Blog Quake Day

I have already written about your efforts here

My first post here.

I’ll follow up with a post on 26th too.

I’ll also make a new post on October 26th. Thank you.

I’ll spread the word and add a post. Thanks

This issue has GRAVE national security implications. So, before everybody goes on, here is an advisory:
Kashmiri Terrorists Collecting Earthquake Relief Money.
Please follow/join the discussion on Bharat Rakshak:
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1656&sid=62de01f13fbf5a26aab09fee883d7ec5

(This comment has been edited. Comment policy – only references to external website and not
their entire text may be left in the comments. )

TCF, SUNGI and IR (Islamic Relief) – are some of the organizations you might wanna consider donating to because they’re direct orgs on the ground, IR is the lead agency for all active relief agencies operating in affected areas while Sungi are lead for Oxfam and CRS with TCF already pulling towards the middle of their phase 1 plan with phase 2 needing much support.

We’ve blogged about the above organizations on the QuakeHelp Blog (quakehelp.blogspot.com), feel free to take a look.

Thanks & Keep it Blogged!

Hello Desipundit Team,

This is a nice initiative. I have done the needful.

Regards,

Pankaj

Done my bit.

Excellent Idea. I am making a post now.

Why does the image by ChapatiMystery have ‘football’ as the alternate text?

Varun, sorry…my bad! sheeesh…fixed it now.

Answering the call:
http://www.thoughtfulchaos.com/varun/blog/2005/10/24/lets-help-the-earthquake-survivors

Nice initiative btw. We have something going on here and we can and we should use it to do the maximum good…

Hi, I’ve posted the message in my space.

I think you may have to check a few links you have listed.

1. Oxfam: http://www.oxfam.org/eng/donate.htm

2. The one where you have mentioned as collection points for 27, 28 and 29 for YOURDIL: There has been some update there in their site. Please check. (You may mention of their scheduled fundraising event instead)

3. Your link of volunteers required for YOURIL doesn’t work. You may use this instead: http://www.yourdil.org/join/

Further, you may not mention the specific dates for volunteers – due to changes in the schedules of YOURDIL. Please check their site.

http://stravinskyss.blogspot.com/2005/10/blog-quake-day.html

my lil bit on the blog quake day

Count me in for the 26th. I will have it up on my blog.

Krish, thanks for pointing out the mis-directed link, and giving us the YOUR DIL update. Necessary changes have been made. Thanks for your support.

Good work! I will to spread the word as much as I can. Shall post one more on oct 26.

Spreading awareness is a great tool. I have done my part.

I have done my part here-
http://sambharmafia.blogspot.com/2005/10/south-asian-quake-relief-desipundit.html

Hi Folks,
It’s an excellent initiative.
Done my bit Here

Adding my efforts here

Spreading the word at

http://axepressone.blogspot.com/2005/10/blog-quake-day.html .

been posting updates here since the quake – http://atrophyingsenses.blogspot.com/2005/10/donate-updated.html – but will pass the word around.

Thanks DP for the attention to the earthquake. With the winter fas approching the refugees need tents that can keep the cold out, else 3 million families are at risk. Please donate generously or help in any way you can.

Here is my contribution (updated the earlier version). I have also mentioned contact details, that i received from the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society.

http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/?p=164

Done my small bit!

My small bit but I hope our collective efforts are going to be big.

http://traveltalesfromindia.blogspot.com/2005/10/while-sitting-in-our-cozy-rooms-let-us.html

Thank U 1st of all 4 doing this. Peace 2 all of U. Count me in. .

Love 4 all.

- Ali

With you in this. And yes, it matters.

count me in too.

http://planetgrenada.blogspot.com/2005/10/blog-quake-day.html

Go bloggers – Help with Blog Quake Day.

I’ve asked podcasters to help in my news letter.

http://www.digitalpodcast.com/podcastnews/

And on my personal blog.

http://thebitt.blogspot.com

I’ve also submitted it as a news item for podcastingnews.com – I hope they will pick it up.

I will do! Also check my relief drive on http://emullah.blogspot.com and posters I distributed through my blog and also with the help of sepoy.

Here’s my wee bit for the Blog Quake Day.

I am participating too: http://abhishek.weblogs.us/archives/58/blog-quake-day/

Parsi Khabar supports this endeavor and links to it here.

I linked to it here

my two cents…here….
http://makingpplsmile.blogspot.com/2005/10/my-two-cents.html

Count me in iA…

My Blog Quake Day post.

Hope to help!

