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MIDEAST-GIVE Jul-20-2006 (240 words) With graphic. xxxi
Catholic aid agencies accept donations for Middle East crisis
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- International aid agencies are accepting donations for the humanitarian crisis from the Middle East conflict that has left hundreds dead and nearly a half-million people displaced.
The following are Catholic aid agencies appealing for donations to assist those in need in the Middle East.
-- Catholic Near East Welfare Association -- phone: (800) 442-6392; online: www.cnewa.org; or mail to: CNEWA, 1011 First Ave., New York, NY 10022-4195.
-- Catholic Relief Services -- phone (888) 435-7277; online: www.crs.org; or mail to: Catholic Relief Services, P.O. Box 17090, Baltimore, MD 21203-7090. Earmark funds "Middle East Crisis Response."
-- Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace-- phone (from Canada) (888)-664-3387; online: www.devp.org/testA/donation.htm; or mail to: Development and Peace, 5633 Sherbrooke St. East, Montreal, Quebec, H1N 1A3. Earmark funds "Lebanon" or "Mideast."
-- Catholic Agency for Overseas Development-- phone (from Britain): 0500 858885; online: www.cafod.org.uk/get_involved/give_money/to_middle_east_emergency; or mail to: CAFOD, FREEPOST, Romero Close, Stockwell Road, London SW9 9BR, United Kingdom. Earmark funds "Middle East Emergency Appeal."
-- Caritas Australia -- phone (from Australia): 1800-024-413; online: www.caritas.org.au/newsroom/2006/20060719.htm; or mail to: Caritas Australia,19 MacKenzie St., North Sydney, 2060 Australia.
-- Trocaire -- phone (from Irish Republic): 1850-408-408 and (from Northern Ireland) 0800-912-1200; online: www.trocaire.org/howyoucanhelp/howyoucanhelphome.htm#post; or mail to: Trocaire, 12 Cathedral Street, Dublin 1, Ireland.
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