{"id":179832,"date":"2010-01-13T17:12:29","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T22:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/how_to_help_haiti_after_earthquake.php"},"modified":"2010-01-13T17:12:29","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T22:12:29","slug":"internet-rallies-to-help-haiti-heres-what-you-can-do-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/179832","title":{"rendered":"Internet Rallies to Help Haiti: Here&#8217;s What You Can Do Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"haiti_flag_logo.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/images\/haiti_flag_logo.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/>As you probably know, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haiti\">Haiti<\/a> was struck by a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2010\/WORLD\/americas\/01\/13\/haiti.earthquake\/index.html\">devastating earthquake<\/a> last night. According to the latest estimates, over 100,000 people may have died and large parts of the island&#8217;s infrastructure have been destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a short list of things you can do right now to get help to Haiti. Just watch out for unsolicited emails. Quite a few <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/thetwo-way\/2010\/01\/fbi_warns_against_online_haiti.html?ft=1&amp;f=103943429\">scammers and spammers<\/a> are trying to profit from this catastrophe and have set up fake donation sites and are running phishing scams. <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><em>Sponsor<\/em><br \/><a href='http:\/\/d.ads.readwriteweb.com\/ck.php?n=a6d5ead9&amp;cb=17751' ><img src='http:\/\/d.ads.readwriteweb.com\/avw.php?zoneid=14&amp;cb=17751&amp;n=a6d5ead9' border='0' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Text to Give Money<\/h2>\n<p>As Twitter&#8217;s Evan Williams just <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/2010\/01\/healing-haiti.html\">noted<\/a> on the official Twitter blog, giving money to relief organizations has never been easier. All you need is your phone.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>American Red Cross<\/strong> allows anyone in the U.S. to text HAITI to 90999 as an easy way to donate $10 to the recovery effort. The money is billed to your mobile phone account. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RedCross\/status\/7723386343\">According to the latest tally<\/a>, the Red Cross has already raised over $800,000 through text messages.<\/li>\n<li>Musician Wyclef Jean&#8217;s Haiti-focused organization,<strong> Yele <\/strong>is also accepting text-message donations. To donate $5, text Yele to 501501 or visit the foundation&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yele.org\/\">Web site<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, all the major relief organizations also have websites and will happily accept your donations. Our friends at Mashable have <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/01\/13\/haiti-earthquake-donate-help\/\">compiled a good list<\/a> of worthy <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mercycorps\">organizations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Stay Informed<\/h2>\n<p>Here are a few Twitter lists you can follow to stay informed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\/haiti-earthquake\"><strong>New York Times<\/strong><\/a>: follows updates from organizations like the <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RedCross\">Red Cross<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/CRSnews\">Catholic Relief Services<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/InternetHaiti\">InternetHaiti<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/haiti\"><strong>CNN<\/strong><\/a>: follows many of the same news sources as the New York Times, but also features <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/fredodupoux\/status\/7715640456\">updates<\/a> from local <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/fredodupoux\">bloggers<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/leecohen\">Twitter<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/carelpedre\">users<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/livesayhaiti.blogspot.com\/\">This local blogger<\/a> is also posting regular updates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>If you know of other news sources, local bloggers or organizations, let us know in the comments. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/how_to_help_haiti_after_earthquake.php#comments-open\">Discuss<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/zGHLBOtWwaS5r3En7iu9xtFb1eA\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/zGHLBOtWwaS5r3En7iu9xtFb1eA\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/zGHLBOtWwaS5r3En7iu9xtFb1eA\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/zGHLBOtWwaS5r3En7iu9xtFb1eA\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=UXJ0FJS33RM:KN5mlq7F8xs:FFnlKYwJmN0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=FFnlKYwJmN0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=UXJ0FJS33RM:KN5mlq7F8xs:Ij26kaj3iuU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=Ij26kaj3iuU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=UXJ0FJS33RM:KN5mlq7F8xs:C2pbw5bZMiI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=C2pbw5bZMiI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=UXJ0FJS33RM:KN5mlq7F8xs:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=UXJ0FJS33RM:KN5mlq7F8xs:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=UXJ0FJS33RM:KN5mlq7F8xs:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=UXJ0FJS33RM:KN5mlq7F8xs:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=UXJ0FJS33RM:KN5mlq7F8xs:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=UXJ0FJS33RM:KN5mlq7F8xs:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=UXJ0FJS33RM:KN5mlq7F8xs:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=UXJ0FJS33RM:KN5mlq7F8xs:OqabYuBsmOY\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=OqabYuBsmOY\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/readwriteweb\/~4\/UXJ0FJS33RM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you probably know, Haiti was struck by a devastating earthquake last night. According to the latest estimates, over 100,000 people may have died and large parts of the island&#8217;s infrastructure have been destroyed. Here is a short list of things you can do right now to get help to Haiti. Just watch out for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":592,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/592"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}