As the attention of the world has been focused on getting Haitians the help they need, we here at ZeroDivide have been internally circulating how we can do our bit to help. I’ve compiled a list of everyone’s suggestions and hope that you find it useful if you haven’t yet donated or are looking for additional ways to help.
* Text HAITI to 25383 to donate $5 to International Rescue Committee
* Text HAITI to 90999 to donate $10 to the American Red Cross
* Text YELE to 501501 to donation $5 to Yele
* Text HAITI to 864833 to donate $5 to The United Way
* Text CERF to 90999 to donate $5 to The United Nations Foundation
* Text DISASTER to 90999 to donate $10 to Compassion International
* Text HAITI to 20222 to donate $10 to William J. Clinton Foundation;
* Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps;
* Text RELIEF to 30644 to get automatically connected to Catholic Relief Services by phone and donate money with your credit card.
* Text HAITI to 45678 to donate $5 to the Salvation Army in Canada
* Text HELP to 1291 to donate $5 to the Partners in Health in Canada (Rogers and Fido only)
You can double your impact through a dollar for dollar matching donation from the Salesforce Foundation. You can find more info on that here
http://www.salesforce.com/haiti
And lastly, I am so proud of the efforts from our grantees who are utilizing tech to enlist their communities' help in the relief effort. Check out what they're doing here:
Craigslist http://www.craigslist.org/about/help/haiti_earthquake_resources
Hip Hop Congress http://www.hiphopcongress.com/2010/01/support-haiti/
Youth Radio http://www.youthradio.org/news/haitis-own-wyclef-jean-takes-action-to-he...
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Wyclef raised $1M in one day
Wyclef raised $1M in one day through his Yele campaign.
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977996259&grpId...
$8M raised by text to Red Cross and counting.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-15/haiti-fundraising-speeds-up-...
“As of late Thursday, more than half of all donations to the Red Cross's Haiti relief effort had been received online, according to a news release.”
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/15/online.donations.haiti/
Satellites images of the destruction.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/14/haiti.google.maps.earth... Satellites images of the destruction.
Additional information on Haiti Relief Efforts
Lucy Bernholz has been writing about new ways that technology is being deployed to help Haiti - read her blog at
http://philanthropy.blogspot.com/2010/01/digital-disaster-relief.html
Wyclef's foundation under attack
In the interest of full disclosure, there have been doubts raised in regard to Wyclef's foundation financial disclosure practices.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0114102wyclef1.html
In response, Wyclef has posted the following press conference to defend his organization.
http://wyclefjean.wordpress.com/