Post is here:

http://www.muhajabah.com/islamicblog/archives/veiled4allah/010785.php

Here’s my post.
http://rajputro.blogspot.com/2005/10/blog-quake-day-october-26-2005.html
Keep up the good work.

Here’s my post.

My little post On Quake and Exploitation of nature on Blogquake day… Is the world comming to an end??

What you can do… at

http://axepressone.blogspot.com/2005/10/what-you-can-do.html

Here is the Post

****PLEASE SUPPORT THE RELIEF TENT DRIVE!!****

A group of committed across the U.S., U.K. and Pakistan have created this blog (http://tentdrive.blogspot.com/) to generate funds to “shelter as many people as possible, as soon as possible”. We are committed to helper remote/rurual areas that have yet to receieve any aid.

We have raised over $6000 in just one week, and have delivered tents to a remote area – but need to raise much more to continue to provide shelter to the victims! Please help by donating and passing on the good word.

My post on this, and on the BBC article that points out that countries are not giving as much as they should : http://www.dhool.com/blog/?item=blog-quake-day

Excellent. It’s people like you that give blogging even more value. Thank you

here

I’ve linked to this as well. How do I copy the image? Please help! I’ve also been trying to copy the Desipundit image on to my blog with no sucess. Need some hand-holding please!

Pickled Politics supporting this excellent effort too.
http://www.pickledpolitics.com/
Keep up the good work guys, lets keep this disaster in the news agenda!

Guys, a superb, superb mission you are on. Best of luck with it – we will all try to help as much as we can. As Sunny mentions above, Pickled Politics is supporting the effort, as is The Daily Rhino.

Keep it up.

Great idea. We have blogged about this.

Would also suggest your readers to visit Risepak.com:
http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/2005/10/visit_risepakco.html

Have my post up:

http://balancinglife.blogspot.com/2005/10/55-for-quakeday.html

Already gave twice through WorldVision. Keep visible the Pakistan as well as Central America flooding situations and need for contributions. It is too easy to become numbed by these rapidly successive catastrophes……

Great idea, indeed.

http://shaai.blogspot.com/2005/10/blog-quake-day.html

My post is up,
http://neosagredo.blogspot.com/2005/10/quake-relief-day-for-bloggers.html

My Post

http://www.kushtandon.squarespace.com/journal/2005/10/26/blog-quake-day.html

I think it can also be used as a poster for fund-raising. Let us not stop.

This is not the time to debate on whether the terrorists will benefit from opening the Indo-Pak border. We should not let people die because we are suspicious of the aid ending up helping the terrorists. We have but a few weeks to make sure help reaches the area.

Lets do our best…

Here is my post:
http://www.bloggledygook.com/bloggledygook/2005/10/blog_quake_day.html

Good Luck.

Here’s my contribution: http://behindthesurface.blogspot.com/2005/10/blog-quake-day.html

Here’s my post!

http://rickshawdiaries.blogspot.com/2005/10/blog-quake-day.html

I have linked to Desipundit and also linked to articles on BBC which highlights the shortfall of aid to the quake victims. UN has asked to double the aid levels.

Harry’s Place have linked too.

You’re all rockstars. Seriously.
My post for today is here:

http://ramblingmonologues.blogspot.com/2005/10/sky-knows-no-bounds.html

My post’s been up since morning. I completely missed posting about here here…

And some more rockstars who have posted for Blog Quake Day:

Shenaaz: http://shenaaz.blogspot.com/2005/10/picture-by-mustafa-hadi-today-is-blog.html

Baji: http://icubaji.blogspot.com/

Maria: http://www.intueri.org/?p=1546

Anjum: http://barsaat.blogspot.com/2005/10/blog-quake-day.html

DeGrouchyOwl: http://degrouchyowl.blogspot.com/2005/10/today-is-blog-quake-day-it-has-been.html

Chai: http://iahcchai.blogspot.com/2005/10/what-i-want-to-know-is-who-are-you.html

Shaheen: http://youthinkyoureweird.blogspot.com/2005/10/earthquake-relief-day-on-blogistan.html

Nafiza: http://www.xanga.com/item.aspx?user=Queen_Hera&tab=weblogs&uid=374788095

doing. thanks for starting this.

Mine here

Fantastic initiative… found out about it a day late unfortunately, but I figure a day might as well be the next day, or even a week

Would be worth replicating this idea elsewhere. If I do so, a hat tip and promo to Despiundit guaranteed.

Thanks for the nudge desipundit.

here’s mine.

