Americans Giving Big to Tsunami Relief Charities

NPR | By Libby Lewis

Published January 2, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

Charities helping victims of last week's Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami report receiving a huge outpouring of money from Americans. Some groups have been overwhelmed by the response, but all are heartened at the level of contributions. NPR's Libby Lewis reports.

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