South Asian Earthquake of Oct 2005 Coweb/Swiki

(NOTE: I am from Pakistan, so there maybe (an unintentional) bias towards Pakistan here, but the goal here is to highlight the issues going on in South Asia after the earthquake and provide info for all to help/participate. In addition to the following, several of my friends are direclty running activities to help and I can also connect you to them to help in a more direct fashion. – Irfan)

More news on the earthquake

Pakistan: Web Portal to Assist Relief Effort in Earthquake-Affected Villages
- http://www.risepak.com Has all the info, including how to donate!
http://www.pakquake.com/
http://www.saquake.org/

Worldwide Candlelight Vigil

Worldwide Candlelight Vigil for the Victims and Survivors of the South Asian Earthquake
Tuesday November 8, 2005 at 7 pm (local time)
1 Month Anniversary of the Earthquake
http://www.yourdil.org/vigil/

Donations

Try http://www.risepak.com/Donations.aspx if not see the following.

Following relief agencies are embedded and are doing their best to help (listed aplhabetically)

Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America (APPNA) http://www.appna.org/Home/Home.asp
Care USA http://www.careusa.org/
Edhi Foundation
Hidaya Foundation http://www.hidaya.org
Islamic Relief http://www.irw.org
Kashmir International Relief Fund http://www.kirf.org/
Pakistan Embassy has setup an account for earthquake relief http://www.embassyofpakistan.org/
Relief International http://www.ri.org
Save the Children Fund http://www.savethechildren.org/ ("Spread the Warmth - Pakistan" fund)
United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF: http://www.unicef.org/index2.html
United Nations Refugee Agency UNHCR: http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/earthquake
Worldvision http://www.worldvision.org/worldvision/eappeal.nsf/egift_pakistan?OpenForm&campaign=1085220&cmp=KAC-1085220&source=goog&keyword=pakistan%20earthquake

Some interesting articles and stories

Umair Khan Scream
Hassun Shareef A Journey to the Earthquake Affected Areas
Farjad Nabi News from Pakistan

Add relevant stuff here.

Wednesday, 2 November 2005, 11:32:05 am
Relief Information Systems for Earthquakes-Pakistan: http://www.risepak.com
Making sure no village gets left behind. Detailed village level analysis of demographics, damage assesment, relief efforts, satellite imagery (created and maintained by by US-based professors, World Bank, NADRA, LUMS, Pakistani organizations).

At Georgia Tech

Please check http://earthquake.gatech.edu for details on GT's efforts towards Earthquake relief
The Pakistan Students Association @ Georgia Tech is collaborating with other campus organizations to collect funds for the President's Relief Fund: http://www.cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/psa