According to Bev Oda, Minister of International Cooperation.

“Our government is prepared to match their contributions dollar for dollar,” up to a maximum of $50 million.

The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) will hand out these funds to Canadian and international humanitarian and development organizations.

The death toll from Haiti’s earthquake could be between 45,000 and 50,000, with a further 3 million people hurt or homeless in an increasingly desperate country, a senior Haitian Red Cross official said Thursday.

At least 1,500 bodies were stacked inside and outside the morgue of Port-au-Prince’s General Hospital Thursday before noon, as pick-up trucks continued to deliver the dead from Tuesday’s earthquake, the hospital’s director said.

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The following is a list of reputable aid organizations currently seeking cash donations for relief efforts in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Donations can be made at the web pages or by calling the appropriate phone numbers.

OneXOne (Rogers/Fido customers)

Text “HELP” or “Donate” to 1291. Reply to confirmation request with ‘yes.’ You will receive a thank you message that confirms the donation and $5 will be added to your next Wireless invoice.

Rogers will forward 100 per cent of the SMS revenues to OneXOne. In addition, Rogers Communications and the Rogers family will donate $250,000 in funds and goods to Partners In Health: Haiti and other relief organizations in the country.

Canadian Red Cross
Toll free: 1-800-418-1111

cbm Canada
Toll-free: 1-800-567-2264

Humanitarian Coalition (CARE Canada, Oxfam Canada, Oxfam-Quebec, Save the Children Canada)

to see the entire list of organizations you can donate to visit citynews.ca

It all seems like a never story .. one disaster after another.

Sadly, a nurse from Elmira, Ont., was confirmed dead by Lou Geense, the director of global initiatives with the Emmanuel Missionary Church of Canada.

The Red Cross estimates as many as 3 million people have been affected by the quake. But with continued aftershocks and power and phone service spotty at best, it may take a day or two to determine the full extent of the destruction.

Haiti is the most impoverished nation in the Western hemisphere and the earthquake has only made the situation there more dire. you can visit The Canadian Red Cross online at www.redcross.ca to donate. You can also donate by calling 1-800-418-1111