As news of Haiti’s devastation pours in, the scale of destruction from Tuesday’s earthquake is truly horrifying. Port-au-Prince, the capital city and home to more than 2 million people, lies in ruins.

Latest reports site between 45,000 and 5o,000 people have been killed and as many as 3 million people injured or made homeless.

As the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti is especially unprepared to cope with a disaster of this proportion. The next few days will be critical, as relief organizations seek to help hundreds of thousands of displaced families.

The American Red Cross, World Vision, Doctors Without Borders and the International Rescue Committee are working to bring emergency medical relief and humanitarian assistance to areas that were worst hit by the disaster but they need your help now. Click on the following links to be taken to the respective organization’s online donation portal.

American Red Cross
World Vision
Doctors Without Borders
International Rescue Committee

Text Messaging Campaigns:

Text HAITI to 90999 to donate $10 directly to the Red Cross.
Text YELE to 501501 to donate $5 on behalf of the Yele Foundation.
Text HAITI to 20222 to donate $10 on behalf of The Clinton Foundation.
Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $5 on behalf of the Rescue Union Mission and MedCorp International.
Text HAITI to 25383 to donate $5 on behalf of the International Rescue Committee.

Text messaging fees may apply.

Our thoughts and wishes are with the Haitian people struggling desperately to cope in the midst of this tragedy. We hope you will stand with us and give whatever you can to help.

Tags: editorial, Haiti Relief

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