Date: 1/2/2005
There are three aid agencies set up to specifically handle diving related post-tsunami aid.
1]DIVE AID is a UK based agency with European connections
www.diveaid.co.uk
contact
guyvenner@yahoo.co.uk
or Swedish-based
jojosvedberg@hotmail.com
2]Thai-based DOCT [Dive Operators Club of Thailand]
alistair@doct-phuket.org
Alistair Beveridge/Pres.
3] The Ocean Environment [ONE] the charity org of Environment Australia [related to projects in Sri Lanka,Phuket and Maldives]
All distinctive Tsunami Disaster relief fund programs with guaranteed 100% distribution of all funds raised to diving-related aid and re-building the region’s dive industry’s infrastructure on which the region’s economy is largely reliant and as the major source of employment for tsunami survivors.
Donations can be made to these organizations with certainty the funds will reach this sector of tsunami victims.