Canadian Red Cross  www.redcross.ca The Canadian Red Cross is a member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Includes up-to-date info on what the Red Cross Int'l is doing in Haiti with donations. accepts credit card donations for Haiti	.	Students at Seneca@York Campus hosted ((AfterShock)) Jan 22nd 2010, a day-long event of music, entertainment and fundraising. Proceeds raised from ((AfterShock)) went to Doctors without Borders.	Médecins Sans Frontières Canada  Doctors Without Borders Canada  www.msf.ca Affiliated with Doctors Without Borders International  www.msf.org Jan 17th their website instructs viewers that their server is overloaded and they direct potential donors directly to their donation page
	SOS Children's Villages Canada www.soschildrensvillages.ca mmbr of SOS Children's Villages International - operating in more than 130 countries. Governor General Michaëlle Jean serves as the Patron of this organization accepts credit card donations for Haiti Since Jan 17th they have a team on-the-ground working in Haiti - non-political, non-denominational			World Vision Canada  www.worldvision.ca associated with World Vision International in the U.S.  www.wvi.org Faith-based organization working in Haiti for over 30 years Donations accepted, and they clearly explain how many medical kits each dollar amount can purchase. accepts credit card donations for Haiti
	UNICEF Canada www.unicef.ca (began in 1955) UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund - began in 1946 by the United Nations Funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments accepts credit card donations for Haiti They link to FaceBook and Twitter			Save The Children Canada  www.savethechildren.ca Originated in 1921 with the International Save the Children Alliance. Well known and has operated in more than 120 countries. accepts credit card donations for Haiti
	Action Against Hunger Canada  www.actioncontrelafaim.ca affiliated with Action Against Hunger International donations accepted indirectly through www.canadahelps.org AAH teams have fully mobilized on the ground in Haiti.			Oxfam Canada  www.oxfam.ca affiliated with Oxfam International  www.oxfam.org accepts credit card donations for Haiti

The Canadian government announced (Jan 14th 2010) that the government will match dollar-for-dollar any donations they make to registered Canadian charities to support humanitarian and recovery work in Haiti, up to a total of $50 million.  In order for this matching to take place, and double the impact of your donation, donors may wish to check the website listing the government's list of officially registered charities. This list comes from Canada Revenue Agency and is searchable by name. There is also a list of revoked charities which may help some donars check to see if they are being scammed by an organization that is not legit. All the agencies shown in the top half of this webpage, are  Registered Canadian charities accepting donations online for Haiti earthquake relief and rebuilding efforts.

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Made by student Jacqueline K H-F in MRK619 at Seneca, posted midnight Sunday Jan 24th A great overview of what happened, casulty numbers and selected images of the disaster

	The Humanitarian Coalition www.thehumanitariancoalition.ca Canadian portal of CARE, Oxfam and Save the Children portal developed by Justin Girard can be followed on Facebook and Twitter	.		Canadian Council of Christian Charities www.cccc.org a member-based association of over 3,000 Canadian faith-based registered charities
	www.charityrank.ca not oriented to receiving donations for disasters All this site does is link to the fed. gov't list or charities at Revenue Canada domain name bought by Chris Wasik, Burlington			Canada Helps www.canadahelps.org Canadian portal assesses a 3% transaction fee for the charities that receive donations through their portal Their portal facilitates credit card donations to 7,000+ Canadian charities.
	www.charityvillage.com Canadian portal not oriented to receiving donations for disasters Portal for news, jobs, resources, how-to articles, volunteer and event listings for people working in the non-profit sector.			www.canadian-charities.com/Canadian portal focused on selling ads to charities in their book listing Canadian charities not oriented to receiving donations for disasters partnership with RBC Dominion Securities

websites of other portals

• www.cbc.ca/haitirelief/ Canadian media site with a mini list of aid organizations
• www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100113/help_haiti_100113/20100113/Canadian media site with a mini list of aid organizations

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Disclaimer - It is intended that this site serves the purpose of helping Canadians have some simple information from which they can make online donations regarding the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. The text on the site was written by Seneca College students and does not necessarily represent the opinions of Seneca College, nor its faculty and staff, nor the students as a whole. Links from the site to various websites, FaceBook pages, YouTube videos, MySpace and Twitter acounts etc. do not indicate endorsement of such content by the creators of this site.