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Patong beach, on the western coast of Phuket, Thailand, is the place to which many international journalists scrambled in order to report on the tsunami that hit Asia on Dec. 26. The death toll on the island numbered more than 200, at least half of them foreign tourists. Gradually, the scale of the destruction in Indonesia?which was home to some two-thirds of those killed by the tsunami?trickled into the world's newspapers and onto TV screens. But in those early moments after the disaster, it was the harrowing images transmitted from the most famous beach on Thailand...
After a month of fundraising, Harvard students, faculty, and staff have donated over $500,000 to 26 different charities supporting relief efforts in areas affected by the South Asian tsunami...
Nine student groups constitute the Harvard College Tsunami Relief Effort (HCTRE), an organization that has coordinated on-campus fundraising and outreach...
Nearly two months after the tsunami hit the coasts of South and Southeast Asia, student groups across campus are still organizing fundraising efforts...
HCTRE has a charity concert slated for later this month and a benefit dinner scheduled for next month. The Feb. 19 charity concert, “Changing the Tide: Harvard Responds to the Tsunami Disaster,” will feature student performances...