Jaber Al-Ahmad Village to be inaugurated in Banda Aceh » Kuwait Times Website

Jaber Al-Ahmad Village to be inaugurated in Banda Aceh » Kuwait Times Website: "MANILA: His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah has tasked Barjas Al-Barjas, the chairman of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS), with inaugurating Jaber Al-Ahmad Village in Indonesia during his current visit to the region. The village was built using Kuwaiti funds to rehome those left destitute by the 2004 tsunami. Al-Barjas said he met with the Kuwaiti leader recently and gave him a full briefing about the village, located in Banda Aceh. He explained that the village, built in
an area devastated by the 2004 tsunami, includes 150 houses, a mosque and a medical center."

Swiss Solidarity hails record tsunami donations - swissinfo

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Swiss Solidarity hails record tsunami donations
The charity Swiss Solidarity has thanked the nation after it collected SFr227 million ($224 million) for its tsunami projects, which are now coming to an end.

It said the record donations had allowed it to co-finance 166 projects in five countries in cooperation with other organisations since the devastating tidal wave hit Southeast Asia almost five years ago"

Concord Salvadoran group raises money for flood victims - ContraCostaTimes.com

Concord Salvadoran group raises money for flood victims - ContraCostaTimes.com: "Downpours began that night, leading to flash floods and landslides that have killed 198 people — many of them children — and left dozens more missing, according to the latest government figures cited Monday in Salvadoran news outlets.

Silva, though safe in the capital of San Salvador, halted her vacation plans and joined the emergency relief work."