Re: Earthquake help in Toronto Area
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Edhi and NAMF are both still accepting donations. The first flight will leave on Friday. They want to only take tents, blankets, medicines, baby items, surgical masks, etc. … all emergency stuff (basically everything in the e-mail pasted on page 1 of this thread). Please donate generously if you can. :flower1: (Shoppers Drug Mart currently has a sale on Pedialite and anti-septic medicines :halo: ).
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According to the person who I spoke to at NAMF’s head office this morning, they WILL be taking clothes, but there is apparently going to be additional flights with PIA sending supplies to Islamabad in the next two or three weeks.
So, if you feel too rushed since we had fairly short notice for this first flight, you can take a few days to organize what you want to send for the next batch.
(P.S. Please note, the phone number listed on Edhi’s website for their Toronto location is WRONG. The guy seemed really annoyed when I called him this morning. I didn’t even have to say anything, he was like, “this is not Edhi” :mad: )
Please bear in mind that if you donate to Canada’s Red Cross, they will keep 15% of whatever you donate for their administration costs. Care Canada will keep 3.2% whereas International Development and Relief Foundation http://www.idrf.ca/ will apparently donate 100% of everything that is given. Also, this is a Muslim organization which is recognized by the Canadian government so they will match whatever is donated by them.