Howard Arfin is a volunteer and international delegate for the Canadian Red Cross. He has been helping bury the dead and supplying aid for survivors on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. He reports on his experiences in the first of a series of diary entries for the BBC News website.  Visit site

The head of a group which places volunteer specialists in disaster areas has warned enthusiastic volunteers without specific experience not to go to tsunami-affected regions.  Visit site

The head of a group which places volunteer specialists in disaster areas has warned enthusiastic volunteers without specific experience not to go to tsunami-affected regions.  Visit site

 The Indian Ocean tsunami disaster generated a record level of charity giving - including a remarkable number of online donations.  Visit site

For people who lost everything in the devastating tsunami that roared across the Sri Lankan coast last week, the emergency relief kits being put together by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) can not reach them soon enough.  Read article

To help tsunami victims combat the severe psychological trauma, as many as 26,000 volunteers in the Andaman and Nicobar islands and Tamil Nadu are being trained by counsellors from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences in Bangalore.  Visit site

Hundreds of volunteers - both Thais and foreigners - have decided to travel to affected areas of the country to offer their help. Some cut short their holidays, others took time off work and still others have quit their jobs completely - but all of them said they could not just get on with their lives, knowing such a disaster had happened.  Visit site

Hundreds of volunteers - both Thais and foreigners - have decided to travel to affected areas of the country to offer their help. Some cut short their holidays, others took time off work and still others have quit their jobs completely - but all of them said they could not just get on with their lives, knowing such a disaster had happened.  Visit site

Hot, sweaty, pink-skinned and carrying a large green holdall, you can tell that Ian Archer, a builder, has just stepped off the plane when he arrives at the volunteer centre in Phuket town hall. Mr Archer is a sudden convert to direct action, inspired by the contrast between the TV images of suffering he saw in south Asia and the comfort of his British home.  Visit site

The medical relief agency Medicins Sans Frontiers said the 54 million dollars collected for South Asia was enough and issued what it said was a first-ever call Tuesday for a halt to donations.  Visit site