Emergency Response Organizations
The following Canadian organizations are organizing aid for victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean:
- Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA Canada):
1-888-274-2372 or adra.ca *
- Canadian Red Cross: 1-800-418-1111 or redcross.ca
*
- CARE Canada: 1-800-267-5232 or care.ca
*
- Christian Children's Fund of Canada: 1-800-263-5437 or ccfcanada.ca
- CUSO: 1-888-434-2876, ext. 222 or cuso.org
- Development and Peace: 1-888-664-3387 or devp.org *
- Doctors Without Borders Canada: 1-800-982-7903
or msf.ca *
- Mennonite Central Committee: 1-888-622-6337 or
mcc.org
*
- Oxfam Canada: 1-800-466-9326 or oxfam.ca
*
- Salvation Army: 1-800-725-2769 or salvationarmy.ca
*
- Save the Children: 1-800-668-5036 or savethechildren.ca
*
- UNICEF Canada: 1-877-955-3111 or unicef.ca
*
- World Vision: 1-800-268-5528 or worldvision.ca
*
Anyone with good reason to believe that Canadian friends or relatives
are in the affected areas can contact Foreign Affairs Canada's Emergency
Operations Centre at 613-944-2471 or 1-800-606-5499.
PLEASE NOTE: Donors are warned to be aware of fraudulent relief
appeals and other charity scams. Donate to organizations you are familiar
with. A list of registered charities can be found at: www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax/charities/menu-e.html.
*The Government will match donations made by individual Canadians to
Canadian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) already involved in responding
to the disaster. 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. (Excerpted from CIDA
web site.)
List
of organizations eligible for matching donations
