People line up for food and water in typhoon-battered Tacloban, Philippines, Nov. 14. The city was devastated by the powerful Typhoon Haiyan and a tsunami-like wall of seawater believed to have killed thousands.
People line up for food and water in typhoon-battered Tacloban, Philippines, Nov. 14. The city was devastated by the powerful Typhoon Haiyan and a tsunami-like wall of seawater believed to have killed thousands. CNS photo/Erik De Castro, Reuters

Flood of money follows typhoon

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  • November 15, 2013

As of Friday morning, Nov. 15,  Canada’s Catholic aid agency had raised over a quarter million dollars in emergency relief for the typhoon stricken Philippines.

The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace launched the campaign on Nov. 11 and on Nov. 13 received 489 donations in one day.

The organization had already pledged $100,000 from its emergency funds before it began appealing for donations.

There were 3,631 confirmed deaths as of Nov. 15. The Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said 1,871,321 people have been displaced  and more than nine million affected by the killer storm.

D&P accepts donations by phone, online and by mail. Call 1-888-664-3387, go to www.devp.org or write Philippines Typhoon in the “for” line of a cheque and mail it to Development and Peace, 1425 René-Lévesque Blvd. West. 3rd Floor Montreal, QC H3G 1T7.

All donations to Development and Peace are eligable for matching Federal Government funds.

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