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Tsunami Relief and Service-Learning

The international community is coping with tremendous loss this new year, with the effects of the recent tsunami. Consider exploring this important and relevant issue with students. Online service-learning resources dealing with the tsunami are available through the following organizations.

South Asia Tsunami Relief Resources and Tools:
From the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
http://www.servicelearning.org/nslc/tsunami/index.php

'The Tsunami' Lesson Plans from TeacherVision
www.teachervision.fen.com/page/31100.html?wtlAC=GS010501,email-h

Tsunami-Relief Groups Advise K-12
As American schools pitch in with an array of charitable projects in response to the tsunami in South Asia, experts say educators and students should consider carefully how they can most effectively support relief groups, avoid fund-raising scams, and incorporate their efforts into service-learning programs.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2005/01/19/19relief.h24.html

Service-Learning and Fundraising for Relief Efforts
Fundraising is an essential component for many service projects, such as the Tsunami disaster relief efforts.  Learn how one organization, Common Cents New York, integrates philanthropic activities into a service-learning model. 
http://www.commoncents.org/

Quarters from Kid - Tsunami Relief
http://www.quartersfromkids.org/

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The following information was provided by the National Service Learning Partnership.

UNICEF Youth Action Tsunami Relief:
http://www.unicefusa.org/youthaction
Includes a step-by-step guide to planning and organizing a fundraising activity, the latest news on the tsunami relief efforts, and downloadable canister wrappers for use in fundraising. A two page guide to youth action for tsunami relief is available here as a word document:
http://www.service-learningpartnership.org/teaching/tsunami.cfm

Do Something Kids Tsunami Relief Fund:
http://www.dosomething.org/donations/kids-tsunami-relief-fund.php
Provides ideas for youth-led fundraising, discussion questions,
resources for parents and teachers to talk to young people about the disaster, learning activities related to water and population, and examples of youth-led projects.For more up-to-update service-learning resources for tsunami relief projects visit:
http://www.service-learningpartnership.org/teaching/tsunami.cfm

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