Wednesday, June 22, 2005

A quarter of Swiss tsunami donations allocated�(eng, NZZ Online)

A quarter of Swiss tsunami donations allocated�(eng, NZZ Online): "A quarter of Swiss tsunami donations allocated
Six months after the devastating tsunami in southeast Asia, Swiss Solidarity has already spent or earmarked SFr70 million ($55 million) for relief work.

The charity, which is the fundraising arm of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, swissinfo's parent company, received record donations of SFr224 million.
Swiss Solidarity and its partner organisations have already put SFr56 million into use for relief work. Further projects worth almost SFr14 million are currently being processed.
To date, Swiss Solidarity has cooperated with 14 Swiss relief organisations and their local partners"

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