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InterAction Members Respond to the Flooding in Southern Africa 25 Mar 2001

How YOU Can Help

Heavy rains in the region are causing flooding in Southern Africa. In Malawi 130,000 people have been displaced by the flooding, and 330,000 people have been affected. In Mozambique, 75 people have been killed, 90,000 have been displaced, and 490,000 have been affected by flooding in the provinces of Zambezia, Sofala, Manica, and Tete. In Zimbabwe

InterAction members listed here are accepting contributions for assistance they or their affiliates are providing to victims of the flooding in Southern Africa. The list was produced by InterAction, a coalition of more than 165 US-based private relief, development and refugee assistance agencies. InterAction members have agreed to abide by a set of standards to ensure accountability to donors, professional competence and quality of service. Visit the following links for further information:

Details on current assistance being provided by InterAction members

InterAction's Guide to Appropriate Giving and Donations.

Adventist Development and Relief Agency International
Mozambique
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
800-424-2372
www.adra.org

African Medical & Research Foundation USA
19 West 44th Street
Room 710
New York, NY 10036
212-768-2440
www.amref.org

Air Serv International
PO Box 3041
Redlands, CA 92373
909-793-2627
www.airserv.org/jopp1.htm

American Red Cross
International Response Fund
PO Box 37243
Washington, DC 20013
800-HELP NOW
www.RedCross.org

Catholic Relief Services
Southern Africa Flood Response Fund
209 West Fayette Street
Baltimore MD 21201
800-235-2772
www.catholicrelief.org
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
Mozambique Flooding
2850 Kalamazoo Avenue SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49560
(800) 848-5818
www.crwrc.org

Lutheran World Relief
Southern Africa Floods
PO Box 17061
Baltimore MD 21298-9832
800-597-5972
www.lwr.org

Oxfam America
Mozambique Relief and Reconstruction Fund
PO Box 1745
Boston, MA 02105-1745
800-77-OXFAM
www.oxfamamerica.org

Save the Children
PO Box 975 - Mozambique
Westport, CT 06881
800-728-3843
www.savethechildren.org

United Methodist Committee on Relief
Flood Recovery in Mozambique and Neighboring Countries
475 Riverside Drive #330
New York, NY 10115
800-554-8583
http://www.gbgm-umc.org/umcor

World Relief
PO Box WRC
Wheaton, Ill 60189
(630) 665-0235
www.wr.org


Press Contact: Shanta Bryant, 202-667-8227 x115
NGO Contacts: James Bishop, Director of Humanitarian Response, 202-667-8227, x104
Anita Malley, Program Associate, x105