Donations - Nationwide SMS Campaign

11:15 PM Internet at Every Where

DiGi Telecommunications, in conjunction with media partners The Star and ntv7, is organising a nationwide SMS campaign to raise funds for the tsunami victims as well as to provide them emotional support. The campaign will start Saturday and go on until Jan 14. All proceeds from the SMS messages sent will be donated to The Star Earthquake/Tsunami Relief Fund.



DiGi subscribers in Malaysia can contribute money in denominations of RM3, RM5 or RM10 by keying in the amount (eg. RM10) and sending it via SMS to 1996.



Missing Person - Search for Mr.Fernando Bengoechea

10:40 PM Internet at Every Where

(We are posting here this missing person appeal which was sent to us by email even though it's for a Sri Lanka victim.)



"We are searching for my brother, Fernando Bengoechea. We know that he was swept by the waves with his friend, Nate Berkus, and then separated. Nate has been rescued but Fernando is still missing. They were in Sri Lanka at the Sturdust Beach Hotel in Arugam Bay. He is 39 years old, white, 5'8", brown hair, green eyes and has braces in his teeth. - CNN.com". If you have information,please visit http://fernandoandnate.blogspot.com/

Important Info - Thailand Earthquake and Tsunami Information

5:05 AM Internet at Every Where

The website One Thailand provides a comprehensive guide to information, resources and other links to the earthquake and subsequent tsunami which devastated southern Thailand. The page aims to provide friends and families of the missing within Thailand with quick information.



Lists of patients and missing are to be found here.



The link is http://www.onethailand.com/



A lot of information at the site seems to be lagging though, but the amount of information avaliable is extensive nevertheless.

Important Info - Red Cross website for tracking missing family

3:44 AM Internet at Every Where

The Red Cross has set up a website to help families track missing relatives who may be missing due to the disaster.



The address is at http://www.familylinks.icrc.org



Information on the website is gathered by family members in the disaster area who register with the site to allow other family members elsewhere know that they are safe.



Relatives who are seeking their missing also register on the site so that they can be contacted by those they seek at a later time should they be found alive.

Stories - The unknown hero

2:45 AM Internet at Every Where

The quick action of an unknown Caucasian man saved the lives of nearly 200 people at Teluk Bahang beach in Pennag last Sunday. At the approach of the tsunami, the middle-aged man, believed to be a Briton, ran up and down the beach, shouting in English-accented Malay Keluar! Keluar! (Get out! Get out!). After warning the people in the water, the man ran to some youths who were sitting on the rocks by the sea and shouted Keluar! Keluar! again. "Except for a few people in the water, who ignored his warnings, we all ran up to the road, to safety," said Ahmad Hisham Omar. "That man saved a lot of lives". Hisham, a school teacher from Tanjong Malim in Perak, was at the beach with his family at 12.20pm. Describing their saviour. Hisham said the Caucasian man was aged between 50 and 60 "but looked very fit". "I hope to meet the man to thank him. He saved our lives"



An excerpt from an article taken from NST.

Important info - Insurance claims for victims

2:34 AM Internet at Every Where

An article in the NST from Life Insurance Association of Malaysia(LIAM).



Victims' families are encouraged to contact LIAM to ascertain if their deceased or injured family members had taken out insurance policies. Kindly contact LIAM Secretariat at 03-26916628 or email liam-info@liam.org.my