# Online donations continue to pour in to Asian floods emergency

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/12/31/online-donations-continue-pour-asian-floods-emergency/
- Published: 2004-12-31T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Charities are still receiving large volumes of online donations from people keen
to support the response to the Asian floods disaster.
Disasters Emergency Committee
Chief Executive Brendan Gormley reported yesterday evening that about £500,000 was
being donated online to the appeal every hour.

 

 

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The Guardian reports that, after it expanded its Christmas charity appeal to include
support for the disaster appeal, online donations for this object totalled £14,000
within a few hours.

 

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