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The New York Times > National > The Donations: U.S. Charity Overwhelmed by Disaster Aid: "U.S. Charity Overwhelmed by Disaster Aid
By STEPHANIE STROM

Published: January 13, 2005


ESTPORT, Conn. - Save the Children knows just what to do in case of an earthquake, a typhoon or an outbreak of cholera. But it never thought to prepare for the truly unexpected: an onslaught of money.
More than $10 million has poured into the charity over the Internet alone since the earthquake-induced tsunami wrecked millions of lives from Indonesia to eastern Africa, dwarfing the $30,000 to $50,000 a month that usually comes through Save the Children's Web site."