Haiti...How You Can Help

Haitian Relief Efforts


Here's how you can help. Just click on the links.

  • You can make a donation through the American Red Cross' International Response Fund, and it will be allocated specifically for Haiti relief efforts.
  • You can text “HAITI” to 90999 to make a $10 gift to the Red Cross. You will be billed from your phone service carrier.
  • Text the word "HAITI" to 52000 to make a $10 contribution to The Salvation Army. You will be billed from your phone service carrier.
  • Bryant Dental Care, Davenport St., Augusta is offering teeth whitening for a minimum donation of $100 with ALL PROCEEDS to go to the Red Cross. FMI:621-1111
  • Action Against Hunger has mobilized an emergency response and has teams already on the ground, assessing and responding to needs.
  • Habitat for Humanity has been working in Haiti for 26 years, and is sending a team to assess the impact on affordable housing after the earthquake. To make a donation, go here.
  • Mercy Corps has a way for you to donate your money straight to their efforts in Haiti, and Unicef also has a donation site.
  • Operation Blessing International has disaster relief teams on the way. A donation of $50 or more gets emergency food, water, medicine and more to the quake victims;
  • Project HOPE, which provide medical supplies and health care services to those in need, is seeking donations for their aid efforts in Haiti.
  • The Salvation Army is sending personnel and supplies to assist in the relief effort, and is in need of donations.
  • The United Nations World Food Program has teams already on the scene, mobilizing emergency food assistance to families.
  • Yele, an organization set up by musician Wyclef Jean, a native Haitian, is an additional option.



Maine Volunteers Helping Haiti

Konbit Sante is a non-profit organization in the Portland area that's been volunteering their time to strengthen Haiti's health care system. Help them as they head to the country devastated by an earthquake.
http://www.healthyhaiti.org/



   Hope For Haiti 

     
  • Online: www.hopeforhaitinow.org  
  • Phone: 877-99-HAITI  
  • Text: Text “GIVE” to 50555  
  • Mail: Hope For Haiti Now Fund
    Entertainment Industry Foundation,
    1201 West 5th Street, Suite T-700
    Los Angeles, CA 90017

 

Music performances from "Hope for Haiti Now" are available for purchase and download at iTunes®. Customers can order both the "Hope for Haiti Now" full performance album ($7.99) and the full two-hour video telecast ($1.99).  Individual audio performances are also be available for purchase and download for $.99 cents each in the days following the telethon.  Apple, the record labels and the artists will donate their share of the proceeds to Haiti relief funds managed by “Hope for Haiti Now” charities.

“Hope for Haiti Now” performances are also be available for purchase on AmazonMP3 and Rhapsody, with distribution provided by INgrooves. Proceeds from those purchases will also benefit Haiti relief funds managed by “Hope for Haiti Now” charities.
 

“Hope for Haiti Now,” benefits Oxfam America, Partners in Health, the Red Cross, UNICEF, United Nations World Food Programme, Yele Haiti Foundation, and the newly formed Clinton Bush Haiti Foundation.  Proceeds from “Hope for Haiti Now” will be split among each organization’s individual funds for Haiti earthquake relief.  With the exception of the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, each partner organization was selected for its history of operation and collaboration within the NGO community in Haiti.

Click here to view celebrity photos from the event.

Click here to view performance/musician photos from the event.

 




 

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