Hi. You guys are amazing. This is a great initiative. My post is here

Hi just wanted to bring to your notice. I work with another organization AID. AID-India is also actively involved in the relief efforts and AID-USA is raising funds for relief. Please visit the AID website and add it to your list. Thanks.

Have updated my latest post to request readers to visit this space and do their bit for the victims.

Thanks for taking this initiative…

Hi

I have mentioned Blog Quake Day and DesiPundit in the latest episode of my podcast Podbazaar News

We are also featuring a public service announcement on all the other podcasts on
href=”http://www.podbazaar.com”>Podbazaar, urging listeners to support relief efforts.

Good work on the initiative.

Sujatha

It’s still the 26th on the West Coast of the u.s. of a.
Here’s my post for Blog Quake Day.

dippu.com

many people seem to be worried of the fact that donations might fall into the wrong hands. But this thing happen everywhere, all the time and it doesn’t mean that one should stop giving donations just because it might fall into wrong hands. the best way to donate, and since most donors seem tobe working, would be to ask your HR to help. the Hr will do the needfull. usually most companies ahve Tie -ups with the right kind of Charirty organisations.

read my post here

Perhaps a little late, but we’ve mentioned it at dippu.com the first post…

I’m late. But here is my post on the Earthquake:

http://absurdiav.blogspot.com/2005/10/year-of-disasters.html

Great idea! Though I couldn’t make a detailed post, I thought I’d spread the word anyway:)

Despite its name figuring in Pakistan government’s ‘watchlist’, several international organisations like WHO and UNICEF have closely worked with Jamat-ud-Dawa, an outfit linked with banned terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), in providing relief to quake victims in PoK.

Various international relief organisations, including Red Cross, World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF, World Food Programme, UN Organisation for Refugees, Sikh welfare organisation Khalsa Aid and Singapore-based MCTH Association had been working with Dawa in quake-hit areas of PoK, Pakistani daily Nawai Waqt reported on Wednesday.

Read more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7598_1530006,000500020000.htm

A day late, but it’s never too late, is it?

Very late indeed.

I think I’ll add my token too. Though I know I’m two days late, but I saw it late too

Regards!

Save lives by urging media to provide coverage for earthquake in South Asia

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/448983019

This petition is to urge the major media outlets around the world to provide coverage for earthquake in South Asia. With 3 million homeless and more than 75,000 injured in hard to reach area, this is the biggest relief operation the modern world has ever seen but has been completely ignored in the media. With harsh winter approaching, time is running out for the survivors. Media must play its role by providing extensive coverage of this tragedy.

i jus did my bit..
do visit http://flexedviews.blogspot.com/2005/10/blog-quake-day.html
n ya ppl, donate !!

update here personally about the earthquake

http://islamiblog.blogspot.com/2005/10/what-i-will-aim-to-do-in-this-post-is.html#comments

Hi All,

I’ve just submitted the following to Desipundit as an idea, but I see no reason why I shouldn’t expose it directly to all of you to think about:

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I’m the director of a UK based charitable project called mySociety.org. In the UK our community of civic hackers (of which mySociety is one part) run most of the well known non-partisan online civic and political tools and services, like ww.WriteToThem.com , http://www.TheyWorkForYou.com and so on.

I am writing because mySociety’s most recent project is specifically designed to get strong action from people who might otherwise only be prepared to make relatively week committments. The site is http://www.PledgeBank.com, and we’ve had a great first 3-4 months with pledges like these:

http://www.pledgebank.com/refuse
http://www.pledgebank.com/rights
http://www.pledgebank.com/giveblood

I am writing to urge you to consider making a pledge around help for quake victims which can spread amongst the blogging community. I’m
sure your community can come up with better ideas than me, but here are a couple of suggestions:

1 – “I will give $1 to the quake appeal for every different person who leaves a comment on my blog telling me how many people they have urged to donate funding, but only if 50 other bloggers will”.

2 – “I will arrange to actually visit one of elected representative, demanding that they send more aid to the quake victims, but only if
local 5 people will pledge to come with me”.

For an extra incentive, there is $1000 up for grabs for the best pledge idea, from a US philathropist who likes our project. It expires
on tuesday, though!

http://tedblog.typepad.com/tedblog/2005/10/confidence_in_n.html

all the best,

Tom Steinberg

Interesting idea Ted! Something like: “I will give 10$ to the pakistan earthquake every month for a year only if another 100 people do it?”

Missed the call for doing good on Oct.26th!But it’s never too late to do the right thing.Here’s
my request

I would like to volunteer our services. We have a disaster relief section on our page. Feel free to post suggestions for our online community.

http://www.domeafavorbuddy.com/beta/