Red Cross: Tsunami fund-raising needs met

Red Cross: Tsunami fund-raising needs met: "Red Cross: Tsunami fund-raising needs met

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies announced recently that the $1.2 billion pledged worldwide in the first 30 days since the tsunami was sufficient to meet the costs of the entire Red Cross tsunami relief program. Following the federation�s lead, the American Red Cross believes that current contributions and pledges, when received from the American public, will be sufficient to carry out its immediate and longer-term plans to assist survivors of the deadly tsunami that roared ashore Dec. 26. "