As most of you are well aware, Haiti was rocked by a devastating earthquake yesterday. A country historically plagued with disaster and hardship has been struck again. Rather than itemizing their calamities as if their name was Job, or focusing on how some idiots are blaming them for their hardships, I’m asking all who can: do whatever you can in support of our brothers and sisters. As of now, I’ve found a few different ways you can donate money towards Haitian relief:
– Musician Wyclef Jean is promoting a program from the Yele Hait Foundation. Simply text the phrase “Yele” to 501501 and a $5 donation will be charged to your cell phone bill.
– Text the phrase “Haiti” to “90999,” and a $10 donation will automatically be given to the Red Cross. Again, the charge will show up on your phone bill.
– CNN has compiled a list of organizations accepting donations. NPR has done the same.
– You can send donations to various international groups like Direct Relief and UNICEF.
– The good folks over at Partners in Health (founded in Haiti by Paul Farmer) are accepting donations.
– My blogging buddies over at Uptown Notes have dropped some great links with info on how to get involved.
I’m sure there are plenty of places where we can donate. If you find other places, please feel free to drop those links. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter which one(s) you choose. The important thing is that you donate if you can. Whether it’s $5 or $5 million, whatever you can offer will go towards aiding our brothers and sisters.
Thanks to you all for whatever you can do. You’ll be blessed for it.
– ACL
These are great resources, Andre. Yes, we should get involved and send donations. Bless you.
Ditto to what Deb said. Thanks for posting these links! My prayers go out to everybody affected by this horrible tragedy.
My heart hurts for the good people of Haiti. Thanks for the links. I’ll be sure to pass them on myself!
Not to be Debbie Downer, but for anybody thinking about buying their $1 feel-good moment by donating to charity, do the world a favor & research said charity first.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0114102wyclef1.html
MANY 9/11 charities serve as excellent examples of corruption & waste w/ donated $$$ (UNICEF is *STILL* hanging on to millions of $$$ in 9/11 funds!), & there were (are) some w/ “overhead” costs upwards of 90%.
5 minutes of research online could very possibly mean the difference between your $1 ending up in some schmuck’s pocket, or in the disaster area where it belongs.
-n
Good looking on that nic. I actually posted that on my Facebook and my Twitter the other day. I really didn’t want to spoil the giving mood, but when I read that report, I had to spread it. Of course I found out after I donated. Sheesh.
My prayers go out to the victims of this horrible tragedy. But more than that, we need to put our actions behind them also!
I’m sick of EVERYBODY playing on our generosity. I’m tempted to just take my donations directly to Haiti my damn self.