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Canadians!!! Read this, then donate!
Authored by: rajoftherings on Jan 02, '05 01:09:20PM

Canadians should try to donate through one of the local Canadian sites of the following organizations, so that the Federal Government matches (dollar for dollar!) any donations made.....

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Government of Canada to match donations from Canadians to tsunami disaster



(2004-68) News Release
December 30, 2004


Ottawa — The Honourable Aileen Carroll, Minister of International Cooperation, announced today that the Government of Canada will match on a one-to-one basis donations from Canadians to the tsunami relief efforts.

"Canadians have responded with great generosity," said Minister Carroll. "By matching donations, I hope that Canadians will give even more to help the victims of this unprecedented disaster."

The Government will match donations made by individual Canadians to Canadian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) already involved in responding to the disaster. These include the Canadian Red Cross, CARE Canada, OXFAM, World Vision, UNICEF, Doctors Without Borders and Save the Children. Donations will be matched retroactive to December 26, 2004, the date of the earthquake and tsunamis. The program will be reassessed following the UN donors' conference which will take place on January 11, 2005.

Matching funds will initially be drawn from the allocation of $40 million announced Wednesday by Prime Minister Paul Martin. The matching will be based on proposals submitted by participating NGOs to the international humanitarian assistance section of the Canadian International Development Agency, in accordance with the regular guidelines governing responsive programming in the area of humanitarian assistance. Any additional funds required under the matching policy would be made available from within the fiscal framework. There is no ceiling on the amount of donations the government will match.

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Try msf.ca or redcross.ca

Thanks!



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