The Tsunami catastrophe still very much in everyone´s mind a new disaster struck the world. The devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in southern USA is deeply troubling. The Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) again will do all it can to help victims recover their lives. Lions are responding to the tragedy with an untold number of service hours and with great concern and compassion. A US$200,000 Major Catastrophe Grant together with emergency grants to the stricken districts were made available to help victims. LCIF will focus its short-term relief in three areas: 1.) providing shelters with unmet substantial needs such as food, clothing, personal hygiene items and bedding, 2.) offering health services such as eyeglass distribution, and 3.) meeting needs of Lions camps and facilities housing victims of the disaster. 

So LCIF again is tireless in helping victims the "Lions Way". This is made possible by contributions from all over the world channelled directly to the people suffering, as it has been done with the Tsunami catastrophe. Here Namibian Lions Clubs not only had contributed individually but also by clubbing together to find the money to help. This is a report how the money given to the Lions was spent: 

·In the North Aceh province of Indonesia, local Lions have built 205 homes for tsunami victims. The wooden homes contain two bedrooms and electricity. LCIF is believed to be the first non-governmental organi-zation to follow through with its commitment to rebuild in this region. LCIF also is planning to build a school in this area and is considering a plan to fund "economic revival" projects such as fishing boats. 

· The mayor of Banda Aceh, previously hesitant to work with foreign non-governmental organizations but impressed by the rebuilding of Lions in North Aceh, has invited LCIF to help rebuild his tattered city. Indonesian Lions and LCIF will collaborate on 150 homes. 

·A Lions village with 150 homes will be constructed in Tanah Pasir, Indonesia. 

· Lions in Sri Lanka plan to build 3,000 homes. More than 500 are currently under construction. Most of the 550-square-foot homes will be for fishermen and their families. 

· LCIF’s most recent disbursal for tsunami relief was US$900,000 for Lions in Thailand to build a Lions village on the devastated Lanta islands. Lions are building 80 single-family homes for the fishermen and rubber farmers on the island.  

These are only but a few examples. LCIF and the Lions will persevere. Lions around the world are committed to the long haul and will be there for months and years to help communities rebuild. Lions are leaders in their communities building homes, schools and orphanages in the affected areas that often are being overlooked by other charities. People who lost so much so quickly will find some measure of solace thanks to the extraordinary generosity and service of Lions.