HOW MUCH AID

May 24, 2008 at 12:00a.m.

HOW MUCH AID

U.S. aid for recent global disasters:

Earthquake in China (2008)

$30.9 million (as of Thursday)

Cyclone in Burma (2008)

$21.7 million (as of Thursday)

Earthquake in Pakistan (2005)

$150 million

Hurricanes in Gulf Coast (2005)

$5.3 billion

Indian Ocean tsunami (2004)

$1.9 billion

Sept. 11 terrorist attacks (2001)

$2.8 billion

Source: Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University

AGENCIES

Here is a list of some agencies providing relief to victims of the cyclone in Myanmar and the earthquake in China:

Action Against Hunger

(212) 967-7800, (877) 777-1420

www.actionagainsthunger.org

American Red Cross

(800) 733-2767

www.redcross.org

AmeriCares

(800) 486-4357

www.americares.org

American Jewish World Service

(212) 792-2900, (800) 889-7146

www.ajws.org

CARE

(800) 521-2273

www.care.org

Catholic Relief Services

(800) 736-3467

www.crs.org

Direct Relief International

(805) 964-4767

www.directrelief.org

Doctors Without Borders

(212) 679-6800, (888) 392-0392

www.doctorswithoutborders.org

Global Giving

(202) 232-5784

www.globalgiving.com

Mercy Corps

(888) 256-1900

www.mercycorps.org

Project HOPE

(800) 544-4673

www.projecthope.org

Save the Children

(203) 221-4030, (800) 728-3843

www.savethechildren.org

UNICEF

(212) 686-5522

www.unicef.org

World Vision

(888) 511-6593