatic Crescent Societies (IFRC) have collected $1.4 billion for tsunami aid already. This includes $160 cardinal from individuals, corporations and governments of Canada. With these figures, they have decided wind falling fundraising. This decision was also supported on the progress of damage and assessment reports, consultations with other relief agencies and chromatic Cross experience in disaster management. Announcements through the web have really helped much for their efforts. The International Red crosswise has already complete 77 tsunami relief flights. They are continuing relief efforts, moving beyond the ‘emergency phase’ in Asia with much than 9,000 drilled Red Cross workers. After about 30 days from the date of the disaster, 500,000 people has been provided by the chromatic Cross. Clean water, temporary shelter, food and basic relief items. About The Author