快讯：加国政府延长震灾对等捐款时间 等额捐款日期改为 2008 年5 月12日至6月23日

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Sichuan Earthquake Relief Fund

On May 15, 2008, Canada announced additional support for victims of the earthquake in China's Sichuan province, in response to the May 12 earthquake. To this end, the Government of Canada has created the Sichuan Earthquake Relief Fund. For every dollar donated by individual Canadians to eligible Canadian charitable organizations, Canada will contribute a dollar to the Sichuan Earthquake Relief Fund. The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) will allocate these funds to established Canadian and international humanitarian organizations for relief efforts that benefit the people in China most affected by the earthquake.

Through the Sichuan Earthquake Relief Fund, the Government of Canada will match the generosity of Canadians. The fund will provide effective and accountable financial support to trusted Canadian and international humanitarian partner organizations working in the affected area.

There is no limit on the amount of matching funds that are available through this program from the Government of Canada.

Donating and fundraising criteria

For every dollar Canadians contribute to an eligible Canadian registered charitable organization responding to the Sichuan earthquake, the Government of Canada will put one dollar into the Sichuan Earthquake Relief Fund (subject over time to actual needs on the site and the ability of humanitarian assistance partner organizations to address those needs).

To be counted for this purpose, the donation must comply with all of the conditions below. It must be

1. 
   [*]a monetary donation up to $100,000;
   [*]made by an individual Canadian;
   [*]made to a registered Canadian charitable organization that is receiving donations in response to the May 12 Sichuan earthquake;
   [*]specifically earmarked by such organizations for the purpose of responding to the Sichuan earthquake;
   [*]made between May 12, 2008, and June 23, 2008.

Some registered Canadian charitable organizations will be collecting funds for the disaster and some will not. If you want your donation to be matched by a corresponding contribution from the Government of Canada to the Sichuan Earthquake Relief Fund, you should ensure that your donation complies with the conditions set out above, that the charity in question intends to use the funds for Sichuan earthquake relief efforts in China, and that it will declare the funds to CIDA.

Both tax-receipted and non tax-receipted donations are eligible to be counted towards the size of the relief fund. A donation can be made in cash, or by cheque, money order, credit card or wire transfer.

Eligible donations

Eligible donations will

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  [*]include amounts from a fundraising event undertaken to raise money from individuals in response to the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan. This fundraising may be undertaken by schools, faith-based organizations, clubs, social groups, businesses, incorporated entities, or charitable organizations;
  [*]exclude any donations by corporations, governments, businesses, partnerships, schools, incorporated or non-incorporated entities, and unions from their existing resources that were not raised from individuals specifically in response to the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan;
  [*]ensure no double-counting of donations (i.e. donations collected by a registered Canadian charitable organization and given to another such organization should be declared only once to CIDA); and
  [*]exclude donations that were made by corporations, governments, incorporated entities, charitable organizations, unions, or government bodies (provincial, territorial, or municipal) to augment an amount raised in a fundraising activity or event.

Letter of attestation

To ensure that donations collected in response to the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan by registered Canadian charitable organizations will be taken into account in determining the size of the Sichuan Earthquake Relief Fund, the charitable organizations concerned are required to send a letter to CIDA by Monday, July 21, 2008, attesting to the amount of eligible donations received.

The letter of attestation must

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  [*]be signed by an authorized representative of the organization;
  [*]declare the amount of donations raised by the organization that meet the eligibility criteria outlined above; and
  [*]confirm that any donations received from other registered Canadian charitable organizations that raised funds for the earthquake response

(a) meet the eligibility criteria outlined above, and
(b) were not (and will not be) declared to CIDA under a separate letter of attestation by the original collector.

The organization submitting the letter of attestation to CIDA must submit written certification of points (a) and (b) from the other registered Canadian charitable organizations concerned.

Financial reporting

At the close of the charitable organization’s first normal financial-year cycle that follows the time of the donation, each organization may be required to submit a copy of its audited annual financial statement to CIDA. This statement must contain an audit note that certifies the amount of eligible donations declared by the organization in its letter of attestation to CIDA.

Accountability for the use of funds raised by a registered Canadian charitable organization for the May 12 Sichuan earthquake response will rest with each organization. However, each organization may be required to demonstrate to CIDA that those funds were indeed used for earthquake relief efforts.


Guidelines for submitting proposals to the Sichuan Earthquake Relief Fund

The Sichuan Earthquake Relief Fund will fund established Canadian and international humanitarian organizations having significant in-country capacity to deliver humanitarian assistance in China. A list of eligible organizations will be established by CIDA and posted on its website. Interested organizations not on the initial list may request to be included by applying to CIDA.

To receive funding, eligible organizations may apply using CIDA’s existing Guidelines for Emergency Humanitarian Assistance for Project Proposals and Reports. Allocation decisions will be based on regular program parameters regarding the provision of timely, effective, and appropriate humanitarian assistance, with additional significant consideration placed on local capacity, operational independence, and access to affected populations.

