Ottawa won't match all donations to Myanmar, China

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OTTAWA — The federal government's offer to match Canadian donations to disaster relief efforts in China and Myanmar turns out to be nowhere near as generous as it initially appeared.

Humanitarian groups have been disappointed to discover the bulk of donations they've received thus far – in the immediate aftermath of the disasters – won't be matched at all.

“It is certainly somewhat disappointing that we cannot count all the donations that we've received since the start of this crisis ,” said Kieran Green, communications manager for Care Canada.
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That excludes all the donations that poured in immediately after the devastating May 2 cyclone in Myanmar, also known as Burma, and the May 12 earthquake in China.

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