On the evening of January 12, 2010, a major 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti. It is the most powerful quake to hit the impoverished country in more than 200 years. The tremor struck 15km (10 miles) south-west of the capital Port-au-Prince, and was quickly followed by two strong aftershocks of 5.9 and 5.5 magnitude. Reports describe the destruction to affect as much as 70 percent of the buildings, with debris filling the roads making emergency response difficult. The Prime Minister reported on January 13 that hundreds of thousands of lives may have been lost.
United Way Worldwide’s Core Crisis Team has been mobilized and is in contact with our Caribbean Regional Team to gather more information about the needs on the ground.
You can help people affected by donating to the United Way Worldwide Disaster Fund.
Gifts to the Fund support long-term recovery efforts to rebuild lives and infrastructure devastated by disaster and to address educational, financial and health-related challenges.
United Way Worldwide members in the Caribbean region have mobilized their staff, volunteer leaders and resources in response.
Other Resources:
United Way Dade County has a list of resources and ways you can help.
NPR has some links.
Red Cross
Text “Haiti” to 90999 and 10$ is added to your monthly phone bill.
And here’s an open source response.
Some companies are helping out as well, Salesforce.com will double your gift.
UPDATED
Full list of mobile giving links and numbers to text a donation here.
As we find new links, we will add them to this post.
I pray for those people who have been injured in Haiti. the earthquake in Haiti is one of the word disasters this year. I just hope that they would be able to recover soon.