Thursday, January 14, 2010

Help Haiti

Last Tuesday, January 12 2010, Haiti was struck by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake late afternoon, the center - only 10 miles from Port-au-Prince. The disaster toppled structures including government-owned buildings, schools, hospitals and even penitentiary. The number of death has been estimated to be over 500,000.

One of the poorest nation in the world, Haiti need all the aid it could get. Pledges have been made from various countries but aid is slowly coming in as infrastructure are in ruins. So various organizations are asking everyone to donate cash to help the relief efforts in Haiti.

Donating through your cell phone:
Text 'HAITI' to 90999 and $10 will be donated to the Red Cross for the relief efforts.
Text 'YELE' to 501501 and $5 will be donated to the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund.

Donation will be charged to your cell phone bill

Donating online:
American Red Cross
AmeriCares
Doctors Without Borders
Habitat for Humanity
Haitian Health Foundation
Network For Good - they also have a list of other organizations working on Haiti Earthquake Relief
Oxfam
Salvation Army
UNICEF
World Vision

I am sure there are more organization that would need your help. Help whatever you can.

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