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Relief Links for food, water, and medical supplies:
Unicef, Operation Helping Hands, Mercy Corps, The Archdiocese of Miami, The Pan American Development Foundation. [MiamiHerald]
State Department’s toll-free number to call for information about family members in Haiti: 1-888-407-4747. The department said some callers may receive a recording because of heavy volume of calls.
American Red Cross newsroom. [RedCross]
Neither of these methods worked on my Metro PCS phone, but….
To help, simply text “HAITI” to “90999” and a donation of $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts. [StateDepartment]
Yele.org, an integral charity, as this is being written their site is crashing, probably from too many hits at once, real time reports say text “YELE” to 501501 to make a $5 donation.
@LisandroSuero’s citizen reporting live from the Haiti earthquake using twitter and a cellphone. Click here for all his pictures.l
Obama’s 10 am January 13th, 2010 address on the earthquake in Haiti
