Thursday, January 27, 2005

CBC Ottawa - Internet brings major change in charity work

CBC Ottawa - Internet brings major change in charity work: "Internet brings major change in charity work
Last Updated Jan 25 2005 08:43 AM EST
CBC News
OTTAWA � New communications technologies have produced what one aid worker calls a revolution in the way charities collect money.
Following the earthquake and tsunami in South Asia, cellphones and video cameras alerted the world to the scope of the crisis at a speed never seen before. Then, the internet and e-mail gave charities such as the Canadian Red Cross and CARE Canada the means to move quickly.
The Red Cross says a third of donations to tsunami relief were paid for on the internet."

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