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As the community attempts to rebuild following devastating bushfires that tore through the state over the last few months, charities have stepped up to assist those affected by fires.

From koala rescue groups to the Salvation Army, the Red Cross and victims of bushfires - it's hard to know where to donate. The Advertiser has compiled a comprehensive database of charities to donate money to bushfire affected communities and wildlife.

We have outlined what can be donated - monetary or items - and where your contributions will go.

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How can you help bushfire victims in SA?

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As the community attempts to rebuild following devastating bushfires that tore through the state over the last few months, charities have stepped up to assist those affected by fires. From koala rescue groups to the Salvation Army, the Red Cross and victims of bushfires - it's hard to know where to donate.

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Kangaroo Island | Attractions & Places To Go | South Australia

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Minutes from the mainland but a million miles away, Kangaroo Island is a sanctuary for wildlife and natural, rugged beauty. Find out more today.

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Small school rebuilt after fire

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Luisa Rubbo, Vanessa Milton, Claire Wheaton and Kerrin Thomas

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‘It’s too scary’: Students return to school as active fires burn nearby

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As NSW students affected by the season’s devastating bushfires return to newly-built schools, parents in some areas remain “concerned” about sending their children to school as surrounding fires remain uncontained.

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The department's Emergency Information Hotline is a dedicated number for families to phone during emergency incidents to provide relevant information that includes planned school closures.

Emergency Information Hotline: 1800 000 279

A messaging facility is available, which is monitored out of hours.

Bushfire preparations are now underway for the 2019/20 fire danger season.

Families are encouraged to read the Bushfires and Your Child's School or Preschool brochure (PDF 648KB) which provides advice to families and caregivers on how to prepare for the fire danger season, and what to do if a bushfire is burning near their child's site.

The brochure also highlights the need for families to understand the site Emergency Management Plan for their child's site. Ask your site for a copy of their plan.

It is important that each family has their own personal bushfire survival plan in place for days of catastrophic fire danger or in the event of a bushfire threat.

We ask that you familiarise yourself with the brochure and be prepared, before an emergency arises. By doing this it will help staff at your child's site to keep them safe.

In any bushfire situation the Emergency Information Hotline can provide advice to parents and caregivers on up-to-date information as it relates to department sites and the welfare of children.

The bushfire threat flowchart (PDF 249KB) is also a handy guide to what schools and preschools may need to do on the respective total fire ban days depending on their own risk rating, and is a useful tool to help families be prepared before an emergency arises.

The school holiday periods are covered by departmental policy for forecast catastrophic fire days for R1 and R2 sites and services. The policy includes all services and personnel on site, such as:

sports events

excursions

hired facilities

out of school hours care

rural care

vacation care

all contractors (including both site managed and site funded works).

All bus and taxi services and any excursions that require bus travel will be cancelled in the affected fire ban district.

Make sure you and your family are prepared for the fire danger season by reviewing the CFS information about preparing yourself for bushfire.

For information about your school or preschool's fire evacuation plans and audit rating, please contact them directly.

For information about departmental processes contact:

Security and Emergency Management unit

Information about current fires or fire danger ratings can found via:

Country Fire Service

CFS emergency hotline: 1800 362 361
Website: http://www.cfs.sa.gov.au/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/countryfireservice
Twitter: @cfsalerts

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The department's Emergency Information Hotline is a dedicated number for families to phone during emergency incidents to provide relevant information that includes planned school closures. Emergency Information Hotline: 1800 000 279 A messaging facility is available, which is monitored out of hours. Bushfire preparations are now underway for the 2019/20 fire danger season.

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Fire-hit SA families will get relief from fees and charges including stamp duty and getting replacement documents like drivers' licences, the State Government has announced.

It follows similar moves in Victoria and NSW, as well as call from SA Labor last week.

Treasurer Rob Lucas said early indications of the cost were about $1.5 million, but the "practical" move was one way that the Government could help the recovery process.

Tax relief measures include ex-gratia tax relief for the stamp duty payable on the purchase of replacement properties and motor vehicles, as well as land tax bills for 2019-20 and 2020-21.

Debt collection of Emergency Services Levy bills will be put on hold.

