Disaster Relief

Giants' Warner and Toomer Arrive in Indonesia on 2-Week NFL Trip with World Food Program J. Ethan Medley, NY Giants February 12, 2005 JAKARTA, INDONESIA -- New York Giants' Quarterback Kurt Warner and his wife Brenda met up with wide receiver Amani Toomer and his wife Yola at JFK Airport on Wednesday evening, along with several members of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and myself, to embark on a two-week trip to the tsunami-damaged regions of Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Four planes (one missed connection), 12 time zones, countless miles, and 34 hours later, we arrived in Jakarta, where we were greeted by local members of the WFP, and taken to a local hotel to get some much-needed sleep.

Staggering numbers from this report: "The United Nations health agency is working with national authorities to ensure safe childbirth services in the coming weeks to an estimated 40,000 pregnant women left homeless as a result of the Indian Ocean tsunami in South Asia."

From the Chicago Tribune: "The United Nations said governments have given only a fraction of the money they pledged for tsunami aid and warned that more cash is needed to fund long-term reconstruction efforts."