The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO)
expresses sincere concern and requests for support for the
countless thousands of families who have been severely affected
by the extra-ordinary level of devastation, damage, suffering
and loss of life and property caused by hurricane Katrina that
recently struck the US Gulf Coast states of Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama. We fully support all measures being
taken by various levels of federal, state and municipal
government, relief organizations and volunteers to bring
urgently needed assistance and reassurance to all people in the
affected areas, and we applaud the diligent and continuing
efforts of emergency personnel working under extremely difficult
conditions. Hurricane Katrina has caused havoc and produced
devastation of untold consequences. Thousands of people have
been affected or become homeless, and many have lost their
lives. It is a national crisis of enormous proportions which
demands our urgent attention. The people in the affected areas
will no doubt recover from this disaster and return to the
normalcy of their lives but at this stage, it is an urgent
humanitarian cause that deserves our support.
GOPIO is a secular, non-partisan, not-for-profit,
international organization based in USA with chapters in various
parts of the globe, representing the interests and aspirations
of People of Indian Origin (PIOs), and promoting awareness and
understanding of issues of concern -- social, cultural,
educational, economic, or political, to global NRI/PIO
community. For further information, please contact GOPIO
President Inder Singh at gopio-intl@sbcglobal.net or by
telephone at 818-708-3885 or Chairman Dr Thomas Abraham at
230-329-8010, Secretary General Ashook Ramsaran at 718-939-8194.
GOPIO urges immediate donations for this urgent humanitarian
effort, which will be sent promptly to the agencies actively
involved in relief and rehabilitation efforts in the affected
areas. Contributions should be made payable to GOPIO and sent
to:
GOPIO International
c/o Haresh Panchal
134 Sweet Berry Ct
San Jose CA 95439
1 (408) - 772-8745
Orleans
Firefighter
They had worked a week straight, watching their city sink and
people die, helping those they could and dodging bullets while
they did. With untold weeks of toil still ahead of them, a group
of New Orleans firefighters and paramedics touched down in Las
Vegas Tuesday evening, looking forward to a few days of rest,
warm beds and hot showers before continuing their grim work in
Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. "We're just relieved to be away
and have a sense of normalcy for a couple of days," paramedic
Chris Keller said at a news conference at McCarran International
Airport. Keller was among the first police officers, paramedics
and firefighters who will be flown to Las Vegas during the next
month. Each group will stay about five days before heading back
to New Orleans, making way for another group of exhausted
emergency workers. The workers can bring their families, too.
Air travel will be provided by Allegiant Air, and rooms will be
provided by Station Casinos, the Hard Rock, Boyd Gaming, the
Palms and Fitzgerald's. The Hilton offered tickets to its Barry
Manilow show. "They asked us if we wanted a trip to Vegas, all
expenses paid," New Orleans fire Capt. Phillip Mason said.
"You'd be out of your mind to say no." Las Vegas Mayor Oscar
Goodman said he arranged the hospitality after a call Sunday
from the New Orleans city attorney. At a news conference Tuesday
outside the Allegiant Air offices, Goodman said he found nothing
but support for the idea. "They have acted as heroes this past
week, and they just have to recover," Goodman said. While Las
Vegas opened its arms to emergency workers, public officials and
social service agencies prepared to welcome an influx of
evacuees from hurricane-ravaged areas of the Gulf Coast.
The Southern Nevada chapter of the American Red Cross already
has taken in more than 200 people, and county officials expect
the Federal Emergency Management Agency to fly in another 500 by
Monday. Counting people who move on their own or are relocated
through faith-based groups, officials estimate more than 2,000
former Gulf Coast residents could end up in the valley. Towers
said the Red Cross expects nearly 2,000 evacuees to eventually
come to the Las Vegas Valley, and that most will stay. "When
everything settles and they realize that they have lost
everything, they're going to want to leave everything behind and
start over in Las Vegas," said Penney Towers, executive director
of the local Red Cross. To help evacuees settle in, the county
today will open a one-stop shop at the Fertitta Community
Assistance Center in downtown Las Vegas, where information on
health care, transportation, schools and other services will be
available. "It's about providing medical care and schooling.
It's about providing for their daily needs," County Commission
Chairman Rory Reid said of the effort, dubbed Operation Open
Arms.
