Information

Numerous websites provide information about the emotional impact of the tsunami disaster. Sites that are especially relevant:

• The information by the World Health Organisation on mental health http://www.who.int/mental_health/resources/tsunami/en/
• The American Red Cross on children and disasters, info for parents and teachers http://www.redcross.org/pubs/dspubs/childmatls.html
• The National Center for PTSD in the USA www.ncptsd.org/topics/tsunami.html This site provides detailed information about early intervention, publications and newsletters, links and als contacts to locate missing persons through several websites.
• David Baldwins Trauma Information Pages, www.trauma-pages.com/pg5.htm . This part of the site contains specific information like disaster mental handouts as well as links to external disaster websites, disaster mental health guides, and other informative materials.

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International
Health
World Health Organisation http://www.who.int
United NAtions for Coordiation of Humanitarian Affairs http://ochaonline.un.org
Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (with daily upates) http://coe-dmha.org/tsunami.htm
United Nations World Food Programme http://www.wfp.org/index.htm
Unicef http://www.unicef.org.uk/
UNHCR Refuee Assistance http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies http://www.ifrc.org/
International Medical Corps http://www.imcworldwide.org.uk/ Department of health India
http://mohfw.nic.in/ Department of health Indonesia
http://www.depkes.go.id/bencana.php Department of health Maldives
http://www.health.gov.mv/ Department of health Myanmar/Birma
http://www.myanmar.com/Ministry/health/
Health sector respons Sri Lanka http://www.health.gov.lk/
Department of health Thailand http://eng.moph.go.th/
Media
BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/default.stm
CNN World http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/
Allied Media Corp http://www.allied-media.com/aljazeera/
The Times of India newspaper http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/? The Jakarta Post
http://www.thejakartapost.com/headlines.asp
The Miadhu News - maldivian newspaper  http://www.miadhu.com/ Myanmar International Weekly
http://www.myanmar.com/myanmartimes/ Daily News
http://www.dailynews.lk/ The Bankok Post
http://www.bangkokpost.co.th/
Donations
http://www.oxfam.org
http://www.aahuk.org/
http://www.dec.org.uk/
http://www.care.org/
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/scuk/jsp/index.jsp
http://www.islamic-relief.com/
http://www.christianaid.org
http://www.hinduforum.org/
http://www.worldjewishaid.org http://www.hiphiphi.com/