Sister City Partnerships Doing Work in the Area

Staff at Sister Cities International are in the process of contacting U.S. partnering communities about relief activities. If you have information on you community's project or on a program happening in another community that is not listed here, please drop us an email at jdoumas@sister-cities.org

Bloomington, IN

Partner: none in the region
Project: looking to start a program in Sri Lanka
Contact: Barbara Fiste-Martinez - 812.855.1237

Burlington, VT

Partner: none in the region
Project: looking to start a program in Sri Lanka
Contact: Gary Chassman - 802.860.2866, or Dr. Tara Natarajan - 802.654.2298

Charlotte, NC

Partner: none in region
Project: donation program (through American Red Cross International Response Fund)
Contact: Peggy Wesp - 704.333.3399

Denver, CO

Partner: Chennai, India
Project: donation program
Contact: Caroline Corkey - 303.751.2867, beth@fwsistercities.org

Fort Worth, TX

Partner: Bandung, Indonesia
Project: community donation program (Indonesian Tsunami Relief Fund for Bandung)
Contact: Beth Weibel - 817.392.2657, beth@fwsistercities.org

Kansas City, KA

Partner: none in the region
Project: established the KC International Consortium, a collection of local officials and organizations, to respond to the crisis
Contact: 816.235.6229, Information@kcsistercities.org

La Crosse, WI

Partner: none in the region
Project: donation program
Contact: (for donations, send to) State Bank of La Crosse, c/o Tsunami Relief Fund, P.O. Box 150, La Crosse, WI 54601

Las Vegas, NV

Partner: Phuket, Thailand
Project: donation program (through American Red Cross International Response Fund)
Contact:

Modesto, CA

Partner: Vijayawada, India
Project: donation program
Contact: Sovha Cherukuri - 209.634.5610

Port Townsend, WA

Partner: none in region
Project: donation program
Contact: Robert Greenway - 360.385.4911, greenway-r@olympus.net

Riverside, CA

Partner: Hyderabad, India
Project: donation program
Contact: Ennette Nusbaum - 951.826.5997, enusbaum@riversideca.gov

Rochester, NY

Partner: none in the region
Project: donation program
Contact: Lee Johnson - 585.223.2018, napsa@rochester.rr.com

Seattle, WA

Partner: Surabaya, Indonesia
Project: donation program (through American Red Cross International Response Fund)
Contact: Kathy Amundson - 425.644.5292, l.amundson@comcast.net

St. Louis, MO

Partner: none in the region
Project: donation program to the Indonesian Embassy
Contact: Joe Passanise - 314.616.4216, jpassanise@yahoo.com

Virginia Beach, VA

Partner: none in the region
Project: donation program & planning for possible orphanage building project
Contact: Ruth Hodges-Smith - 757.427.4303, or Diane Roche - 757.427.4242