Evacuees arriving Thursday will be medically screened by
public health nurses from University Medical Center and
transported to the community center. Based on the experience of
Salt Lake City, Reilly expects many evacuees to be in poor
health. One-third of the 1,000 evacuees arriving in Salt Lake
City were unable to walk. Evacuees will be housed for at least
three months at hotels and motels. Harrah's made the largest
commitment, setting aside 150 rooms for the federally
transported evacuees. Because of the valley's fast growth,
county spokesman Erik Pappa said Las Vegas is better equipped
than most cities to handle the influx of people. "We're the
fastest growing community in the country, so perhaps these folks
here can assimilate faster than in other places," he said. "But
at the same time, we're facing an affordable housing crunch and
cost of living increases."
Towers said another challenge evacuees will face is finding
work. The Las Vegas-Clark County Urban League is one of the
agencies offering to help find jobs and housing for new
residents. Wilma Gaines, chief executive and interim president
of the league, said Las Vegas is fortunate because it has jobs
available, but she said the speed with which people find
employment will depend on their skills. The league will train
those lacking marketable skills to make them more attractive to
prospective employers, she said. There was no estimate on the
cost to the county and the state of receiving the evacuees, but
officials said they are keeping track of expenses and expect to
be reimbursed by FEMA. The influx of evacuees comes as police
from Southern Nevada are headed to the Gulf Coast to assist in
Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. A convoy of officers from
several police departments left Monday morning for a 35-hour
drive to Mississippi, taking with them tents, food and water for
what is expected to be a three-week mission, said Officer Bill
Cassell, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police Department.
"They are going there to provide some reinforcements and some
relief to the officers who have worked since this thing
started," Cassell said. "We have officers who have been going on
two, three hours of sleep each night. They need to take some
time to be with their family and friends and get done what they
have to get done." Las Vegas police devoted 30 officers to the
effort, with Henderson and North Las Vegas sending eight apiece.
All told, the state of Nevada sent roughly 100 officers for the
mission, Cassell said.Contributed by Vegas RJ Frank Curreri.
Stranded Pets From Hurricane Katrina
Destination
Las Vegas NV
Nevada will be accepting about 800 of the people left
homeless by Hurricane Katrina and Gov. Kenny Guinn will declare
a state of emergency to qualify for federal funds to handle the
arrivals, officials said this morning. Mike Hillerby, Guinn's
chief of staff, said state and local officials worked through
the weekend arranging for 500 of the homeless to live in the Las
Vegas Valley and 300 in Northern Nevada. Las Vegas will be ready
Thursday to accept the people and Northern Nevada will be ready
Wednesday. It's the start of what will likely be an unofficial
surge in residents coming to the valley, as more have probably
come out here to visit family or friends or are expected to do
so in the future, county Manager Thom Reilly said. Starting
Wednesday, the "newest Nevadans" will be processed through an
assessment center at the Fertitta Community Center, 1501 Las
Vegas Blvd. North, where they will be screened for medical needs
and children can be enrolled into local schools, Clark County
Commission Chairman Rory Reid said. "This is a work in
progress," he said. "Many more people are going to arrive and we
need to be prepared." Reid and other county commissioners joined
Lt. Gov. Lorraine Hunt and Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman this
morning to announce the plan.
The 500 residents -- 300 of whom are expected to arrive
Thursday -- will be flown into McCarran International Airport by
federal officials, although three times that number could come
here on their own, he said. Lifelong New Orleans resident Sandra
Sayles came to Las Vegas on Sunday and this morning said she was
eager to start a new life with her grown daughter, Sydni
Sayles-Long, who lives in Southern Nevada. Hurricanes are
nothing new for Sayles, who said she expected to be home after a
couple days. Instead, Sayles and her three school-age
grandchildren -- who began living with her after the death of
their mother in February -- hopscotched the county, staying in
Houston, Atlanta and Denver before arriving here, she said. "I
tried to explain it as a mini-vacation," Sayles said of how she
explained the unexpected move to her 5-year-old grandson. "We
thought we'd be gone for three days, then we'd come back and
clean up." Sayles, who hasn't been back to her house but has
been told by friends and neighbors that her once quiet street is
uninhabitable, came to the Clark County Government Center this
morning to try to enroll her grandchildren in local schools as
quickly as possible.
