The Red Cross relief effort in the Indonesian province of Aceh is focused on the devastated town of Meulaboh, where an estimated 40,000 people died. Joining the thousands of Indonesian Red Cross volunteers are emergency response units from sister National Societies that will be providing essential water, sanitation and health services.  Visit site

A nameless Thai volunteer recounts how she and her friends help retrieve bodies in Phuket, Thailand. They translated Thai to English and other European languages, enabling rescuers and family members to communicate and find dead relatives and loved ones.  Visit site

When tsunami waves broke all communication lines across India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands, ham radio came to the rescue. Pharati Prasad, India's foremost amateur ham radio operator, was attempting a new transmission record here when the Dec 26 earthquake followed by the giant waves hit the archipelago.  Visit site

As the first chilling images of the death and devastation caused by the tsunami flashed on Indian television Sunday, Tara Kaushal, 21, a freelance writer and accessories designer, started receiving text messages from friends on her cell phone.  Read article

Several groups of young software engineers from Bangalore and Chennai have arrived at various parts of Nagapattinam district to carry out relief operations. These groups, comprising professionals from companies like Wipro, Infosys, Accenture, AdventNet, Xerago, arrived on Friday night. They have brought with them generous contributions of their fellow employees to help those affected in the district, the worst-affected in Tamil Nadu.  Visit site

Red fire trucks, pickup trucks, four-wheel drives and large buses — all loaded with instant noodles, sugar, rice and coffee. There is little central organization to this aid effort, and even less government involvement. It is the work of community groups, mosques, government employees and students whose efforts sprang up spontaneously in the wake of the Indonesian island of Sumatra's shocking, and rising, death toll from Sunday's tsunami.  Visit site

As the death toll climbs‚ local Indian groups in the United Sates of America have decided to band together to help provide relief to their reeling homeland. Local Indian organizations hope to raise $100‚000 at an event they have scheduled for January 22.  Visit site

With the number of those killed in the devastating Asian earthquake and tsunamis rising to over 120,000, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies has put in place what looks set to be its largest emergency relief operation ever.  Read article

The initial response by Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers in the vital first few days of the crisis in evacuating survivors and providing emergency relief materials is being bolstered by an international operation which will assist over two million people in the most vulnerable communities affected by the crisis over the next six months.  Visit site

The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, in coordination with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Offices and the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR), is deploying volunteers in several South Asian countries to help governments, NGOs and other UN agencies provide relief to thousands of people who have lost their homes and family members in the tsunamis of 26 December.  Read article