Donate via text message and other ways
Haiti Relief Organizations and TEXT2help/Updates continue
The first few days after a disaster are critical. Here are a few ways to help with the human disaster in Haiti.By Jill Kuraitis, 1-13-10
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TEXT 2HELP
The national Text 2HELP Initiative is a partnership between the American Red Cross and The Wireless Foundation that allows customers of participating wireless carriers to send a text message to the Red Cross and make a donation to support the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. This Fund enables the Red Cross to provide shelter, food, cots, counseling and other assistance to victims of disasters.
Subscribers of participating wireless carriers can donate $5 to American Red Cross disaster relief efforts simply by text messaging the keyword “GIVE” to “2HELP” (24357). Donations will appear on customers’ monthly bills or be debited from a prepaid account balance. Message and data rates may apply. To opt-out, send “STOP” to 24357.
Participating Carriers: Alltel, AT&T,Sprint-Nextel, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular Wireless
Help Haiti Now
Red Cross
Oxfam America
Mercy Corps
Doctors Without Borders
American Jewish World Service - Has a special Haiti-relief effort underway. “We are assessing where the gaps in service are and putting a process in place to help specific communities that might not be immediately served otherwise,” said AJWS’s vice president for programs, Aaron Dorfman. “Because of the economic and political situation in Haiti, disasters like this have devastating consequences throughout the country. Our long-standing partnerships with grassroots organizations in Haiti allow us to reach the poorest and most remote populations with the speed necessary to save lives.”
AmeriCares Help For Haiti. Goes to their International Disaster Relief Fund.
International Compassion International is already established in the Haiti, with Nationals in position to distribute aid.
UNICEF has set up a special page for donations for the children of Haiti. In an email, UNICEF’s Alissa Pinck reports: “Our country office in Haiti and the regional office located in Panama is on the ground and have already deployed emergency teams to assess the situation and determine what the additional emergency needs are for the people of Haiti.”
World Vision - A Haiti-specific page with a range of donation levels. The organization says they’re on the ground in Haiti already.
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