She's one of the lucky ones. Others who have no family or
friends in Southern Nevada will be offered one of 150 rooms at
Harrah's resorts in Las Vegas, Tom Jenkin, vice president of the
Western division of Harrah's Entertainment, said. The gaming
giant, which operates several resorts in the battered region,
was among the hardest hit by the disaster. Jenkin estimated that
roughly 8,000 employees were affected by the storm. "We were
shocked by what a couple of weeks ago we thought was
unimagineable," Jenkin said of the destruction. Harrah's has
joined the American Red Cross, United Way of Southern Nevada,
Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada and other local nonprofit
groups to assess the needs of displaced residents, many of whom
will require housing here for up to six months. Penney Towers,
chief executive of the Southern Nevada chapter of the Red Cross,
said the charity is encouraging donors to give money instead of
clothing, which could require cleaning. "We're all pulling
together to do everything we can to diminish the stress and
hardship of the evacuees from the affected areas of the
Southeast," Towers said in a written statement. "Our neighbors
in the Southeast have suffered so much devastation. We are
working to do everything we can do bring hope and comfort to
them."
Sayles still doesn't know just how much damage her home
suffered. Now, she said, her priority is helping her
grandchildren make the transition into life in Southern Nevada
and looking for a job. "It's tough, once you get here and you
realize you have nothing," Sayles said. "Now you've really got
to walk your talk about your faith in God." State officials
expect the evacuees will stay in Nevada two or three months,
Hillerby said. The declaration of a state of emergency will
allow for federal agencies to cover the costs of expenses such
as housing, food and clothing. He said he expected Nevadans to
"be very excited" about giving a helping hand to the 800 who
have been left homeless. Keith Rheault, state superintendent of
public instruction, said he will be issuing school districts
guidance on how to accept the children. He said they can be
immediately enrolled in school without paperwork from their
former schools. He said once the children are in class, the
schools can then start trying to gather the information from the
former schools.
South Asians
Contribute
As of September 7th 2005 What South Asians are doing to help
compile Hurricane Katrina stories by Sreenath Sreenivasan - SAJA
- South Asian Journalism Association www.saja.org and S. Mitra
Kalita, with input from around the globe by Council of National
Journalism Organization. Let SAJA know if you covered or are
covering any aspect of the story saja@columbia.edu 1 (212)
854-5979 Also see various reporters and Contributions from some
South Asian heads of States. SAJA member available to cover
story: Diane Sustendal, NON resident now in Baton Rouge: 1 (225)
925-2112 (temp), 1 (917) 648-9009 (cell), e-mail: dsustendal@aol.com
On the ground - Sumi Das, CNN reporter, has been reporting out
of Biloxi, Miss. Sanjay Gupta, MD, and CNN medical
correspondent, has been in New Orleans for several days. Read
about some of his work. Mona Khanna, MD, and medican
correspondent for Dallas CBS 11, has been working double duty at
New Orleans International Airport since Tue., Aug. 30. She has
been treating patients as a member of TX-4 Disaster Team and
doing live shots and phoners for her station. Raja Mishra,
Boston Globe correspondent, has been reporting from New Orleans
Sudeep Reddy, Dallas Morning News reporter, has been covering
the story; frequent guest on NPR and Texas TV to talk about
Katrina's effect on energy industry.
Here's a narrative story from the roof of a hospital.(no
link). Eswhere Vikas Bajaj, NYT business reporter, has been
covering the effect on business, including with an A1 story on
Sat., Sept. 3. Monika Mathur, news researcher for the AP, has
been part of a seven-person team working round-the-clock on
researching the relief operations. Hari Sreenivasan, ABCNews Now
anchor, has been anchoring the coverage from before the
hurricane struck, right throught the aftermath. SOURCES:
US-based Experts on South Asia & Sources based in South Asia:
See relevant section of SAJA's source list. BACKGROUND: In the
last week of August 2005, Hurricane Katrina became the worst
natural disaster in U.S. history. See free LexisNexis coverage
of the crisis. Comparisons to the Dec. 26, 2004, Asia tsunami
and its devastation are inevitable. For a complete list of
resources SAJA offered then, please visit : www.saja.org/tsunami.html
Below : South Asian Analysts/Experts Who Can Provide Commentary
| South Asian Relief Efforts | South Asians Affected in the Gulf
Coast | Responses of South Asian Governments.
