- Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund- You can make an online donation at Yele.org or you can use your cell phone to text “Yele” to “501501″ which will automatically donate $5 to the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund. Also, you can click the banner at the top of the page.
- American Red Cross- You can make an online donation at american.redcross.org or you can use your cell phone to text “HAITI” to “90999″ and a donation of $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts.
- International Committee of the Red Cross- You can make an online donation at www.icrc.org. (Please be sure to select the “Haiti” program).
- AmeriCares- You can make an online donation at secure.americares.org.
- UNICEF- You can make an online donation at secure.unicefusa.org. You can also donate by phone or mail through this organization.
- Operation USA- You can make an online donation at donate.opusa.org. This organization also accepts United Airlines frequent flyer miles and in-kind/product donations.
- StillerStrong- You can make an online donation at stillerstrong.org. In recognition of the severity of the earthquake in Haiti on January 12th, donations received through Stillerstrong.org will temporarily be given to emergency relief efforts for earthquake victims in Haiti.
Also, you can check out live updates on Haiti from the BBC here.
And check my twitter box to the right. I have been tweeting and re-tweeting information on Haiti and the relief efforst all day. Follow me, or not, but please let's get into action. If your NYE resolution was to become more active in your communities, let's start today!! Haiti is a part of our global community, and we should all do what we can.
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The New York Times has a list of other organizations where you can send your donations.
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