Tsunami Crisis: Help UNICEF, help children and their families with health care, nutrition, clean water/sanitation, education and child protection.

UNICEF, as most international relief groups, prefers cash donations, largely because of the substantial cost of shipping goods. With cash donations, UNICEF can purchase supplies in local regions (close to the affected areas) as much as possible. Not only does this local purchasing save money, but it supports the local economies of the affected regions.

UNICEF is present and participating in relief efforts in all the affected countries, with the greatest activities in the hardest-hit countries Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Somalia, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Maldives.