ISSUE: Humanitarian Disasters - Haiti

Child wounded by earthquake in HaitiIn the early evening of January 12th, 2010, one such disaster struck in and around the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, virtually flattening the city, killing thousands and affecting millions. In the aftermath, an extraordinary amount of aid and effort has poured into Haiti.

 

While the need is great, so are the resources through which one can help. This page is meant to serve as a useful guide so that you too can contribute in some way in the saving and rebuilding of lives in Haiti.


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> Calls for Action on Haiti:

Unicef

Help children
affected by the
earthquake with a donation to UNICEF.

 

Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund

The Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund was started by request of President Obama.

Partners in Health

Visit Partners
in Health's website
Standwithhaiti.org
to donate.

 

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Donate to CARE,

who is deploying extra emergency teams.

Oxfam

Oxfam lets you

donate on Facebook
 or directly through
Oxfam's website.

 

Doctors Without Borders

Donate to Doctors Without Borders and help spread the word.

UniversalGiving

UniversalGiving provides donation
and volunteer

opportunities.

 

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Donate to Internews who are building emergency radio stations in Haiti.

> FEATURED ACTION: Internews Gets Info to Haitians

 

 

Internews is an international non-profit working with local journalists to produce daily humanitarian programming, assess needs, and re-build the capacity of Haiti’s media to inform communities. Learn how you can help.

> Independent Media Coverage of Haiti:

  • Democracy Now! - In-depth news coverage of post-quake events
  • Global Voices - A network of bloggers in Haiti & around the world
  • Truthdig - Independent news analysis of events in Haiti
  • NewsTrust - The highest-rated breaking stories on Haiti's quake
  • Ushahidi - Local, crowd-sourced news & missing persons reports
  • AlertNet - Reports from aid workers & from Reuters newswire

> Learn More...