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MEDECINS　DU MONDE
WE URGE YOU TO JOIN OUR RELIEF EFFORTS
FOR TSUNAMI SURVIVORS

Dear Friends,

An unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe hit the coastal communities around the Indian Ocean.
The massive scale of undersea earthquake and tsunami resulted in untold chaos and devastation in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, and Thailand. Contaminated water by dead bodies of humans as well as of animals is threatening the spread of epidemics.

As of January 5, 2005, Medecins du Monde ( Doctors of the World) has deployed 51 physicians, nurses, psychologists and logisticians to Sri Lanka and Banda Ache (Indonesia) to provide emergency aid to the victims, to restore health care systems in the disaster-hit zones, and to reduce the growing risk of epidemics.

In Sri Lanka, Medecins du Monde teams are providing aid in both Tamil and government-controlled areas, including Colombo, Galle, Batticaloa, Mullaittivu and Trincomalee.