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As most of us by now have heard about the tragic earthquake at Haiti, which took more than 1000 lives today. I am writing this blog to help people in Haiti, who might have lost almost every thing in their life. In this posting I am trying to enlist all possible website through which one can contribute to the earthquake relief funds. I am not sure about the authenticity (nor i care about this moment of time) of these websites. But most of them I am enlisting are renowned globally for their efforts.
The American Jewish World Service has set up the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund to respond to the crisis by supporting a network of organizations it works with.
Catholic Relief Services has an office in Haiti, and luckily it’s still standing even though one of its neighbors collapsed. The organization is accepting donations of any amount.
The United Nations World Food Program One of the most trusted websites , calls for help, The people of Haiti need food assistance as quickly as possible to prevent hunger worsening the misery already caused by the disaster. This is said to be Haiti’s worst quake in two centuries. Every hour we wait means more lives are at risk. Donate now.
Doctors Without Borders: Your gift today will support emergency medical care for the men, women, and children affected by the earthquake in Haiti. Please give as generously as you can to our Haiti Earthquake Response and help us save lives.
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Musician Wyclef Jean has used Twitter to rally web users to contribute to his grassroots Yele Haiti earthquake fund. He’s urged his followers to text “Yele” to the number 501501. If you send the text, the organization will receive $5. The amount will be added to your next cell phone bill. Consider retweeting Wyclef’s updates and get some of your Twitter followers to donate, too.
There’s another texting option spreading through Twitter. You can text “HAITI” to 90999 to donate $10 via the Red Cross. Thanks to ABC News for pointing these out.
I hope the above information will help alot of our readers. Please contribute as much as you CAN! Also Do suggest us some other websites that you have used to transfer the Aid online. Looking forward to hear from you all. Some part of the post are adopted from various websites and online portals.
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Great post, Anand. At least I'm usually way too slow to get anything up on TIE that would have anything to do with current events anymore once I click publish…
I don't think I can even imagine the amount ot suffering going on in Haiti, but I'm always a bit wary about these current event donation things. Maybe it is because I'm a bit cynical and the whole welfare state indoctrination thing, but I have always believed we already have a pretty comprehensive international community response ready. Yes, I know that many of the non-profit organizations depend on individual donors, but I also believe that these organizations are capable of directing the money in more efficient way. There's a limit on how much money we can efficiently use in Haiti until the money would be better used in some of the way too many other causes.
I'm also a bit surprised that International Red Cross or their national branches (http://www.redcross.your-tld-here) weren't mentioned. In my opinion, this is the main organization the international community has for human relief.
I think it's also good to point out that those SMS numbers only work in the US. Your local relief organizations probably have their own numbers for their donation drives.
Well I do agree to some points of yours that the international committee is well prepared for situations like this along with the accountability of amount sent as donation. I also agree with fact that the amount of money actually meant, hardly reaches to the deserving. But this shouldn’t stop us from contributing.
Its analogous to something like the tax we pay every year to the Govt, who knows where it actually goes, Still we have to pay. But in this case there is no obligation its just a persons wish to contribute to someone’s suffering…..
Anyways lets hope situation gets better in coming time, so that at least charity should be corruption free.
Hey Great Post! My prayers are with the Haiti peopleThe Haiti tragety totally sadens me and my heart goes out to them. ; I just donated to the Red Cross and urge you all to do the same too.