I'm sure everyone has heard of the massive earthquake that hit Haiti yesterday. For those that don't know it was rated a 7.0 on the Richter Scale and caused extensive damage throughout the country. The Picture above shows the earthquake's aftermath on the presidential palace in the capital of Port-Au-Prince. For the past 24 hours, people all over have been tweeting and facebooking about how to make donations and help those in need (see below for details). However, while on twitter someone made a very important statement that many fail to comprehend. When the shock of what happened dies down, people tend to forget all the lives that are affected in natural disasters such as this. In a few weeks when Haiti is no longer breaking news, we have to remember that people are still suffering and help is still needed. The current donations and volunteers are a great beginning to picking up the pieces in this 3rd world country. However, for Haiti to become even remotely close to its standing before the earthquake the world needs to keep Haiti in their thoughts and prayers far beyond the current aftermath of this devastation.
There are so many website and numbers where donation are being received. Please remember every cent counts. Listed Below are a couple that I have recently discovered.
- Text "Haiti" to 90999 (American Red Cross) and Donate!!
- Text "Yele" to 501501 (Wyclef's Yele Foundation) and Donate every dollar counts
- Also go to http://yele.org to make donations via credit card
**For inquiries about relatives in Haiti contact the U.S. Department of State, Office of Overseas Citizens Services, at 1-888-407-4747 or 202-647-5225.
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