NEW YORK, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Paul McCartney has donated $1.9 million to the International Rescue Committee's South Asia tsunami relief effort, IRC officials announced.
George Rupp, the New York-based organization's president, said the donation by Paul and Heather McCartney will be a great help in the group's campaign to provide medical treatment and distribute food and other relief to victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami.
"It will have a major impact on the capacity of IRC emergency teams in Aceh, Indonesia, to deliver lifesaving assistance to tens of thousands of people from devastated communities," Rupp said.
The IRC has five teams in Indonesia -- including specialists in health, water supply, sanitation and child protection. IRC teams also include experts in child trauma who are providing counseling for children and trying to reunite families that were separated by the disaster.
