Government will match pound-for-pound voluntary donations made by people to help victims of the crisis.

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Charities, which are entirely or largely funded by voluntary donations, may be reluctant to go public with allegations of fraud.

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Hennessy hopes Stanford will gain more voluntary donations from the private sector.

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One of its administrators said it was not run for profit, had survived purely from voluntary donations and nobody involved had been paid.

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Due in part to traditional beliefs and distrust of the medical system, voluntary donations are rare in China, where the need for organs far exceeds the supply.

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It relies almost entirely on voluntary donations for funding.

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It relies almost entirely on voluntary donations.

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And it says that parents have been concerned about "voluntary" donations and charges that are expected from them.

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Donations were taken for Children First and the International Voluntary Search Team.

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