The following is a list of agencies collecting for the victims of the humanitarian disaster.
Trócaire: Hopes to raise €2.3 million at Mass collections in four dioceses. Has already donated €500,000 to its Caritas partners in India and Sri Lanka. Donations online at www.trocaire.org or callsave 1850 408 408
Concern: Has donated €250,000, while a three-person team visited Tamil Nadu, one of India's worst-hit states, on Monday and Tuesday to make an initial assessment.
A local partner has distributed 4,000 emergency kits in Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu, with another 16,000 to be made available. Donations to www.concern.net or at 1850 410 510
GOAL: Had received €200,000 in donations by yesterday. Has team working in Nagabattinum, capital of Tamil Nadu, where it hopes to be feeding 10,000 families by the weekend. A GOAL team left Dublin yesterday for Colombo in Sri Lanka. Donations to www.goal.ie, or GOAL at PO Box 19, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin, or phone 01- 280 9779.
Irish Red Cross: Received €50,000 on Tuesday alone. Immediate focus on Sri Lanka. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has begun a worldwide appeal for €32.3 million.
Donations to www.redcross.ie or 1850 50 70 70
Bishops' Appeal Fund: Donations to Church of Ireland Bishops' Appeal, at Church of Ireland House, Rathmines, Dublin 6, or Church House, Donegall Street, Belfast 1.