How to Help Haiti
Haiti lies in ruins after Tuesday's devastating earthquake. American relief organizations are already on the ground and beginning to deliver desperately needed food, water, shelter, and medical aid. Most are asking for cash donations, rather than food or clothing. Some also need volunteers with relief or medical expertise.
(photo Juan Barreto/Getty Images)
Here's how you can help:
Consider a relief organization with existing operations in Haiti. They include Save the Children, Care USA, and Plan USA, all of which focus on helping children and families.
Donate to Doctors Without Borders, now mobilizing its volunteer medical teams. Call 1-888-392-0392 or send a donation to Doctors Without Borders USA, PO Box 5030, Hagerstown, MD 21741.
For a list of more organizations active in Haiti, go to msnbc's "Haiti Earthquake: How to Help."
For information on the unfolding situation, visit the White House home page or the U.S. Department of State's Haiti Advisory page. For help locating U.S. citizens in Haiti, call the Department of State at 888-407-4747.
--Jessica Snyder Sachs
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1day we also have 2 die.but not like this.so pray 2 god 4 all the people of haiti.
Here is how our church is helping- 100% of donation goes to those in need.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is sending a team of doctors and medical supplies to Haiti immediately to help care for those injured by the devastating earthquake. The doctors will set up a temporary medical center in a Church meetinghouse in Port-au-Prince. The meetinghouse is largely undamaged by the quake.
“We’re finding one of the greatest needs is medical care. Entire hospitals have been destroyed. Medical supplies are scarce. So this temporary medical center will be a tremendous asset,” said Elder Francisco J. Viñas, the area president who oversees the Church in Haiti.
The doctors are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who have volunteered their time and skills to assist people in Haiti who are in critical need of medical assistance.
Other urgent needs following the devastating earthquake continue to be water, medical care, shelter and food. The Church is responding to those needs by sending relief supplies in addition to the medical personnel. Some shipments have already arrived, others are in process, and more are being planned.
Two planes, each loaded with 80,000 pounds of supplies donated by the Church, are expected to leave for Haiti on Saturday and Sunday. The supplies on the planes include 15,000 personal filtration bottles, which can each filter and purify 400 gallons of water. Also included in the shipments are food, blankets, hygiene kits, tarps, tents and other necessities. The first flight will leave from Denver on Saturday, 16 January, and the second will leave from Miami that day or the following day. Additionally, hygiene kits and other supplies sent from the Dominican Republic by truck arrived in Haiti on Thursday.
Some of the Church’s meetinghouses in Port-Au-Prince are also being used as temporary shelters for displaced persons.
“Normal daily activity has come to a stop in Haiti. Helping to restore normalcy in the midst of devastation will be our greatest goal. Our focus will be on helping people become self-reliant again.” said Elder Viñas.
The Church continues to monitor the humanitarian situation on an ongoing basis to determine how to best help. Donations for relief efforts can be made at http://give.lds.org/emergencyresponse.
BE FASHION is having a Charity Raffle for Haiti!! We are raffling off two of our best selling items, the Maxine Trench Coat (valued at $99.95) & the Nichelle Jacket (valued at $59.95)!! Tickets are $1.00 each. Winner will be selected January 22, 2010. All proceeds benefit Haiti. http://befashiononline.com/charityraffleforhaiti.php
Where is the Salvation Army on these pages? My grandpa fought in World War One, and said the Red Cross would always park way back far from the lines and charge for coffee and donuts. He said the Salvation Army was always on the lines with them, and the coffee and donuts were free.
Guess where he made his donations to when he was alive? It was not the Red Cross, it was the Salvation Army. Remember what the Red Cross did after 9/11? it used that money for a lot of other things, and it says the first million raised will go to Haiti. Well, where is the rest of it going?
That's my comment.