South Asian Analysts/Experts Who Can Discuss Katrina
Congressman Bobby Jindal, R-Louisiana - represents New
Orleans and is the first South Asian in Congress in more than 50
years. Updates from www.BobbyJindal.com
DC phone: 1 (202) 225-3015
Sudeep Reddy, energy reporter, Dallas Morning News, frequent
guest on NPR and Texas TV to talk about Katrina's effect on
energy industry sreddy@dallasnews.com Vijay Vaitheeswaran@vijaytothepeople.com
author "Power to the People, worldwide energy and environment
correspondent, The Economist, also frequently on NPR Asian
American Hotel Owners Association - representing the thousands
of motel and hotel owners (despite the name, it's a South Asian
group, not one representing the larger Asian American community)
see info below on its efforts, 1 (404) 816-5759
South Asian Relief Operations and Story Ideas
NPR: Hindu Priests Providing Comfort (click on "listen to the
story" and go to 4:30) NOTE: SAJA does not endorse the
fundraising efforts of any of these groups and encourages donors
to conduct their own research into the missions of the groups
and their track record with disaster relief. AAHOA, Asian
American Hotel Owners Association As we see the full impact of
Hurricane Katrina, it is clear that hundreds of thousands of
people are in need of help, some of whom now lack the most basic
necessities of life. In response, AAHOA will be making a
contribution of $100,001 toward the relief efforts through the
American Red Cross and other initiatives. On a local level,
AAHOA members are doing a tremendous job in helping people in
need in many places. It is heartening to hear that our members
are doing such things as :
* Extending complimentary rooms
* Providing food and other essentials to storm refugees
* Opening up lobby areas as sleeping quarters
* Traveling on site to hoteliers in need with baskets of food
* Collecting tens of thousands of dollars in donations for
relief efforts.
We, the AAHOA members, are part of a diverse American
culture, which has enabled us to achieve our “American Dream.”
To show our commitment, loyalty and solidarity with our fellow
Americans we have launched a campaign to raise funds for the
victims of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf States. All funds
collected will be turned over to the American Red Cross and
other charities. While AAHOA will be making a contribution of
$100,001 toward the relief efforts, we also want to encourage
each of you to help in any way you can. Here are some ways you
can do that:
* Send a check, payable to the AAHOA - Hurricane Relief Fund,
to the AAHOA office at 66 Lenox Pointe NE, Atlanta, GA 30324.
All funds collected will be turned over to the American Red
Cross and other charities.
* Donate free room nights at your property by:
* Visiting your local American Red Cross to donate rooms.
* Sending an E-mail to the AAHOA office at roomnights@aahoa.com
with your complimentary room allotment. All rooms collected
will be coordinated with FEMA and/or the American Red Cross.
* Coordinating with FEMA to donate rooms.
While FEMA would certainly appreciate complimentary rooms,
they may be willing to pay for rooms as needed. Send an E-mail
to FEMA with your room allotment at private.sector@dhs.gov. If
you are allotting rooms on a complimentary basis, please
indicate as such in your e-mail. We will continue to explore
other ways in which AAHOA and its members can assist in the
national effort to recover from this disastrous situation.
Global Organization of People of Indian Origin, GOPIO GOPIO
is a secular, non-partisan, not-for-profit, international
organization based in USA with chapters in various parts of the
globe, representing the interests and aspirations of People of
Indian Origin (PIOs), and promoting awareness and understanding
of issues of concern -- social, cultural, educational, economic,
or political, to global NRI/PIO community.
