as of this morning american red cross had already raised $3 million to support relief efforts in haiti through their mobile fund-raising campaign! all you have to do is text “haiti” to 90999 to send a $10 donation to the red cross (will be added to your phone bill). 100% of the donations will support relief efforts in haiti, with a primary focus on food, shelter and basic needs.
for the latest news on red cross relief efforts you can follow them on twitter or click here.
here are some other organizations you can make a donation to, as well as information on what your donation would go towards:
americares – medicine, medical supplies
care – food, water and sanitation, shelter and emergency health response
doctors without borders – hospital repair, doctors and medical supplies
habitat for humanity – recovery & rebuilding
international medical corps – medical supplies, medicine, emergency kits
mercy corps – food, water, temporary shelter
salvation army – water, food, medicine, transportation
unicef – water, nutrition, education and emergency relief
world food programme – food
yele haiti – various relief efforts; text “yele” to 501501 to automatically donate $5 to the yele haiti earthquake fund.
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im texting it now! thank you for posting this!