Living in New Orleans and having gone through Hurricane Katrina and the the aftermath, I’ve seen what the destructive forces of nature can do to a community.
What has happened and is happening in Haiti, however, is 1000x worse. Haiti is a country that was already wracked by extreme poverty and substandard infrastructure compare to anything here in the U.S., before the earthquake, so they need assistance from others that much more.
If you have the ability to donate some amount, no matter how small, please do so to help the relief efforts going on there now, which will have to continue for a very long time in the future before there is some resemblance of normalcy.
- You can donate $10 to the American Red Cross by sending a text message stating “HAITI” to number 90999. A $10 charge will appear on your phone bill.
- You can also make donations to the American Red Cross via their Haitian Relief donation page.
Other groups providing assistance in Haiti:
There are probably dozens of other charities, legitimate ones, that are assisting in the Haitian relief efforts, so if you have one in mind, please donate. If you are unsure on the legitimacy of a charity you are considering making a donation to , make sure to check it out first before you donate so that your donation will have a positive impact.
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My boss and his wife have a 501(3)c charity in Haiti and something interesting I learned from him is when you go to a hospital there you have to bring your own medical supplies – bandages, alcohol, etc. You have to go to a nearby pharmacy and purchase whatever you need the doctor to use, and if the pharmacy is out your out of luck. If you have to spend the night your family has to bring you sheets and food, and what he’s hearing is medical supplies are pretty scarce. This isn’t due to the earthquake, this is how it normally is down there.
I would challenge everyone to make follow up donations in a few months because Haiti is front line news today but it won’t be long before it drops off the media’s radar. If you would like to support their charity you can find more info here: hutoutreach.cfsites.org
Great article, and I hope you don’t mind me putting in my two cents.
No problem, David, thanks for the great info.
I had never heard of having to bring your own supplies to the doctor!
You bring up a very good point about making follow up donations- it is going to be a very, very long time, if ever, that things start to resemble normalcy in Haiti.
Great point about follow up donations. Haiti could do with all the help it could get. A great step would be if developed countries would cancel Haiti’s national debt.