•Church World Service (CWS) is sending funds to local partners in Haiti as it continues to assess the situation, and is ready to provide CWS Kits and CWS Blankets to those in need.
•Catholic Relief Services: the official overseas aid and development agency of American Catholics. For checks - designate for Haiti relief: Catholic Relief Services, PO Box 17090, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-7090 | 800-736-3467. For news on Catholic Relief Services efforts in Haiti, go to www.crs.org.
•Lutherans are already busy responding through Lutheran World Federation, focusing on issues of water safety and sanitation, assisting with medical triage, and providing emergency sheltering for the many who are now homeless. Your gifts are needed now to make this type of rapid response possible. Donations can be made quickly and safely online at https://community.elca.org/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=538 or http://www.ldr.org/
•The United Methodist Committee on Relief was already in Haiti providing long term support from previous needs. Now their task has gotten larger. And remember 100% of your gift to Haiti relief will be used for Haiti relief not just in the first weeks, but for the long term support of a nation that must now rebuild.
•Mercy Corps is dispatching a team to Haiti; you can donate to their Haiti Earthquake Fund to help Mercy Corps rush relief to survivors.
•The American Red Cross is pledging an initial $200,000 to assist communities impacted by this earthquake. They expect to provide immediate needs for food, water, temporary shelter, medical services and emotional support. They are accepting donations through their International Response Fund.
•UNICEF has issued a statement that "Children are always the most vulnerable population in any natural disaster, and UNICEF is there for them." UNICEF requests donations for relief for children in Haiti via their Haiti Earthquake Fund. You can also call 1-800-4UNICEF.
•Donate through Wyclef Jean's foundation, Yele Haiti. Text "Yele" to 501501 and $5 will be charged to your phone bill and given to relief projects through the organization.
•Operation USA is appealing for donations of funds from the public and corporate donations in bulk of health care materials, water purification supplies and food supplements which it will ship to the region from its base in the Port of Los Angeles. Donate online at www.opusa.org, by phone at 1-800-678-7255 or, by check made out to Operation USA, 3617 Hayden Ave, Suite A, Culver City, CA 90232.
•Save The Children has launched an emergency relief effort for Haiti. Donate to their fund to provide medical attention and clean water to children and families.
•International Medical Corps is assembling a team of first responders and resources to provide lifesaving medical care and other emergency services to survivors of the earthquake. The IMC previously helped recovery efforts after September 2009's earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. Donate to the International Medical Corps through their 24-hour hotline at 800-481-4462
•Ben Stiller's Stillerstrong campaign will be temporarily diverting all donations to support the Haiti relief effort.
•Partners In Health reports its Port-au-Prince clinical director , Louise Ivers, has appealed for assistance: "Port-au-Prince is devastated, lot of deaths. SOS. SOS... Temporary field hospital by us at UNDP needs supplies, pain meds, bandages. Please help us." Donate to their Haiti earthquake fund.
•Mercy Corps is sending a team of emergency responders to assess damage, and seek to fulfill immediate needs of quake survivors. The agency aided families after earthquakes in Peru in 2007, China and Pakistan in 2008, and Indonesia last year. Donate online, call 1-888-256-1900 or send checks to Mercy Corps Haiti Earthquake Fund; Dept NR; PO Box 2669; Portland, OR 97208.
•Doctors Without Borders is on the ground and has set up clinics to treat injured in Haiti. Donate any amount so they can keep their efforts going.
•Direct Relief is committing up to $1 million in aid for the response and is coordinating with its other in-country partners and colleague organizations. Their partners in Haiti include Partners in Health, St. Damien Children's Hospital, and the Visitation Hospital, which are particularly active in emergency response. Donate to Direct Relief online.
•Oxfam is rushing in teams from around the region to respond to the situation to provide clean water, shelter, sanitation and help people recover. Donate to Oxfam America online.
•The UN World Food Programme is gathering all available resources to deliver food to the recently homeless and impoverished in Haiti. Baptist Haiti Mission is operating an 82-bed hospital that is "overflowing with injured." Donate online to BHM and 100% of your donation will go to the relief effort.
•Orphans International America reports that they have been able to make contact with their program director in the town of Jacmel, a city about 20 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince that houses OI's hospitals and schools. Orphans International America is attempting to gather food, clean water and emergency medical supplies to Jacmel. You can contribute to them through Earthquake Haiti, Haiti, Haiti Aid, Haiti Charity, Haiti Disaster Relief, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Haiti Emergency Services, Haiti Relief, Haiti Relief Efforts, Haitian Earthquake Relief, Help Haiti, Help Haiti Earthquake, Send Aid To Haiti, Send Love To Haiti
International Committee of the Red Cross "Family Links"
The International Committee of the Red Cross has set up a special Web site for Haitians outside of Haiti to get in contact with their relatives in Haiti. "The aim of the Family Links Web site is to accelerate the process of restoring contact between separated family members," explained Robert Zimmerman, deputy head of the ICRC's Central Tracing Agency and Protection Division. "At this stage, the Web site allows people in Haiti and abroad to register the names of relatives with whom they want to restore contact. It will incorporate responses to those queries as they become available." Visit Family Links.
U.S. State Department is urging Americans trying to locate U.S. citizens missing in Haiti to call (888) 407-4747.
•White House Help for Haiti
•Center for International Disaster Information, hotline (703) 2760-1914.
