Indonesian Students Organization Fund Raising for 2004 South East Asia Earthquake + Tsunami

The Indonesian Students Organization in Madison, WI, representing the Indonesian community there, is raising funds to help the relief efforts of the Indonesian Red Cross. As of today, the Indonesian Red Cross has deployed 800 volunteers to the disaster areas. They are distributing food, medicine and other relief items, evacuating the victims, delivering first aid, and are involved in the registration of the evacuees. In addition, they are also collecting data of victims for identification.

Based on their initial assessment, the Indonesian Red Cross currently needs instant food and nutrient supplements for children, tents, clothing items, sanitary kits, medical supplies, and body bags. However, the Madison Red Cross has advised us to send money instead of goods, because transportation of goods is expensive and time-consuming.

We are sending you this letter to ask for your prayer support. Please pray for the families who are mourning the loss of loved ones, for the health and safety of the volunteers and the injured ones, for timely evacuation and treatment, especially for those in remote areas.

We also need your financial support. The funds collected will be sent to the Indonesian Red Cross to expedite their operations and logistics. To avoid international wire transfer fees, we are pooling the funds and sending a lump sum amount to the Indonesian Red Cross account. We would greatly appreciate it if you could write a check, payable to ISO to the address below:

Sonny Suciawan
Vice President, Indonesian Students Organization
4701 Sheboygan Ave #106
Madison, WI 53705

Please also include your contact information, in order for us to provide you with a receipt and update you on the status of the relief efforts.

We are pleading for your immediate response. It is of prime importance that we act as soon as possible to mitigate the possible outbreak of disease among the survivors.