The Annenberg, William and Flora Hewlett, and Samuel I. Newhouse foundations have announced grants totaling $3.2 million to organizations providing relief to victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.

The Hewlett Foundation in Menlo Park, California, announced $1.2 million in emergency grants to two of its grantee organizations working to provide needed health services to women and children in areas affected by the disaster: $900,000 to the London-based International Planned Parenthood Federation and $300,000 (through the United Nations Foundation) to the New York City-based United Nations Fund for Population Activities.

"In the aftermath of this horrible tragedy, we are all trying to find ways to offer much-needed assistance," said Hewlett Foundation president Paul Brest. "Our staff has been in close contact with the foundation's grantees on the ground in the affected region, and the need for services there is overwhelming. These emergency grants will immediately begin to address the desperate need for health services, especially among pregnant women and children, who are extremely vulnerable right now."

Atlanta-based CARE announced a $1 million grant from the Annenberg Foundation in Radnor, Pennsylvania, to its Earthquake and Tsunami Relief and Rehabilitation Fund, a $25 million campaign created in response to the catastrophe. The grant will be used to provide aid to severely affected areas in Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand where CARE is working to supply food, safe water, sanitation, and temporary shelter. Leonore Annenberg, Wallis Annenberg, and the family trustees said in a statement that they "are privileged to provide these funds to CARE in a time of such need."

And the American Red Cross announced a $1 million grant from the New York City-based Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation to its International Response Fund. "We appreciate the quick response of partners like the Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, which provide relief and hope through their generous financial donations," said Red Cross president and CEO Marsha J. Evans. "The Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation is truly aiding our global humanitarian mission after this horrible catastrophe."