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Press ReleaseGPI and Dr. K.A. Paul Race to Bring Aid to South Asia Following the Most Devastating Earthquake and Tsunami DisasterOffers Organization's 747-SP Airplane 'Global Peace One' to Aid Distribution and Ferry MediaNEW YORK, Dec. 29, 2004 -- Dr. K.A. Paul and Global Peace Initiative (GPI) are urgently responding to the outcry for help coming from the disaster-affected areas in South Asia. GPI is offering fellow non-governmental organizations (NGO) responding to this catastrophic crisis, a wealth of local volunteers from GPI's ranks on the ground in the region throughout the affected areas; and GPI's plane, Global Peace One, a 747-SP, to be used around the clock to ferry supplies and personnel to Chennai, India; Colombo, Sri Lanka; and the Aceh Province, Indonesia. GPI is offering to work collaboratively with individuals and organizations responding to this crisis.Dr. K.A. Paul, GPI Founder and President, said, "We are making Global Peace One available to deliver medical personnel and supplies, rations and other needs, and to ferry the press to and from the affected areas. We also encourage people and NGOs to take advantage of our on-site personnel." History's most catastrophic tsunami has directly hit many of the areas in which GPI and Dr. K.A. Paul has its most extensive networks. Marine Beach in Chennai (Madras), India, is where Dr. Paul held a Peace Rally with more than 2,000,000 participants two years ago during the India-Pakistan standoff. Marine Beach is now one of the most devastated areas. Dr. Paul is monitoring the situation on the ground as reports are coming from GPI volunteers throughout the region. Based on these reports, GPI has reason to believe the death toll is much higher than is currently being reported. Dr. Paul will be in New York later this evening and available for interviews until further notice. In response to the unfolding disaster, GPI is making an urgent public appeal for financial support and aviation fuel donations to cover the costs of this massive relief effort. For more information on the relief efforts, to help with aid or supplies, or to talk with Dr. Paul, please contact Juda Engelmayer 917-733-3561, Doug Dodson 619-819-6345 or Dave McQuade at 949-632-5800. |
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