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Give $10, pass it on World Vision Urges

From the Toronto Star
Half a dozen Canadian aid workers from Mississauga-based World Vision Canada are on the ground in Haiti and more are on the way, the charity organization said Thursday.
They're the vanguard who'll help more than 800 other World Vision workers based in the Caribbean nation organize relief efforts to thousands of people left homeless by this week's earthquake.
The Canadian arm has already raised $1 million and hopes to raise another $4 million within a week. "Canadians always respond very quickly," said Dirk Booy, World Vision Canada vice-president. "The most important thing for us right now is to get cash donations. We have lots of people who want to donate goods, but obviously cash helps us to respond much faster."
He said the federal government was sending a transport plane full of relief supplies to Haiti Thursday and would give some to World Vision staff to distribute. The charity is also renting a C-130 Hercules plane to ship supplies from its base in Denver.
Booy said World Vision was pleased by a federal government plan to match donations from Canadians, to a maximum of $50 million. "That doubles the impact on the ground and it allows ... more

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