On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, the Caribbean nation of Haiti was hit by a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake, the strongest in over 200 years. The epi-center of the quake was located 10 miles of the nation’s capital, Port-au-Prince, a city of nearly 3 million people. The quake has devastated the nation leaving buildings completely collapsed, homes destroyed, tens of thousands dead and countless more homeless and injured.
The following is a list of agencies offering help to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti:
- Oxfam America: Oxfam has long experience in Haiti. Their emergency will include providing clean water, shelter, sanitation and helping people recover — your donation will go immediately to the most critical needs in Haiti.
> Donate Online
Call: 800.776.9326
Write a check to: “Oxfam America”, and mail to:
OxFam America
Haïti Earthquake Response Fund
P.O. Box 1211
Albert Lea, MN 56007-1211 - Haiti Emergency Relief Fund: The Haiti Emergency Relief Fund supports organizations giving humanitarian aid to the people of Haiti in the aftermath of this devastating earthquake.
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Haiti Action
Haiti’s grassroots movement – including labor unions, women’s groups, educators, human rights activists, support committees for prisoners and agricultural cooperatives – will attempt to funnel needed aid to those most hit by the earthquake. Grassroots organizers are doing what they can with the most limited of funds to make a difference. Please take this opportunity to lend them your support.
- TIDES Foundation: The Tides Relief & Reconstruction Fund directs crucial support to the recovery and rebuilding efforts in the wake of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti. Contributions support organizations on the ground in Haiti working to support both short-term relief and long-term economic and structural change.
- Partners in Health: Donate on the site or to:
Haiti Earthquake Relief at Partners in Health
P.O. Box 845578
Boston, MA 02284
Phone: 617 432 5256 - Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières)
Call toll-free at: 1.888.392.0392
24 hours a day, 7 days a week - Grassroots International Long time Food First partner Grassroots International has a long history of working with organizations on the ground in Haiti. Grassroots has committed to the extent possible to, “provide cash to our partners to make local purchases of the items they most need and to obtain food from farmers not hit by the disaster.” http://www.grassrootsonline.org/news/blog/all-hands-responding-haiti-emergency
- Mercy Corps:
Call: 1.888.256.1900
Send checks to:
Haiti Earthquake Fund
MercyCorps, Dept. W
P.O.Box 2669
Portland, OR 97208 - Feed My Starving Children: effective in getting meals directly to hungry people in Haiti. The meals—called MannaPack Rice Meals— vegetarian meal in a bag that you add water to and they provide complete nutrition to real starving children, with vegetables, broth, rice and protein. Feed My Starving Children has been sending these meals to Haiti for several years and already have organized efforts and staff living there to get food to people who need it desperately
http://www.fmsc.org/Page.aspx?pid=415 - World Vision
Call: 888.511.6598
Email: info@worldvision.org
- American Red Cross
Donations may be sent to:
American Red Cross Bay Area chapter
85 Second St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
**You can also text HAITI to 90999 and a $10 donation to Red Cross relief efforts will be charged to your cell phone bill. - Yele Haiti: Hip Hop helping Haiti
**You can also text YELE to 501501 and a $5 donation to Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund will be charged to your cell phone bill.