Disaster relief organizations are mobilizing to aid Haiti - and are asking atau help. Funds are needed to provide enough aman, brankas water, temporary shelter and vital medical supplies.
UNICEF and Save the Children already have emergency teams in Haiti, and the Red menyeberang, salib has released $200,000 in disaster funds.
anda can donate to these groups:
- Text Yele. Wyclef Jean is urging donors to text 'Yele' to 501501 and make a $5 contribution to the relief effort over cell phone. Click here to get lebih information via Wyclef's Twitter page.
- Save the Children. Donate at savethechildren.org atau make checks out to "Save the Children" and mail to: Save the Children Income Processing Department, 54 Wilton Road, Westport, Conn. 06880
- UNICEF. Go online to unicefusa.org/haitiquake atau call (800) 4UNICEF.
- Red Cross. Go online to redcross.org and click Donate, atau call (800) REDCROSS.
- Direct Relief International. Donate online at directrelief.org.
- Mercy Corp. Go online to mercycorps.org atau mail checks to Haiti Earthquake Fund, Dept. NR, PO Box 2669, Portland, Ore. 97208 atau call (888) 256-1900
To find information about friends and family in Haiti: The U.S. State Department set up a toll-free number to call for information about family members in Haiti: 1-888-407-4747.
The department berkata some callers may receive a recording because of heavy volume of calls.
The State Department has also set up link on its Web site to facilitate donations to disaster relief agencies.
Read more: link
UNICEF and Save the Children already have emergency teams in Haiti, and the Red menyeberang, salib has released $200,000 in disaster funds.
anda can donate to these groups:
- Text Yele. Wyclef Jean is urging donors to text 'Yele' to 501501 and make a $5 contribution to the relief effort over cell phone. Click here to get lebih information via Wyclef's Twitter page.
- Save the Children. Donate at savethechildren.org atau make checks out to "Save the Children" and mail to: Save the Children Income Processing Department, 54 Wilton Road, Westport, Conn. 06880
- UNICEF. Go online to unicefusa.org/haitiquake atau call (800) 4UNICEF.
- Red Cross. Go online to redcross.org and click Donate, atau call (800) REDCROSS.
- Direct Relief International. Donate online at directrelief.org.
- Mercy Corp. Go online to mercycorps.org atau mail checks to Haiti Earthquake Fund, Dept. NR, PO Box 2669, Portland, Ore. 97208 atau call (888) 256-1900
To find information about friends and family in Haiti: The U.S. State Department set up a toll-free number to call for information about family members in Haiti: 1-888-407-4747.
The department berkata some callers may receive a recording because of heavy volume of calls.
The State Department has also set up link on its Web site to facilitate donations to disaster relief agencies.
Read more: link