Comments on: How to Help in Haiti

By: Joesph Dorosky

Joesph Dorosky — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:35:19 +0000

Besides donating my own money to Haiti, I will continue to pray for them. Lifting everything up to Heaven for them.

By: friedgreenbananafish

friedgreenbananafish — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:16:21 +0000

I’ve been reading all over the web about ways ordinary people have been trying to help Haiti. I think my favorite innovation was the “Haiti Earthquake Support Center” app generated by The Extraordinaries.

http://www.beextra.org/

The app let users match photos of missing people to photos gathered during the relief efforts. Similar to playing “Where’s Waldo?” if you found a match, you submitted it to the site. If they deemed the match a worthy one, they contacted the missing person’s family.

The program has now ended, but I thought it was a brilliant idea that could be used in future catastrophes to help people find their missing loved ones.

By: Valentijn

Valentijn — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:08:10 +0000

Like the Via google Crisis response very much, thanks!

By: Beth Charette

Beth Charette — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:33:54 +0000

I agree with what this author has to say. I can say this through personal experience.

We tried to help directly and luckily were turned back by the military.

Had we actually been successful in getting to Port-Au-Prince, as disorganized civilians, we would have become part of the problem instead of the solution.

So, yes, donations are important, and we have sent ours and hope to send more.

Beth

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By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:42:59 +0000

I agree with the first comment – you’re better off donating to a charity with an established history in the country. Charity is a very difficult product to deliver (especially in a disaster zone).

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:17:27 +0000

I was just about to come over here and tell you that the Red Cross were 100% … and you guys beat me to it.

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:42:31 +0000

It’s important to point out thataccording to the CTIA tweet, it’s only Red Cross donations that are being 100% passed through by the carriers. I’m going to note this in my post.

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:36:13 +0000

In that case, I’ll donate too. Thanks for the tip, Keith.

By: Keith Casey

Keith Casey — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:34:58 +0000

Like Clay, I had a similar concern and after openly asking the question on Twitter, I received this response from CTIA:

http://twitter.com/CTIAAmy/statuses/7718285941 and
http://twitter.com/CTIAAmy/statuses/7719944749

For *select* shortcodes, the carrier takes *none* of the amount and it gets passed along to the proper organization. While Clay and I were both right in general, in this particular case, the cell companies are playing nice. :)

By: Alison

Alison — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:56:30 +0000

Thanks, Aaron! :)

One of our partners is also matching donations on GlobalGiving up to $25k. The donations go to our fund, and then are disbursed among the 7 partners’ projects:

http://www.globalgiving.org/dy/fundraiser/prevfund/gg.html?regid=3153&rf=technosailor

By: Kuldeep Daftary

Kuldeep Daftary — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:03:44 +0000

You can help them Via google Crisis response from this link –> http://bit.ly/5RFHzF

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:54:41 +0000

Thanks! Good recommendation!

By: Kirk MacAllister

Kirk MacAllister — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:53:17 +0000

I am seeking airfare to Haiti from Boise, ID. I have a seach dog that could help save lives. Could leave tomorrow for one week.

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:51:03 +0000

International Medical Corps has no history in Haiti. Better to give to CARE or Partners in Health instead.