August 10th, 2009 
nbanta It seems like World Vision has played a very active role in Taiwan relief efforts. You can find several new articles (such as the one below) on their efforts. If you have any experience with World Vision let us know. Details on how to contribute to the World Vision Emergency Relief fund are below:
http://donate.worldvision.org/OA_HTML/xxwv2ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=1753160§ion=10324&go=item&
First Aid agency World Vision Taiwan is providing immediate relief to affected families in the wake of Typhoon Morakot’s destructive path. Taiwan, August 10, 2009 World Vision has provided food, clean water and cleaning materials to households in southern Taiwan with plans to distribute more food, non-food items and emergency aid subsidies in the intitial stages of the relief effort. On Sunday, August 9, World Vision began providing emergency assistance to 700 people in shelters at Taimali Township, Taitung and Jiadug Township, Pingtung. In addition to food and cleaning supplies, some 684 relief kits containing flash lights, radio, raincoats, gloves, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and towels were also distributed. World Vision had already been working in some of the affected areas for many years with supplies pre-positioned to enable a quick start-up for Typhoon Morakot relief activities.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/217167/124989136998.htm
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