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Friday, December 31, 2004

Tsunami donations

Catholic News Service reports that among the international aid agencies accepting donations for victims of the December 26 earthquake and tsunami that affected countries around the Indian Ocean, the following U.S., Canadian and British aid agencies affiliated with the Caritas Internationalis network are working with partner agencies in affected countries and are accepting donations:

Catholic Relief Services
phone: 1-800-736-3467,
www.catholicrelief.org
CRS
209 W. Fayette St.
Baltimore, MD 21201-3443

Catholic Near East Welfare Association
phone: 1-800-442-6392
www.cnewa.org
CNEWA
1011 First Ave.
New York, NY 10022-4195

Canadian Catholic Organization
for Development and Peace
phone: 1-888-664-3387
www.devp.org
Development and Peace
5633 Sherbrooke St. East
Montreal, Quebec H1N 1A3

Catholic Agency for Overseas Development
phone: 0500 858885
www.cafod.org
CAFOD
FREEPOST
Romero Close
Stockwell Road
London SW9 9BR.

Funds should be earmarked for "tsunami relief" or "tidal wave disaster."