We encourage everyone to give to the Haitian earthquake relief effort

Here is how you can Help

(Canwest News Service  Published: Wednesday, January 13, 2010)

The federal government will match individual donations to registered Canadian charitable organizations for up to $50-million to support humanitarian and early recovery assistance in Haiti.  Canadians have until  February  12 to donate to registered charities, and CIDA will allocate the $50-million.

Cellphone users can send donations of $5 by texting the word "Haiti" to 45678 through a system set up by the Mobile Giving Foundation (http://www.mobilegiving.ca/), a group that enables charities to collect money by text messages.

For those wishing to help the people of Haiti, the following organizations are accepting financial donations:

Canadian Red Cross

www.redcross.ca/helpnow

Phone: 1-800-418-1111 or at any Red Cross office.

The Humanitarian Coalition (CARE Canada, Oxfam Canada, Oxfam-Quebec, Save the Children)

www.humanitariancoalition.ca

Mail: THE HUMANITARIAN COALITION

PO Box 65035

Ottawa, ON

K2G 5Y3

Medecins Sans Frontieres

www.msf.ca

Phone: 1-800-982-7903 or 416-964-0619

Mail: MSF Canada

402 - 720 Spadina Avenue

Toronto, ON M5S 2T9

Fax: 416-963-8707

Plan Canada

www.plancanada.ca

Samaritan's Purse

Online: www.samaritanspurse.ca

Habitat for Humanity

Contact via their website: www.habitat.ca

B'nai Brith Canada

Phone: 1-800-274-2310

United Jewish Appeal

Phone: 416-631-5705

Online: www.ujadonations.com/haiti

World Vision Canada

www.worldvision.ca