Disaster Victims Need Your Help

Ultraman Lah expresses our deepest sympathy and condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims who lost their lives to the tsunami that devastated the coastal settlements throughout South Asia and Southeast Asia.

The bodies of victims of a tsunami which hit the Indonesian city of Banda Aceh are seen December 27, 2004. Dead bodies littered the streets on Tuesday and fresh water, food and fuel were in short supply in Indonesia's Aceh province where it is feared as many as 10,000 people were killed by the tsunami. (Beawiharta/Reuters)

Tokusatsu fans are awed by scenes of damage and destruction wrought by other kaijus. But this time, the destruction unleashed by Mother Earth is real. Whole villages were wiped out. Infrastructure destroyed. Many, many lives were lost. The bodies are still piling up along the beaches and relief centers as survivors continue to search for their loved ones.

General view of Ton Sai Bay in Thailand's Phi Phi island, December 28, 2004 after a tsunami hit the area. Nations bordering the Indian Ocean from Indonesia to Sri Lanka clawed through the wreckage of a quake-triggered tsunami for bodies to bury on Tuesday as fears grew the toll would exceed the 50,000 now reported killed. REUTERS/Luis Enrique Ascui

But the greater catastrophe will come if these disaster wrought countries do not receive help on time. The afflicted countries need all the resources donors can muster for relief operations. The displaced population needs to be fed and sheltered, they will need also need medical supplies, blankets and clothes . The countries need assistance to clean up the destruction and bury the dead so as to prevent diseases from festering.

Three-year-old Singaporean Tan Wei En (L) rests with his grandfather, Ong Her Loon, at the Bumrungrad Hospital in Bangkok December 28, 2004. Hopes faded on Tuesday for tourists missing in some of Asia's most popular resorts, two days after a tsunami triggered by an earthquake battered Indian Ocean coastlines, killing more than 26,000 people and stranding many more. Wei En's father has remained in Phuket to search for his missing wife. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang

Ultraman Lah! would appeal to all Ultra fans to be charitable and assist in whatever ways you could.

If there’s anything we can learn from our hero, Ultraman, is the spirit to step forward during mankind’s darkest hour, and to sacrifices so that others may live.

Please contact the following organizations to pledge your aid!

• MERCY RELIEF
• Singapore Red Cross Society
• Buddhist Fellowship
• Buddhist Federation
• NTUC FairPrice
• High Commission of Sri Lanka in Singapore
• SriLankan Airlines
• DBS Singapore
• Shoba and Srinivas Vadrevu

Singapore Armed Forces personnel board a Chinook helicopter, heading for Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004 in Singapore where the government will be dispatching four helicopters to Indonesia to assist the Indonesian government's relief efforts. One of the most powerful earthquakes hit Asia on Sunday, unleashing a tsunami, which devastated coastal areas of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, as well as tourist island resorts in Thailand, killing tens of thousands of people. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-e)

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