Congo crisis: How to help

LONDON, England -- The following aid agencies are accepting contributions to assist refugees fleeing a volcano eruption in Congo. They are members of InterAction, a coalition of relief, development and refugee assistance agencies.

The UK appeal is headed by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), which draws together the main UK aid agencies.

DEC Goma Crisis Appeal PO BOX 999 London EC3A 3AA Please make cheques payable to 'DEC GOMA CRISIS APPEAL' Ring: 0870 60 60 900 www.dec.org.uk

U.S. agencies

Air Serv International 6583 Merchant Place, Suite 100 Warrenton, VA 20187 540-428-2323 www.airserv.org

American Jewish World Service 45 West 36th Street 10th floor New York, NY 10010 800-889-7146 www.ajws.org

American Refugee Committee 430 Oak Grove St., Suite 204 Minneapolis, MN 55403 800-875-7060 www.archq.org

Baptist World Aid Baptist World Alliance Congo Relief Appeal 405 North Washington Street Falls Church, VA22046, USA 703-790-8980

Brother's Brother Foundation 1200 Galveston Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15233 888.323.1916 www.brothersbrother.org

CARE DRC/Rwanda Emergency Relief Fund 151 Ellis St., NE Atlanta, GA 30303 1-800-521-CARE www.care.org

Catholic Relief Services DRC Volcano eruption relief efforts PO Box 17090 Baltimore, MD 21203-7090 800-724-2530 www.catholicrelief.org

Church World Service Congo Volcano PO Box 968 Elkhart, IN 46515 800-297-1516 www.churchworldservice.org

Concern Worldwide US 104 East 40th Street Room 903 New York, NY 10016 (212) 557-8000 infoconcern-ny.org www.concernusa.org

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) PO Box 2247 New York, NY 10116-2247 888-392-0392 www.doctorswithoutborders.org

Interchurch Medical Assistance, Inc. PO Box 429 New Windsor, MD 21776 877-241-7952 www.interchurch.org

International Rescue Committee PO Box 98152 Washington, DC 20090-8152 877-REFUGEE www.theIRC.org

Lutheran World Relief Volcano Eruption PO Box 17061 Baltimore MD 21298-9832 800-597-5972 www.lwr.org

Operation USA 8320 Melrose Ave. .200 Los Angeles, CA 90069 800-678-7255 www.opusa.org

Oxfam America Congo Volcano Relief PO Box 1745 Boston, MA 02105-1745 800-77-OXFAM www.oxfamamerica.org

World Relief PO Box 597 Baltimore, MD 21203 800-535-5433 www.worldrelief.org

World Vision P.O. Box 70288 Tacoma, WA 98481-0288 1-888-56-CHILD www.worldvision.org

InterAction 1717 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 701 Washington, DC 20036 Tel: 202.667.8227, ext. 115 Fax: 202.667.8236 Email: sbryantinteraction.org Website: www.interaction.org