exclamation

Important notice: To continue serving our valued readers during the postal disruption, complete unrestricted access to the digital edition is available at no extra cost. This will ensure uninterrupted digital access to your copies. Click here to view the digital edition, or learn more.

More funds for Philippines relief

By 
  • October 30, 2009
{mosimage}TORONTO - With Filipinos still digging their homes out of the mud, and many more with no homes to return to after Typhoon Ketsana swept through the region just north of Manila Sept. 26, Canadians continue to add to the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace’s relief fund.

Following an initial $50,000 contribution, Development and Peace has raised a further $108,000 to help Caritas in the Philippines. That total does not include $70,000 sent in so far by Toronto parishes to ShareLife.

Even the $70,000 collected by ShareLife is likely only a fraction of the amount given by Toronto Catholics.

Many parishes hold on to disaster relief funds until they feel the bulk of the contributions are in, said a ShareLife spokesperson. ShareLife expects the contributions to Typhoon Ketsana relief to grow substantially.

Development and Peace also believes the $108,000 collected so far will grow as Filipino groups across Canada tally up their contributions.

At least 450,000 people have been affected by the typhoon and about 150,000 made homeless.

Caritas Internationalis has appealed for $1 million to fund relief efforts in the Philippines.

ShareLife, the fundraising arm of the archdiocese of Toronto, keeps its emergency relief accounts operating for 18 months or until six months after all contributions have ceased.

ShareLife emergency relief funds are forwarded to Development and Peace, which is the Canadian representative to the international Catholic relief network Caritas.

To donate, see www.sharelife.org or www.devp.org .

More in this category: « Pennies for life raise $100,000 DiCarlo's religious supply superstore opens »

Please support The Catholic Register

Unlike many media companies, The Catholic Register has never charged readers for access to the news and information on our website. We want to keep our award-winning journalism as widely available as possible. But we need your help.

For more than 125 years, The Register has been a trusted source of faith-based journalism. By making even a small donation you help ensure our future as an important voice in the Catholic Church. If you support the mission of Catholic journalism, please donate today. Thank you.

DONATE