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From the Globe and elsewhere, Canadian contact info for some of the groups organizing aid for victims of the disaster:

Canadian Red Cross: 1-800-418-1111

Unicef Canada: 1-877-955-3111
or by mail at UNICEF Canada, 2200 Yonge Street, Suite 1100, Toronto, ON, M4S 2C6

Oxfam Canada: 1-800-466-9326

Care Canada: 1-800-267-5232

World Vision: 1-800-268-5528

The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace: 1-888-664-3387
or cheque payable to Development and Peace, marked for tidal wave disaster mailed to Development and Peace, 5633 Sherbrooke St. East, Montreal, H1N 1A3

Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders: 1-888-392-0392
or by mail to: Doctors Without Borders, 720 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, ON M5S 2T9

The High Commission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: 1-613-233-8449 (and here's hoping the government and the Tamils can put their differences aside)

The Mennonite Central Committee: 1-888-622-6337

gristmill_rss recommends donating directly to Sarvodaya, a Sri Lankan grassroots development movement. The volunteer who suggested this said: "As you may know, while the international donor organizations provide much-needed material assistance, they rely on organizations like Sarvodaya to actually distribute this aid to the people who need it. The list of organizations that rely on Sarvodaya's thousands of volunteers reads like a who's who of the development world. I have seen Sarvodaya workers distributing aid from UNICEF to poor villagers in a village that the Sri Lankan government didn't even know existed. And, most importantly, Sarvodaya delivers assistance in Sinhalese, Tamil, Muslim and Christian communities." Here's what they're doing to help. They are now taking donations by Visa and Mastercard. If you're in the U.S. and want a tax receipt, you can also donate to Sarvodaya U.S.A. (that's a really old web page! yikes!) via PayPal, or send a cheque to 5716 Manchester Avenue #3, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

And finally, the SEA-EAT blog.

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