Fees and charges to be waived include the administration fee for replacement drivers' licences lost or destroyed as a result of the bushfires. Owners of registered vehicles destroyed in the bushfires can apply for a refund of unexpired registration as well as other components of that bill, including CTP premiums and lifetime support scheme and emergency services levies.

The registrar of motor vehicles also has the ability to waive administration fees on the

registration of replacement motor vehicles. Fees associated with purchasing replacement copies of births, deaths and marriages certificates that have been lost or destroyed will be waived.

Mr Lucas said the State Government was continuing to work on the rules around accessing $2 billion in federal support on the table as a way to offset fire-related financial hits.

He said other members in the community had also been quick to call out those who were fraudulently seeking to access bushfire support money, as occurred with early cash payments.

"Waiving these fees and charges is a practical way for the State Government to provide further assistance to bushfire affected communities and to help them get back on their feet," Mr Lucas said. "These measures come on top of the immediate relief ... for people impacted by the fires, as well as small businesses and primary producers."

The stamp duty waiver will be capped at $48,830, enough to buy a $1 million house.

For cars, the waiver covers the stamp duty of buying a vehicle worth up to $50,000.

On Thursday, Opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas said fee exemptions would help people "undertaking the heartbreaking task of cleaning up their homes and properties".

"The last thing people need to worry about when they are rebuilding after bushfires is the next bill," he said. "Labor has put forward a number of constructive proposals to help bushfire victims, including subsidising ferries to KI to kickstart tourism, reinvigorating the 'I Choose SA' campaign to help local producers and allowing bushfire victims to get access to prescribed medication from their pharmacist without a prescription."

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Fire-hit SA families to get fees and charges relief

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Fire-hit SA families will get relief from fees and charges including stamp duty and getting replacement documents like drivers' licences, the State Government has announced. It follows similar moves in Victoria and NSW, as well as call from SA Labor last week.

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I think we should do something that stands out so more people come and support the bush fires 

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I think we should do something that stands out so more people come and support the bush fires 

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i think we should go up to the hills and donate money to the little businesses that are struggling to find money to repair everything.

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i think we should go up to the hills and donate money to the little businesses that are struggling to find money to repair everything.

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we can do a day at school were we have all different things to sell like clothes and cake stool and whatever money goes to what we decide.

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we can do a day at school were we have all different things to sell like clothes and cake stool and whatever money goes to what we decide.

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so, something like a fundraiser. maybe sell some stuff we don't need anymore?

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how we can help

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It's the bushfire crisis that has brought Australia to its knees and left the rest of the world watching on in horror.

As of January 6, at least 22 people are dead and more than 1500 homes have been destroyed as fires continue to burn through more than six-million hectares of land across the country.

Below is a breakdown of how you can help out.
Bushfire latest: State-by-state breakdown of all areas affected by blazes
Items

Queensland-government-backed Givit is coordinating donations of items across Australia.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has urged people to pledge money - not clothes or food - to his state's communities, saying they don't have the time, space or people to sort through items.

"I don't want to appear harsh in any way, but we don't need any more clothes, food, trucks on our roads," he said on Sunday.

"I know it all comes from a place of kindness and I thank everybody who's made those donations."

The CFA, Victoria's rural fire service, echoed that call: "Experience tells us that donation of money is much more effective and provides more flexibility than the donation of material items or pre-loved goods."
More from 7NEWS.com.au on the bushfire crisis:
South Australian authorities have also echoed the sentiment.

But premier Steven Marshall has encouraged Australians to continue to buy goods and produce from the popular Kangaroo Island and Adelaide Hills regions.

Accommodation

Offers of emergency accommodation for people displaced by the East Gippsland bushfires are being managed by the local council.

Those able to help should email feedback@egipps.vic.gov.au, with details of location, bedrooms available, facilities and return contact details.

Elsewhere, writer and sports commentator Erin Riley says more than 5500 people have used Find A Bed to offer beds or homes to evacuees.

Accommodation provider Airbnb has activated its Open Homes program in New South Wales and Victoria, offering a place to stay to those affected by the fires.

Those needing assistance or wanting to list their home can do so here (New South Wales) or (Victoria).

