Region of Waterloo donates $25,000 for Syrian refugee support

The Region of Waterloo is donating $25,000 to aid Syrian refugees throughthe Mennonite Central Committee's support program.

Councillors approved the donation at a meeting Wednesday, following a similar move by the City of Kitchener last weekwhere councillors decided to donate $10,000 to the Syrian cause.

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Regional council also pledged to encourage the federal government to facilitate relief efforts and to encourage the community at large to contribute to the refugee cause.

The Government of Canada has said it willmatch donations made by individual Canadians toregistered Canadian charitiesup untilDecember 31st, to a maximum of $100 million.