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Earthquake Relief Project in Sichuan
6/28/2008 The IBU Foundation, AOMAA and partners are joining together to help Hua Dan
raise funds to respond to children's needs in the afternath of the earthquake.
See their website: http://www.hua-dan.org/
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Myanmar Cyclone
The American Overseas Medical Aid
Association in collaboration with the IBU Foundation of Indonesia
urgently seek donations to fund direct aid and direct response to
victims of the Myanmar cyclone Nargis that hit May 3, 2008.
Our mobile medical teams, engineers, and young volunteers are preparing
an emergency response to provide water, sanitation and shelter, in
addition to direct medical care to rural people. We work on a
dollar donated-dollar spent on recipients, direct aid basis. Companies
wishing to support our indirect costs and overhead may earmark a grant
for that purpose. But donor dollars go straight to the people in
services and resources.
As you know, over many years Myanmar's people have been suppressed by a
dictatorial, military regime leading to uncountable deaths, including
Buddhist monks last year.
In their weakened condition, where families have lost sons and daughters, the cyclone that killed 100,000 people has far worst consequences. Rural people are
living on the edge. Let's help them recover fast through this
grassroots effort.
Sincerely,
Dr. Lucia Cargill, President/Executive Director, AOMAA
feedback: info@aomaa.org
NEWS FLASH
May 23, 08 Dr. Jack Gustiana and the IBU medical team have been given permission to
enter Myanmar. They have a pledge of 100,000 Euros from the EU and a lesser
amount of money from Benefiz Germany. Action Medeor has said they will do
something in support of the direct medical aid.
These funds will be made available when they actually get to Myanmar.
The
team needs a bridge grant for staging. This is an excellent
opportunity for us to assist.
To donate, and help launch the team, either go to: http://home.earthlink.net/~aomaa/Donate.html
or direct wire transfer to IBU at the IBU Foundation bank account:
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Bank MANDIRI
Medan Zainul Arifin
Branch
Account no: 105-00-0486703-6
Swift Code BEIIIDJA
Bank Mandiri
Cabang Medan Zainul Arifin |
Contact us at info@aomaa.org with any questions.
We wish the IBU front team, and the medical doctors to follow all the best
in their continuing efforts. They will not only provide direct, short term
assistance, but intend to build long lasting relationships with other young
professionals who want to build their own disaster response non-profit in
Burma.
May 21, 08 The IBU team is in the staging phase ready to go to Burma when the documents
come through, as expected this week due to the opening of doors to A.S.E.A.N.
doctors.
A.S.E.A.N. website: http://www.aseansec.org/
May 19, 08 A.S.E.A.N. medical workers to be allowed into Myanmar
AlertNet: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP322353.htm
CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/19/myanmar.aid/index.html
Related Links
May 18, 08
NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/world/asia/18myanmar.html
CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/18/myanmar.ap/index.html
May 17, 08
NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/17/world/asia/17myanmar.html
May 9, 08
NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/09/world/asia/09yangon.html
CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/08/myanmar/index.html
May 8, 08
Al Jazeera: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A1D6DC6A-A2DC-4E5E-8A16-C3B6FBD8C6DD.htm
CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/08/us.myanmar/index.html
MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24514879/
May 7, 08
NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/world/asia/07aid.html
Times Online: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3883123.ece
Times Online: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3887278.ece
BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7385662.stm
MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24478247/
May 6, 08
CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/06/myanmar.relief/index.html
Times Online: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3879492.ece
Harvard: http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2008/05/06/harvard_students_join_global_groups_to_aid_burmese/
Global Voices: http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/06/myanmar-unprecedented-cyclone-disaster/
Yahoo News: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080506/ap_on_re_as/myanmar_cyclone
May 4, 08
BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7382685.stm
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AOMAA PROJECTS
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AOMAA - IBU Foundation partnership
The
IBU Foundation is called Yayasan IBU in Indonesia, a registered
non-profit formed by the young team of Indonesian professionals after
the tsunami.
Their website: http://ibu-foundation.or.id/main.php
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IBU4Aceh
Project
assisting the people whose lives were devastated by the effects of the
tsunami wave in 2004
Since the tsunami, starting December 28, 2004, AOMAA has worked to
provide capacity building and technical advice to a group of talented,
young Indonesian physicians, nurses, psychologists, teachers, managers,
logisticians, program development officers, and support administrative
staff. From the original core group of 11 doctors and 50 volunteers who
started working in Meulaboh, Aceh, on January 1, 2005, we assisted in
the formation of a highly functioning, highly ethical, professional,
local non-profit organization called IBU4Aceh.
To our IBU4Aceh page
IBU4Jogja
IBU4Yogja has a team of 31 actively working each day to bring medical
and psychosocial services to the survivors of the disasters in Yogjakarta.
To our IBU4Jogja page
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Kosovo
AOMAA One-to-One Projects in Kosovo
AOMAA
fills the gaps when foreign aid is only working through organizations
in towns and cities. We assist those in rural areas who have fallen
through the cracks. A
handicapped family could not survive the winter after the war. Their
house was destroyed and they had no way to provide food and milk for
the baby and three year old daughter. AOMAA advocated for this family with
Handicapped International and Movimondo to rebuild the house quickly
before the winter.
To our Kosovo Projects page
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Shilpa
Orphanage
Project in Sri Lanka
AOMAA
is
advocating for the wonderful home fostering program for children
orphaned in the tsunami. We are happy to provide information to anyone
who would like to support an orphaned child in a foster family
supervised, administered and evaluated by this wonderful, professional
staff. The cost is approximately $400 per year to provide food and
support money to the family, and school/uniform/book fees for the child.
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