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Burma Cyclone Donors Appreciation Event - Toronto

Ottawa (Sept. 25, 08) － ‘Burma Cyclone Donors Appreciation’ event is to hold on this Sunday September 28, 2008 at Toronto Burmese Buddhist Temple . Burma Cyclone Relief Committee, comprised of a number of Burma support groups, collected approximately $200,000 of donations from Burmese-Canadians and Burma supporters in Canada and channeled it to hundreds of thousands of cyclone victims in Burma through the International Buddhist Monks Organizations (IBMO) and other relief organizations in Burma .

The Government of Canada has so far provided a total of $25.6 million for cyclone relief in Burma and Canadian civil society organizations raised $11.6 million from public. Provincial and territory governments also donated in separate, and labor unions and faith groups also extended their generosities, amounting in millions of dollars. As the whole country, Canada made the approximate contribution of $40 million for cyclone relief efforts in Burma .

Please see detailed info about the Cyclone Donors Appreciation event in Toronto , and if you need more information, please contact Kyaw Zaw Wai, the head of Cyclone Relief Committee at 416-358-2318.

-Canadian Friends of Burma-
Event info:

Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008
Place: Mahadhammikka Temple
12 High Meadow Place , Toronto M9L 2Z5
Time: Ceremony starts at 10:00 am.

10:00 a.m. Opening Comment from President, International Burmese Monks Organization ( Canada )

10:05 a.m. Cyclone Relief Briefing from the Chairperson of Burma Cyclone Relief Committee

10:15 a.m. Honouring Donors / Contributors

10:55 a.m. Speech from a special guest

11:00 a.m. Prayer service for the cyclone victims and fallen heroes (monks and peaceful demonstrators) of last year Saffron Revolution

11:30 a.m. Offering of lunch to the monks and participants