Haiti relief

Before you delete in annoyance, I wanted to give you one example of what people power can do in less than 24 hours from just one online group donating towards relief in Haiti .



$17,260.00 donated (thus far & counting)

17 ShelterBoxes purchased (thus far)

Shelter for up to 221 beings (thus far)

All in about 24 hours from the online community DailyKos.



That's alot of cheeto stained dollars from just one blogger community. Please. Spread the word & the links to varied religious, government & secular donation sites listed below.



No fear, my last missive on this (I think-)

Kris



Charity Navigator the organization that rates charities for cost-effectiveness and other factors. Not a donation site.

Government Agencies

USAID - USAID Responds immediately to Haiti earthquake

UNICEF. At a glance: Haiti There is a donation page for Haiti here.

United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund, with donations here.

World Food Programme

The State Department has set up another cellphone donation link: Text " HAITI " to 90999 and you will be charged for a $10 donation to relief efforts. Americans seeking info on family members in Haiti , call 888-407-4747.

Disasters Emergency Committee is the umbrella group for Great Britain , which the British government is asking their citizens to donate to.

Center for International Disaster Information has information on the humanitarian disaster, with links. There's an answer to the questions as to whether or not to give donations of goods. For the public, the answer is no, cash is better.

Secular NGO's

There are two lists of NGO's you can donate to: one on The Rachel Maddow Show website, the other at Reuters AlertNet.

Pan-American Relief PADF is the natural disaster relief arm of the Organization of American States, has more than 150 people working Haiti on economic development, disaster mitigation and protecting human rights. PADF is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization based in Washington , D.C.

Direct Relief International has already sent a 40-foot container of ongoing aid to arrive today (if it can be unloaded.)

Oxfam International provides assistance to victims of emergencies and ongoing disasters throughout the world. They are mobilizing to provide emergency assistance to victims in Haiti , and your donations will also help people in places like Darfur as well. This is the direct link to support Oxfam's Haiti relief effort.

Doctors Without Borders (aka Medecins Sans Frontieres or MSF) is an international group of medical professionals who work in chronically underserved countries, emergency sites and refugee camps around the world. Here is the latest news of their work in Haiti from their site, MSF Teams Set up Clinics to Treat Injured After Facilities Are Damaged. ***Update MSF treats more than 1000 patients. Inflatable hospital on the way.

The International Committee of the Red Cross is of course a standby of emergency response throughout the world. Though the American Red Cross took a hit for administrative costs in the wake of Katrina, few NGO's have the reach or the resources of the ICRC.

ShelterBox USA, which provides prepackaged shelter.

Partners in Health is based in Boston , and is moving to support relief efforts in Haiti through their established ties.

Portlight Strategies is gearing up to help Haitians with disabilities in the wake of the disaster.

Cell carriers will contribute $5 send on a $5 donation on your account if you text YELE to 501501. Wyclef Jean has apparently verified this on CNN (with video). Easy and can raise a lot of money if we all do it.

The excellent Mercy Corps is preparing an aid mission. Mercy Corps also allows you to donate through PayPal, Google Checkout and Amazon Payments, if this helps.

Save The Children has been working in Haiti since 1985. It has provided emergency relief and assistance to Haitian children and families following various recent disasters, including hurricanes and floods, and they are once again mobilizing.

California Nurses Association call for volunteers. Another good link is the National Nurses United In addition:

* @NationalNurses on twitter or by following: #haitiRN
* Call the RNRN hotline: 1-800-578-8225
* Support the RNRN/NNU disaster relief effort in Haiti by sending checks c/o California Nurses Foundation, 2000 Franklin St., Oakland, CA 94612. Charitable contributions will be used to pay for travel/related costs and medical supplies for volunteer RNs on their emergency nursing mission in Haiti

Zanmi Lakay Haiti Emergency Relief Assistance. A Pacifica-based photographer and colleague who has been working in Haiti for years and is planning to return next week. Read the blog post above to learn where your donations (please donate!) will go.

The Lambi Fund, a secular non-profit nonprofit whose mission is "to assist the popular, democratic movement in Haiti . Its goal is to help strengthen civil society as a necessary foundation of democracy and development. The fund channels financial and other resources to community-based organizations that promote the social and economic empowerment of the Haitian people." They support "projects that embrace the following principles: non-violent, non-partisan, community-based, promoting the advancement of women, using education and training for empowerment, and promoting the overall democratic movement."

Yele Haiti is a grassroots movement that builds global awareness for Haiti while helping to transform the country through programs in education, sports, the arts and environment. Yéle’s community service programs include food distribution and mobilizing emergency relief. Grammy-Award winning musician, humanitarian and Goodwill Ambassador to Haiti Wyclef Jean founded Yéle Haiti in 2005.

Heifer International. Though not first responders, this group does long term infrastructural work. HI currently has 16 projects under way with more than 16,000 families and several farmer associations. The projects in Haiti , which are scattered around the country, with none close to Port-au-Prince , range from training in sustainable farming and crop diversity to gifts of livestock, seeds, trees and grains to training in nutrition, aquaculture and fish production.

TÉLÉCOMS SANS FRONTIÈRES. Communications infrastructure has been completely destroyed and helping to bring that back online will be a huge help to recovery efforts and to allow Haitians to get in touch with family they may have elsewhere in the world.

International Medical Corps. It is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Donations can be made here.

Animals will be in trouble as well. Donations can be made to Humane Society International.

Religious Groups

Two faith groups already on the ground in Haiti : Catholic Relief Services and World Vision, where you can also sponsor a Haitian child under their care.

The Quakers' American Friends Service Committee, with its stellar track record of aid.

The United Methodist Committee on Relief which uses 100% of donations for relief.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is also collecting donations, and will use 100% of the donations for relief.

Church World Service organization.

Little by Little

Presbyterian Church (USA)

The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, which has started a Haitian Earthquake Relief Fund. According to the website, 100% of funds collected will go to aid - JUF will absorb all administrative costs.

Convoy of Hope a nonprofit that networks with churches in the community where need exists. Provides necessities like food and water. Has Charity Navigator's highest rating year after year and was already in Haiti when the earthquake struck.

IMA World Health, which is a faith based nonprofit organization that provides health care services and supplies.

The Mennonite Central Committee, a relief-and-development organization with staff currently in Haiti .

American Jewish World Service Haiti Relief.

Mission's Door which has facilities and operations in Haiti . If interested they have a donation page here, if you want donations to go to Haiti click "Haiti Earthquake Relief Project."

Episcopal Relief & Development Haiti Fund and Anglican Relief and Development

International Orthodox Christian Charities. "IOCC in the spirit of Christ's love offers emergency relief and development programs to those in need worldwide, without discrimination, and strengthen the capacity of the Orthodox Church to so respond."

The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee is also taking donations. "UUSC advances human rights and social justice around the world, partnering with those who confront unjust power structures and mobilizing to challenge oppressive policies."