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here are some ways on how you can donate to haiti:
- The American Red Cross is one of the most widely known organizations working in Haiti. They accept online donations, help volunteers arrange to give time or other support, and can accept $10 donations, charged to your cellphone bill, by texting HAITI to 90999.
- UNICEF and Doctors Without Borders, two other groups showing up frequently in calls for help, have set up sites for their Haiti efforts.
- Haitian-born musician Wyclef Jean has harnessed Twitter to gather support for hisYele Haiti Earthquake Fund, which also offers $5 text message donations.
- The Daily Beast, a news and opinion blog and aggregator, does a good turn bycompiling this list of non-governmental organizations helping in Haiti, with some context on each organization and where your money goes.
- Caroline McCarthy's helpful CNET explainer points to lists compiled by the San Francisco Chronicle, NPR News, and CBS News.
lifted from: http://lifehacker.com/
you can also go here: http://donate-to-haiti.blogspot.com/
you can always consult the trusty google to know which method suits you best.
in times of calamities like this there definitely be an outpour of help and donations but you also have to be cautious of the leechers who take advantage of the situation. viral scams are emerging like mushrooms everywhere so beware, make sure you know your donations go to the right places, not just on some goddamn corrupt soul's pockets.
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