Money

Bendigo Bank Bushfires Disaster Appeal (Endorsed by Vic Govt)

Bendigo Bank's charitable arm has established a nationwide fund and six other funds for each state. All money will go to those who have lost everything for immediate relief.

The Victorian government has endorsed the Victorian fund and added $2 million to it on Sunday.

"If there's money sufficient beyond that, we'll look to support communities that have been affected," Premier Daniel Andrews said.

Kangaroo Island Mayor's Relief Fund (Endorsed by SA Govt)

The South Australian premier and Kangaroo Island mayor have endorsed a relief fund set up to aid the recovery of the bushfire-ravaged island.

The State Emergency Relief Fund (SERF) has also been launched for those affected by the Adelaide Hills fires at Cudlee Creek and beyond.

State fire services

Donations can be made to the state-funded rural fire services. Some states allow pledges to individual brigades.

* South Australia: CFS donate

* Queensland: RFBAQ donate

Fallen firefighters' families

The NSW RFS has established official funds for the young families of Samuel McPaul, Geoffrey Keaton and Andrew O'Dwyer, who lost their lives battling fires this season.

Donations can be made via Support firefighter families on the NSWRFS site.

Celeste Barber's donation page

More than half a million people from across the globe have pledged more than $30 million to the NSW RFS through the Australian comedian's Facebook fundraiser.

Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund

Donations are being accepted through the general disaster relief fund, which goes to helping those affected by bushfires, heat, floods, cyclones and other emergencies.

Andrew Coghlan, Red Cross National Manager of Emergency Service, told 7NEWS.com.au that knowing how to help was difficult.

"When people donate items that cannot be used it actually costs to dispose of them and this can literally mean that there is less money available for people in need," Coghlan said.

"Money is often the greatest need, as it can be spent by the affected people on what is most necessary in their lives."

More than $8 million has been raised since New Year's Eve.

Salvation Army

The Salvos are providing meals to evacuees and first-responders through the Salvos bushfire appeal.

St Vincent de Paul

Vinnies is helping with bills, clothing, bedding and food through the Vinnies bushfire appeal.

The Queensland government chipped in $25,000 in September as part of a wider $100,000 donation. Search "Vinnies Bushfire Appeal".

Wildlife

NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service (WIRES) say they received more than 20,000 calls in December alone, up 14 per cent. Search "WIRES donate".

Mogo Zoo and the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital have both set up GoFundMe pages, raising $50,000 and $3.1 million respectively.

Donations can be made through Mogo Zoo Fire Recovery or Port Macquarie Koala Hospital on GoFundMe.com.

On South Australia's Kangaroo Island, as many as 25,000 koalas are feared dead and tens of thousands more injured.

South Australian Veterinary Emergency Management (SAVEM) has been activated to manage the wildlife rescue effort and is working with other groups in fire-affected regions.

Donations can be made to SAVEM here or the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park on GoFundMe.com.

Millions have been raised on the website, including the wildlife funds above, $138,000 for the Mallacoota Fires Support Fund and $110,000 in one fund for Cudgewa and surrounding Victorian towns.

Ensure legitimacy

Given anyone can set up a page, fraud is a possibility - such as a funeral fund for young Cobargo father Patrick Salway, set up on 'GoGetFunding'.

That page was falsely established in his niece's name, raising $4000.

"She has not opened this page and is absolutely gutted ... that someone would be so f***ing low to do this to her and our family," Salway's brother-in-law, Dean Hancock, said.

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Here's how you can help Australia's bushfire victims

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It's the bushfire crisis that has brought Australia to its knees and left the rest of the world watching on in horror. As of January 6, at least 22 people are dead and more than 1500 homes have been destroyed as fires continue to burn through more than six-million hectares of land across the country.

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Australia fires: A visual guide to the bushfire crisis

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How Australia has been battling bushfires during a devastating fire season.

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we need to do something about it we need to go up to the hills and cheek out the spots that have been affected. 

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we need to do something about it we need to go up to the hills and cheek out the spots that have been affected. 

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It directly affected the communities of Brukunga, Charleston, Cudlee Creek, Gumeracha, Harrogate, Kenton Valley, Lenswood, Lobethal, Mount Torrens and Woodside.