HC Progress Report 2012


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Working Together in Canada


The participation of broadcasters in the HUMANITARIAN COALITION is critical. Over half of you told us that you gave to help the people of East Africa because you saw or heard about us from our media partners.  CTV, CBC and Global all have “Rapid Response Programs” in place. Each network is prepared to respond to the HUMANITARIAN COALITION’s call for help by posting online banners and supplying TV and radio airtime without cost.

HUMANITARIAN COALITION media partners help Canadians find out more about the crisis and how they can help.

We are encouraged by the media sector’s appreciation for the non-competitive nature of our cause.

Because HUMANITARIAN COALITION members join forces in times of crisis, our broadcast partners support us without hesitation.  With their help our TV and radio ads ran thousands of times on Canadian airwaves during the East Africa and Japan crises this year, helping us inform Canadians about the disasters and the response while keeping our costs at a minimum.

Our media partners agree: working together saves more lives.

Bell logoOur Rapid Response Partners help to get the message out and some, like Bell, inspire us to do more. Bell’s leadership gift of $250,000 is impressive on its own. Just as inspiring was the generous response from more than 50,000 Bell employees. The outpouring of donations from Bell’s Mississauga and Montreal offices was so massive it caused a security alert from our website host who could not believe the volume of internet traffic to our site from their offices!

Bell Vice President Gary Cameron stood with us in front of the media to encourage you to give more before the September 16th government match deadline.  Bell not only gave a gift themselves, they asked their colleagues to give too and stood up publicly to ask all Canadians to give generously.

Ebay, Paypal, Kijiji logosThree quarters of our donors to East Africa gave their donations on-line. Our on-line partners are vital to helping save more lives. eBay, Kijiji and Paypal are all members of our Rapid Response Network – Canadian corporations who are prepared to help when lives are at stake. Paypal waived their transaction fees to make sure that more of your support made it to people who needed it most.

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