Allocation of funds

The relief funds will be allocated by CIDA for humanitarian assistance projects according to criteria posted on its website. Organizations raising the funds that are being matched will have no privileged access to the relief fund. All organizations applying for funding from the relief fund will be assessed on their ability to deliver timely, effective, and appropriate humanitarian relief and early recovery assistance projects. Projects supported by the relief fund will be for humanitarian relief and early recovery purposes only, not for long-term development.

The purpose of these funds is to expedite humanitarian relief and immediate recovery over the next 12 months. Amounts notionally assigned by the Government of Canada to the Sichuan Earthquake Relief Fund must be disbursed by May 15, 2009. Accordingly, projects supported by the relief funds must be completed by May 15, 2009.

For further information on the Sichuan Earthquake Relief Fund, please contact CIDA’s Public Inquiries Service at: 1-800-230-6349.

 

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2.made by an individual Canadian;

 

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2.made by an individual Canadian;

只有公民？移民算吗？

留学生的捐款，算吗？

 

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快讯：加国政府延长震灾对等捐款时间


加国无忧 51.CA 2008年5月26日 19:47 来源：本网综合 作者：吴楚河 [ 加大字体 ｜ 缩小字体 ]

最新消息，应各方的呼吁和要求乃至在加国民众社团的压力之下，加拿大国际开发署CIDA（The Canadian International Development Agency）今天宣布，延长加拿大人对中国震灾对等捐款的时间，新的期限从地震发生之日，即5月12日算起，一直到6月23日结束。
加拿大国际开发署CIDA的这个新决定是对它早前有关细则的修订，也是对加拿大民间团体表示不满的回应。
5月15日，联邦政府国际合作部长小田（Bev Oda）宣布，对于中国四川的震灾，加拿大政府将对个人向慈善机构的捐款进行对等匹配拨款。她当时在宣布这项决定时，并没有提及任何附加条件。
但加拿大国际开发署随后公布的细则表明，政府进行对等匹配拨款有一个期限，即仅限于5月15日至6月6日之间所收到的个人捐款数额。这个细则不同于前两次国际重大自然灾害时的做法，04年亚洲海啸与05年巴基斯坦地震，其等额捐款时间均从灾害发生的第一天起开始计算。

这样，加拿大国际开发署的细则将使政府的对等匹配拨款大打折扣，因为不能包括5月12日至14日以及6月6日之后的捐款。更有慈善团体指出，一般而言，在 灾难发生之后的最初72个小时之内，民间捐款量最大。如缅甸风灾之后第一周，民间捐款就大大减少。加拿大红十字会（Canadian Red Cross）报告说，5月15日之前，已为缅甸风灾筹集555,500元私人捐款，为中国地震筹集110万元，这些民间捐款联邦政府将不会进行对等拨款。 加拿大政府的上述做法，不仅使一些人道援助团体失望，也使不少捐款人不高兴，他们当中甚至有人要求慈善团体退回最初捐款（即5月15日之前的），他们会再 作新捐款，以便符合政府设定的等额捐款条件。
据昨天的CTV晚间新闻报道说，如果按照加拿大国际开发署的规定，大概有70%的个人捐款无法得到加拿大政府的相应匹配，这使得很多加拿大民众和慈 善组织不满。也有反对党政客抨击哈珀政府在这个问题上的过分谨慎，有违加拿大人一直奉行的人道主义准则及慷慨捐赠者的国际形象。
有鉴于此，加拿大国际开发署修改了早前的细则，主要变化在于向前向后延长对等捐款的时限。因此，加拿大国际开发署的网站上出现了这样一段有关文字：
In order to better respond to the needs of Chinese citizens and more effectively match the generosity of Canadians, the dates during which the government will match eligible donations have been extended to begin from the date of the earthquake, May 12, and ending June 23. Organizations will now have until Monday, July 21 to submit their letters of attestation indicating the amount of donations they have collected.
加拿大国际开发署的网站也对救灾基金拨款的条件相应作出改动：
为计算对救灾基金的拨款，捐款必须符合以下所有条件：
(1) 数额最高为100,000 加元（十万加元）的捐款；
(2) 捐款来自加拿大个人；
(3) 接受捐款者必须为加拿大注册慈善组织，且捐款必须针对于5 月12 日四川地震救灾之用；
(4) 筹款组织必须特别指定将捐款用于5 月12 日地震救灾；
(5) 捐款日期为2008 年5 月12日至6月23日（以前为5月15 日至6 月6 日）。

 

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太好了！

第一笔款是5月13日捐的，正为不给match生气，要打电话到CIDA去抗议呢。呣，知错即改还是好的。

 

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这里的"Canadians" 应为泛指，不是指公民身份。捐款时没人查身份。

只有公民？移民算吗？

留学生的捐款，算吗？

这里的"Canadians" 应为泛指，不是指公民身份。捐款时没人查你是什么身份，匿名都可以。