• Oxfam is concentrating on ensuring that we get clean water to the people of Iraq as soon as possible. Working with Unicef and local Iraqi engineers, Oxfam water experts are helping repair water systems in the south of the country and providing emergency supplies where necessary. Learn more.

• Save the Children has the biggest presence of any British aid organization in the region and has worked in Iraq since 1991. With 60 Kurdish staff based in four cities in the North, the organization is well placed to work effectively to assist children and families fleeing from the conflict. Learn more.

• UNICEF - The children of Iraq are caught up in war for the third time in 20 years. Although a clear picture of the impact of the fighting on civilians has yet to emerge, UNICEF is deeply concerned by the deteriorating conditions facing children in the country. Learn more.

• Virgin Atlantic's Iraqi Aid Flights - To prepare for the first Medical Aid flight into Baghdad we would like to call on all willing medical personnel and water and sanitation experts to register their desire to volunteer their services when the humanitarian routes are opened. Learn more.

Our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. We hope you find these links to news and resources helpful.

• American Liberty Partnership
• Amazon Donations to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
• America's Blood Centers Information
• PayPal Relief Fund
• Red Cross Blood Donations 1-800-448-3543
• United Way Donations 1-212-251-4035
• Salvation Army Donations 1-800-SAL-ARMY
• Doctors willing to volunteer 1-518-431-7600
• Nurses willing to volunteer 1-800-628-0193
• Red Cross cash donations 1-800-HELP-NOW

Global Volunteer Network
A non profit organisation Places people in community projects in China, Ecuador, Ghana, Nepal, andRomania. Volunteers have the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational and community aid programs. Volunteers can be involved in areas such as teaching English, environmental work, health and sanitation, and cultural home stays.

Amizade
Amizade is a nonprofit organization that was started with the idea of saving the rainforest by helping the people of the rainforest. Amizade offers alternative travel programs that are a mix of community service and recreation, providing volunteers with the unique opportunity to participate first hand in the culture of the region where they are traveling. Programs are offered in the Brazilian Amazon, the Bolivian Andes, Australia, the Navajo Nation, and the Greater Yellowstone Region.

Cross-Cultural Solutions
Cross-Cultural Solutions is a non-profit organization that sends volunteers abroad to provide humanitarian assistance with our Volunteer Work Programs in China, Ghana, India, Peru and Russia.

Global Citizens Network
Places volunteers in programs on Indian reservations, in Arizona, New Mexico, South Dakota, Nepal, Guatemala, and Kenya.

Global Volunteers
Assist people of diverse cultures on human and economic development projects worldwide: Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, the Pacific, and the United States