Checks to: GOPIO International
c/o Haresh Panchal
134 Sweet Berry Ct
San Jose Ca 95439
1 (408) 772-8745
National Federation of Indian American Associations (NFIA)
6912 Winter Lane, Annandale VA 22003
1 (703) 642-3156
ranand2@csulb.edu
www.nfia.net
Rajen Anand 1 (703) 642-3156
Radha Krishnan 1 (248) 682-2106
Pramod Kamdar 1 (210) 408-0959
Niraj Baxi 1 (408) 307-9845
NFIA WILL RAISE FUNDS TO HELP HURRICANE VICTIMS
The National Federation of Indian American Associations (NFIA),
an umbrella organization of various other associations
representing Americans who trace their roots to India has
launched a campaign to raise funds for the victims of Hurricane
Katrina that has caused havoc in the Gulf States. All funds
collected will be handed over to the American Red Cross and
other charities. “Images on television of helicopters plucking
frantic survivors from rooftops, the catastrophic destruction of
entire towns left in the path of powerful hurricane that has
caused the loss of life of thousands of people and made hundreds
of thousands homeless in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama are
bound to affect every human being,” observed Rajen Anand,
president of the NFIA. “The hurricane Katrina’s howling, lethal
force has dealt an immense blow to the region and the dimensions
of destruction are unfathomable,” he added. The tax deductible
checks payable to the NFIA-Hurricane Relief Fund should be sent
to NFIA 6912 Winter Lane, Annandale VA 22003. Further
information can be obtained by calling 1 (703) 642-3156.
American Hindu Association www.americanhindu.net/Katrina.htm
The National Federation of Indian American Associations (NFIA),
an umbrella organization of various other associations has set
up a Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund. The entire amount of money
collected will be handed over to the American Red Cross for
providing assistance to the hurricane victims. Tax deductible
checks payable to NFIA Hurricane Relief Fund should be sent to :
NFIA
6912 Winter Lane
Annandale VA 22003
Further information can be obtained by calling 1 (703)
642-3156.
HOUSTON-BASED EFFORTS Volunteering in Houston: To serve food
and help at George Brown Convention Center, please call
Hemendra Pal 1 (713) 306-2408 or Dhiraj Rathi 1 (713)
384-0068
Email to dhiraj_rathi@yahoo.com Write VOLUNTEER and your name
on the subject line.
Computer assistance need: The ACT Center (Astrodome Community
Technology Center) was set up in Astrodome. For more
information, go to the blog on our site at www.techforall.org We
will be organizing to develop other sites. Pl Email kann@pdq.net
if you want to help/coordinate with technology. Food: Take food
items to Food Bank or designated HEBs. If you need list of
locations and items, please email kann@pdq.net Housing: If you
wish to accommodate some people in your home contact shelter
committee, prdesai1@yahoo.com.
Sundaram " Sundy"
Srinivasan,
1 (281) 285-1381
Mob: 1 (713) 894-962?
All Houston-area Indo-American organizations will consolidate
through Indo-American Charities Sheela Rao
713-464-7780, With help from
IAF Harvinder Arora 281-980-1700 & ICC, Houston Vale
Subramaniyam 281-685-0081
India Development & Relief Fund, IDRF
Our volunteers in and Baton Rouge, LA are working with
American Red Cross and local voluntary organizations to assist
in providing relief efforts. There is a need for long term
rehabilitation and all your contributions will be directed to
the grass roots organizations.
Suresh Deopura
Phone: (510) 573-5100
Email: suresh@dewsoftware.com
Babulal Gupta
Phone: (309) 663-9198
Email: Idrf_blg@yahoo.com
Raghu Verabelli
Phone: (781) 270-2349
Email: idrfboston@yahoo.com Vijay Pallod
Phone: (281) 568-4995
Email: pallod@aol.com
Please make check payable to ‘IDRF’ (mention ‘Hurricane
Katrina’ in the memo) and mail it to:
Hurricane Katrina IDRF
4807 Phebe Ave
Fremont CA 94555
Donate online for Hurricane Katrina victims by More About
PayPal® IDRF is administered by volunteers without any
honorarium or overhead. Thus, 100% of your contribution will be
disbursed directly to the NGO. Please check out our website
www.idrf.org for latest information.
National Council of Pakistani Americans
NCPA is urging the Pakistani American community to
participate in the relief work for the victims of Katrina.
"Americans of all ethnicities, faiths, and backgrounds must come
forward to give a helping hand to the victims of Katrina. Those
fellow citizens who have faced the indescribable catastrophe in
New Orleans and Mississippi need our urgent attention and utmost
generosity" said Faiz Rehman, President NCPA. Please donate
through the following charities: American Red Cross
www.redcross.org
Islamic Relief www.irw.org/katrina/
ICNA Relief www.icnarelief.org Toll Free: 1-866-354-0102
The Hidaya Foundation www.hidaya.org
Salvation Army: 1-800-SAL-ARMY or www.salvationarmyusa.org
Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America, Inc.
