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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Haiti Earthquake Disaster Relief by SMS/text

The following American organizations are accepting donations generated by SMS/text message from your mobile phone. If you text the appropriate codes to the numbers shown below, your phone bill will be charged for the applicable amount:

American Red Cross:
SMS text “HAITI” to 90999 to donate $10 to Red Cross earthquake relief

Yele Haiti:
SMS text “YELE” to 501501 to Donate $5 to Yele Haiti’s earthquake relief

Direct Relief International:
SMS text "GIVE10" to 20222 to donate $10 to Direct Relief

You can also see additional Haiti donation information below.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

ICRC Web site for family and friends missing in Haiti

The International Red Cross posts the following Web site for family and friends looking for those lost or missing in #Haiti:
Please note the ICRC site is experiencing a much higher-than-normal number of visitors at this time and may be slow to respond.

Philippines Red Cross contact number

Philippines Red Cross posts "527-0000" as family/friends contact number for Haiti earthquake disaster

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Avoid Haiti donation scams

Over the past few hours we have seen an increasing number of dubious donation pleas relating to the disaster relief efforts in Haiti. Many of these suggest you text a code to a mobile phone service to give $10 (or other sum of money).

Simply put, there is no clear and accurate way to verify if these donations will make it to Haiti. These may be scams and should be avoided.

Instead, use the American or Canadian Red Cross organizations to donate money:

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