On January 12th, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit outside of the capital of Haiti, causing widespread destruction to homes, hospitals, schools, government buildings, roads, and lives. Many agencies have come forth offering aid and relief services to the approximate 2 million people who call Port-Au-Price, Haiti home.
Cramer & Associates researched and found that the following five agencies are providing the most critical need relief efforts and will continue to be on the ground for months to come helping Haiti and the Haitian people recover and rebuild.
Texting Your Donation
On Thursday, January 14th, Verizon wireless reported that $4 million had been donated through text donations to Haiti relief efforts in a 24-hour period and donations continue to come in at rate of approximately $200,000 an hour! Also, the service that provides text giving – MGive – is waiving all fees associated with text donations for Haiti relief efforts.
According to a recent article 93% of all U.S. adults have cell phones. So if we all c
ould forgo one trip to our favorite coffee shop, or one lunch at your favorite restaurant this week, together our $10 donations via texting would generate over $2 billion to help the Haitian people!
If you’d like to donate $10 via texting:
- Clinton Foundation’s Haiti Relief Fund: Text “Haiti” to “20222”
- Doctors Without Borders: Text “DOB” to “90999”
- The Red Cross Haiti Relief Efforts: Text “Haiti” to “90999”
Lessons from the Past – The Giving Institute
The Giving Institute and Giving USA Foundation have released a joint press release about how we can learn from past disasters like Hurricane Katrina & Asian tsunami to help Haiti. You can go here go to our web site – CramerFundraising.com to download the full press release.
Please join Cramer & Associates and give as generously as you can to help Haiti.
