Many incredible organizations are working to help support victims of the earthquake.  Learn more about these organizations efforts in South Asia and find out What You Can Do!

Thousands of survivors are still living in the open in very cold night temperatures, some with open or gangrened injuries and with little access to clean water. It is estimated in Islamabad that of some 63,000 people known to be injured, only 16,000 have had medical attention. Particularly at risk are the children and the elderly.  Visit the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent to find out how you can help earthquake victims.

Doctors Without Borders/M�decins Sans Fronti�res (MSF) medical teams are operating in both the Pakistani- and Indian-administered areas of Kashmir to assist victims of last Saturday's earthquake. International aid workers are working alongside dozens of national staff to provide medical assistance, mental health counseling, and relief and medical supplies to some of the hardest-hit areas. Click here to donate to Doctors Without Borders.

International aid organization Oxfam has staff in South Asia working with local partners and has begun supplying emergency aid to thousands affected by the earthquake, including introducing a new, innovative shelter design. Oxfam has been sending aid flights containing water tanks, blankets, winter clothing, and materials for temporary shelters to help support victims. Learn more about Oxfam's efforts and how you can help, by clicking here.

Read the latest news and updates about the quake on ReliefWeb. 

Earth Day Events
This year, Earth Day Network's theme is "Protect Our Children and Our Future." The goal is to ensure that children everywhere are healthy, educated, and free from oppression.� Find registered events in your area by visiting Earth Day Network's Event Search. �Better yet organize an event in your community to celebrate Earth Day.� Register your event here.

Educate Yourself
Learn more about how your lifestyle choices effect the planet.� Take the Ecological Footprints Quiz and find out how much of the planet's resources you use.

Check out the Genuine Progress Indicator.� This report incorporates the destructive costs of economic activity by adding in social and economic benefits ignored by the Gross Domestic Product.� View the 2004 updated report.

Read the National Environmental Scorecard to educate yourself on the environmental voting records of Members of Congress.� You can also view how your local Congressional Delegation scored.� Visit the League of Conservation Voters.

Get Involved
Discover your future career as an environmentalist through ECO - Environmental Careers Organization.�
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Remain up-to-date on the latest environmental alerts as well as activist opportunities through the Sierra Club.

Let your voice be heard�Do you support clean water, forest and wildlands protection and restoration, energy reforms, clean air and toxic pollution clean-up?� Then visit the Sierra Club's Take Action page and send a letter to your Senator.

Visit Save the World to find out about two simple ways you can make a difference in your own life to help support the environment.

And finally visit Earth Day Network's Take Action page�to learn about healthy choices you can make on Earth Day and every other day to create positive change for the environment�Happy Earth Day!

Find out how you can help aid organizations that are working in the areas affected by the Indian Ocean tsunamis.

Most aid organizations stress that the best donation you can make in this emergency situation is money, and the fastest and most effective way to do that is online. Here are a few organizations doing relief work and long-term development in the area:

The United Nations Foundation is matching all contributions to its Pride in India Tsunami Relief Fund for the first $100,000 received. This program doubles the impact of your contribution.

CARE--donate online or call 1-800-521-CARE

East Timor Action Network--supporting relief efforts in the hard-hit province of Aceh, Indonesia

Child Family Health International--100% of your contribution goes towards the relief efforts

Charity Watch: for the American Institute of Philanthropy's suggestions of the best ways to help, and ratings of major aid organizations.

Watch a live webcast hosted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, on Tuesday November 30th, 4pm Eastern/1 pm Pacific, as Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS, discusses this year's World AIDS Day theme:�"Women, Girls and HIV and AIDS" and answers questions from viewers. Call toll-free with your questions during the web cast only: 1-888-KAISER8 (524-7378) or e-mail before and during�the show: [email protected]. (For technical support please check the web site prior to the web cast.)

Link here to the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, for information, resources and links.

Watch: Hidden Crisis: Women and AIDS in America�and Sister's Keeper: What Every Black Woman Should Know About AIDS, on Link TV.

Our partner, Human Rights Watch, is all over the world and constantly on the lookout for human rights abuses that might otherwise be covered up or overlooked. If there is one thing you can do right now, they say, it's to take action on the ongoing abuses in the Darfur region of Sudan. You can make a difference. Watch a news report from Deutsche Welle, our German news partner or check out a recent webcast from a refugee camp on the Chad/Sudan border.

Our partner, Human Rights Watch, reports on the current situation in Afghanistan.

Their Asia Researcher, Nisha Varia, is just back from a month in Afghanistan, and has these suggested actions for anyone concerned and interested in helping women assert their rights and maintain personal safety for themselves and their families:

- Write a letter to your Senators and Member of Congress, and request that they

• co-sponsor and vote for the Afghan Women Security and Freedom Act (S2032 in the Senate, HR 4117 in the House of Representatives), which would authorize $300 million per year to support Afghan women's rights initiatives
• support and strengthen peacekeeping and disarmament measures. The U.S. must coordinate more fully with NATO allies; they have remained isolated from other international security and reconstruction efforts. Afghan women cite security and "men with guns" as one of the biggest problems blocking their participation in society

- Donate money to local Afghan women's rights organizations or other humanitarian organizations that are supporting Afghan women's rights.

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Don't miss Deutsche Welle's recent In Focus report on the realities of life in Afghanistan today. It focuses on some of the regions outside Kabul where local leaders and long-standing traditions come head to head with American troops and international politics. A Minefield They Call Afghanistan airs on Link TV soon. Watch a preview clip now.

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There are a number of groups working with women on the ground in Afghanistan.

HAWCA, a humanitarian aid organization founded by Afghan youth in Pakistan in 1999, is one of these groups.

The U.S.-based Women for Women International has programs in Afghanistan that need support, and you can also sponsor and correspond with a woman there. They have a list of�suggestions for�activities you can do to raise awareness in your comunity.

The Revolutionary Association for Women in Afghanistan (RAWA) is the oldest political organization fighting for women's rights and against fundamentalism in that country. They have been featured on Link TV shows such as Silent Scream and Afghan Women: Eyes on the Future.)