Caritas network agencies accept donations for Indian Ocean disasters

Published: 2004-12-29

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- International aid agencies are accepting donations for victims of the Dec. 26 earthquake and tidal waves that affected Indian Ocean countries. The following U.S., Canadian and British aid agencies, part of the Caritas Internationalis network, are working with partner agencies in affected countries and are accepting donations: Catholic Relief Services -- phone: 1-800-736-3467, online: www.catholicrelief.org, or mail to: CRS, 209 W. Fayette St., Baltimore, MD 21201-3443; Catholic Near East Welfare Association -- phone: 1-800-442-6392, online: www.cnewa.org, or mail to: CNEWA, 1011 First Ave., New York, NY 10022-4195; Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace -- phone: 1-888-664-3387, online: www.devp.org, or mail to: Development and Peace, 5633 Sherbrooke St. East, Montreal, Quebec H1N 1A3; and Catholic Agency for Overseas Development -- phone: 0500 858885, online: www.cafod.org, or mail to: CAFOD, FREEPOST, Romero Close, Stockwell Road, London SW9 9BR. Funds should be earmarked for "tsunami relief" or "tidal wave disaster."

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