[Tlc] TLC-help victims of Burmese cyclone

[justinm at ucr.edu]

Forwarded from Catherine Raymond.
Thank you for your generosity,
justin


Give Direct Emergency Relief to Burmese Cyclone Victims
www.shelterboxusa.org

You can provide immediate, direct relief to Burmese cyclone victims.   
This relief will go entirely to the victims, not be sidetracked by  
government agencies, politics or administrative siphoning.

ShelterBox USA is poised to send a first shipment of 200 ShelterBoxes  
to Burma.  These ShelterBoxes will provide 2,000 cyclone victims  
immediate shelter plus the tools needed to boil water, cook food and  
bury waste.  ShelterBox USA is a non-profit, international service  
project of the Rotary Club.  The Rotary Club is a worldwide  
organization of people whose goal is to come together and give back.

These ShelterBoxes are currently pre-positioned in Dubai.  A fully  
trained, on-the-ground response team will directly distribute the  
ShelterBoxes in Burma.  All that is necessary is the go-ahead from  
the Myanmar government.

The charge d'affaires of the Myanmar Embassy in Washington was  
personally contacted today with the offer of 200 donated ShelterBoxes  
by a highly placed Burmese-American.  A formal request to approve  
ShelterBox relief has been forwarded to Yangon.  The government has  
already indicated its readiness to accept international aid if it is  
non-political.

Each ShelterBox contains a 10-person tent, bedding, water  
purification tablets, a trenching shovel, cooking/eating utensils,  
tools and stove, etc.  ShelterBox USA has provided disaster relief to  
tsunami and Katrina victims, responded to the Pakistani earthquake  
and is currently providing humanitarian relief in the Sudan.

To learn more about ShelterBox USA, please visit its website:   
www.shelterboxusa.org.


Sponsoring a full ShelterBox costs $1,000, but any and all financial  
donations are welcome.

The donation code for the Burmese relief effort is 5408.

You may donate on-line or mail your donation to:

ShelterBox USA
8374 Market Street
Suite 203
Lakewood Ranch, FL  34202

ShelterBox USA is a (501)(c)(3) organization;  donations are tax-
deductible as provided by the Internal Revenue Code.








Catherine Raymond
Associate Professor, Southeast Asian Art History
Director, Center for Burma Studies
520 College View Ct.
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL  60115
Office:  815-753-0512
Fax:      815-753-1776
E-mail:  craymond at niu.edu



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Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
3046 INTN
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu