Wednesday, January 13, 2010

What You Can Do to Help in Haiti




Mercy Corps: Mercy Corps is deploying an emergency response team to the island nation. Donate here, build your own Mercy Corps fundraising page or add a Mercy Corps Haiti banner to your Web site.

Clinton Foundation
: Helping to provide immediate relief and long-term support to earthquake survivors. Donate here. Text “HAITI” to "20222" and $10 will be given to the Clinton Foundation's Haiti Relief Fund, charged to your cell phone bill.

MADRE: MADRE is bringing emergency medical assistance and supplies, including bandages, broad-spectrum antibiotics, and water tablets to prevent cholera outbreaks, to areas in Haiti that have been hardest hit by the earthquake. Donate here.

Red Cross: Donate to the international response fund here. You can also call 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish) or text "HAITI" to "90999" to donate $10.

YĆ©le Haiti
: Wyclef Jean's foundation will also be on the ground. Donate here or text "Yele" to 501501 and $5 will be charged to your phone bill and given to relief projects through the organization.

UNICEF: Children are among the most vulnerable following any natural disaster, and the United Nations mission to Haiti was destroyed in the earthquake. Donate here.

Water.org
: They work to provide sustainable sources of clean, safe water to under-served populations, and will be helping facilitate the repair and construction of new sources of water in Haiti. Donate here.

Partners in Health: The community-based organization is funding relief efforts. Donate here.

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres: The organization is airlifting emergency medical providers into Haiti to treat victims of the earthquake. Donate here.

CARE: They are deploying emergency teams to Haiti. Donate here.

Oxfam America: They are rushing folks into Haiti from nearby areas; the organization has years of experience on the island. Donate here.

Save the Children: The organization is working to support families and children in need. Donate here.

International Medical Corps: This L.A. non-profit provides medical care in some of the world's most dangerous regions. They're on their way to Haiti. Donate here.

World Food Programme: WFP is already on the ground and has" launched its emergency procedures, which involve distributing high energy biscuits and other emergency food assistance to those affected." Donate here.

World Vision: The organization is sending relief supplies to be distributed in Haiti. Donate here.

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