National Office: P. O. Box 611, Iselin, NJ 08830
Make your check payable to VHP of America and In the memo
line, write Katrina
Relief Fund. Tel.: 732-744-0851
You can also contribute online by going to
www.vhp-america.org You can use Visa and MasterCard or Discover
card.
Contact Phones: Girish Gandhi, Vice President, Seva:
973-580-8451
Nachiketa Tiwari, Media & PR Coordinator: 508-261-1274
VHPA Office: Gaurang G. Vaishnav, General Secretary:
732-744-0851.
Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS)
Media Contact for further information about HSS relief
activities:
Amit Misra, 832 723 4776, amitmisra@sbcglobal.net
The HSS office at
Keshav Smrithi
4018 Westhollow Pkwy, Houston, TX 77082
has been designated as the contact point for all relief
efforts. Amit Misra Media Contact for Relief Coordination
amitmisra@sbcglobal.net 832 723 4776 Sharad Amin To join the
relief activities sharad_a_049@yahoo.com 281 762 3178 Khanderao
Kand About HSS sampark@hssworld.org 408 368 2709
NOTE: SAJA does not endorse the fundraising efforts of any of
these groups and encourages donors to conduct their own research
into the missions of the groups and their track record with
disaster relief.
South Asians Affected in the Gulf Coast Aug. 31: Indians in
Katrina-hit New Orleans take shelter in Baton Rouge by Lalit K
Jha
SEWA International
SEWA International, Inc is a not for profit, non-religious,
non-political and Tax-exempt charitable organization under
501(c) (3) with Tax Id # 20-0638718. National coordinator
Srikanth Konda (srikonda@yahoo.com) 678-362-7480 or local
coordinators Dhiraj Rathi (dhiraj_rathi@yahoo.com) 713-384-0068
and Venkat Subramaniam 512-689-3256 Sewa volunteers in Texas and
Louisiana are working with American Red Cross and other
organizations in providing immediate relief. We are identifying
the long term needs of the people and working with governments
of Louisiana and Mississippi in rebuilding homes. American Hindu
Association www.americanhindu.net/Katrina.htm The National
Federation of Indian American Associations (NFIA), an umbrella
organization of various other associations has set up a
Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund. The entire amount of money
collected will be handed over to the American Red Cross for
providing assistance to the hurricane victims. Tax deductible
checks payable to NFIA Hurricane Relief Fund should be sent to
NFIA
6912 Winter Lane
Annandale VA 22003
Further information can be obtained by calling (703) 642-3156
Islamic Center of Lafayette, lft_masjid at yahoo.com Islamic
Center of Baton Rouge reports hundreds of people staying there
at an expense of more than $1,000 per day.
Donations are accepted at:
Islamic Center of Baton Rouge
820 W Chimes
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: 225-387-3617
For Additional Information, please contact Abdus
Salaam at 225-288-3529
Gulf Medical Relief Fund [GMRF]
c/o P.O. Box 10402
Greensboro, NC 27404
Mohammad Mosque 65
2600 Plank Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70805
atten.: Minister Andrew Muhammad
1 (225) 923-1400 and 1 (225) 357-3079
Sikh Council on Religion and Education (SCORE), working to
help gurdwara in NO Dr. Rajwant Singh, National Chairman, 1
(202) 460 0630
Sikh Society of South
Katrina Relief Fund
Hibernia National Bank
Account # 208-05-59995
Tax ID # 72-0866136
Hibernia Toll-free: 1-800-262-5689
www.hibernia.com
1(225) 292-4112 home 1(225) 205-3164 cell
Sikh Society of South, Inc.; Katrina Relief Fund at
Hibernia National Bank or mailed to:
Sikh Society of South Inc
12921 Deerpath Way
Baton Rouge
LA 70816
Attention: Sumir Kaur Chehl, president
Assam Foundation of North America
Please send your Tax-exempt donation payable to AFNA and
write:
"Katrina Relief Fund"
c/o Pallabita Bhuyan
30 Redland Place
Woodlands
TX 77382