Helping Haiti

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Haiti earthquake: How to help

A list of charitable organizations active in the nation

• Action Against Hunger, 877-777-1420
• Agape Flights, 941-584-8078
• Airline Ambassadors International, 866-264-3586
• American Red Cross, 800-733-2767
• American Refugee Committee, 800-875-7060
• American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 212-687-6200
• American Jewish World Service, 212-792-2900
• AmeriCares, 800-486-4357
• Beyond Borders, 866-424-8403
• B'nai B'rith International, 202-857-6600
• CARE, 800-521-2273
• CarmaFoundation
• Catholic Relief Services, 800-736-3467
• Childcare Worldwide, 800-553-2328
• Church World Services, 800-297-1516
• Clinton Foundation, 501-748-0471
  Text "HAITI" to 20222 to donate $10 to Haiti relief
• Clinton Bush Haiti Fund
• Concern Worldwide, 212-557-8000
• Convoy of Hope, 417-823-8998
• Cross International, 800-391-8545
• CRUDEM Foundation, 413-642-0450
• CRWRC, 800-55-CRWRC
• Direct Relief International, 805-964-4767
• Doctors Without Borders, 888-392-0392
• Episcopal Relief and Development, 800-334-7626
• Feed My Starving Children, 763-504-2919
• Food for the Poor, 800-427-9104
• Friends of WFP, 866-929-1694
• Friends of the Orphans, 312-386-7499
• Habitat for Humanity, 1-800-422-4828
• Haiti Children, 877-424-8454
• Haiti Foundation Against Poverty
• Haiti Marycare, 203-675-4770
• Haitian Health Foundation, 860-886-4357
• Healing Hands for Haiti, 651-769-5846
• Hope for Haiti, 239-434-7183
• International Child Care, 800-722-4453
• International Medical Corps, 800-481-4462
• International Rescue Committee, 877-733-8433
• International Relief Teams, 619-284-7979
• Islamic Relief USA, 888-479-4968
• Lions Club International Foundation, 630-203-3836
• Lutheran World Relief, 800-597-5972
• Medical Benevolence Foundation, 800-547-7627
• Medical Teams International, 800-959-4325
• Meds and Food for Kids, 314-420-1634
• Mennonite Central Committee, 888-563-4676
• Mercy Corps, 888-256-1900
• Mission of Hope Haiti, 816-246-7774
• Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, 800-306-9950
• New Life for Haiti, 815-436-7633
• Operation Blessing, 800-730-2537
• Operation USA, 800-678-7255
• Oxfam, 800-776-9326
• Partners in Health, 617-432-5298
• RHEMA International, 248-652-9894
• Rural Haiti Project, 347-405-5552
• The Salvation Army, 800-725-2769
  
• Samaritan's Purse, 828-262-1980
• Save the Children, 800-728-3843
• ShelterBox
• UN Central Emergency Response Fund
• UNICEF, 800-367-5437
• United Methodist Committee on Relief, 800-554-8583
• World Concern, 800-755-5022
• World Hope International, 888-466-4673
• World Relief, 800-535-5433
• World Vision, 888-511-6548
• Yele Haiti, 212-352-0552

The U.S. State Department Operations Center said Americans seeking information about family members in Haiti should call 1-888-407-4747. Due to heavy volume, some callers may receive a recording. "Our embassy is still in the early stages of contacting American citizens through our Warden Network," the U.S. State Department said in a statement. "Communications are very difficult within Haiti at this time."
Text to help
For those interesting in helping immediately, you can text to donations that will be charged to your cell phone bill. (More information)
Text-message words and codes for donations to various organizations include:

• Text the word "HAITI" to "90999" to donate $10 to the Red Cross.
• Text the word "QUAKE" to 20222 to donate $10 to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.
• Text the word "GIVE" to 25383 to donate $10 to the MTV telethon.
• Text "HAITI" to 25383 to donate $5 to the International Rescue Committee.
• Text "HAITI" to 85944 to donate $10 to the International Medical Corps.
• Text "YELE" to 501501 to donate $5 to the Yele Haiti foundation.
• Text "HAITI" to 52000 to donate $10 to the Salvation Army.
• Text "HOPE10" or "UNICEF" to 20222 to donate $10 to UNICEF.
• Text "HABITAT" to 25383 to donate $10 to Habitat for Humanity.
• Text "OXFAM" to 25383 to donate $10 to Oxfam America, Inc.
• Text "HAITI" to 40579 to donate $10 to the National Religious Broadcasters.
• Text "SAVE" or "SAFE" to 20222 to donate $10 to the Save the Children Federation, Inc.
• Text "GIVE" or "WORLD" to 20222 to donate $10 to World Vision, Inc.
• Text "CARE" to 24383 to donate to CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc.
• Text "AJWS" to 25383 to donate $10 to the American Jewish World Service.

[debwalsh]

The Hope for Haiti Now fundraiser is running on a huge block of stations tonight. There are so many celebrities volunteering to participate, I think the show will go over.

There's also another easy way to donate. If you have an iPod or iPhone, the app CauseWorld will allow you to donate to the Red Cross through karma points, and donations to Haiti right now are being doubled by the corporate sponsors of CauseWorld.