{"id":371844,"date":"2010-02-28T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2010-02-28T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"tag:consumerist.com,2010:\/\/1.10002665"},"modified":"2010-02-28T04:29:07","modified_gmt":"2010-02-28T09:29:07","slug":"want-to-help-with-chile-earthquake-relief-here-are-some-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/371844","title":{"rendered":"Want To Help With Chile Earthquake Relief? Here Are Some Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/02\/4393084133_cf7e64951b_m-thumb-240x120-37551.jpg\">         <\/p>\n<p>Are you looking for ways to help out the groups providing relief after the massive earthquake that hit Chile? Yahoo has made <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ynews\/20100227\/wl_ynews\/ynews_wl1196_2\">a nice list of groups that have confirmed that they are sending teams to Chile<\/a>, and you can also donate by text message.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Text the word &#8220;CHILE&#8221; to 25383 to donate $10 on behalf of the Habitat for Humanity<\/li>\n<li>Text the word &#8220;CHILE&#8221; to 20222 to donate $10 on behalf of World Vision<\/li>\n<li>Text the word &#8220;CHILE&#8221; to 52000 to donate $10 on behalf of the Salvation Army<\/li>\n<li>Text the word &#8220;YOUTH&#8221; to 20222 to donate $10 on behalf of UNICEF<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Keep in mind that mobile donations <a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2010\/01\/text-message-donations-for-haiti-may-be-delayed-up-to-3-months.html\">may not be sent immediately<\/a>, but that isn&#8217;t necessarily a bad thing, as people will still need help in the coming weeks and months.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re asked to donate to an unfamiliar charity, be wary&#8211;from <a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2008\/11\/holiday-scams-research-charities-before-handing-over-your-cash.html\">the Consumerist archives<\/a>, here are some sites you can use to vet groups you haven&#8217;t heard of. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.charitynavigator.org\">Charity Navigator<\/a>  &#8220;Charity Navigator, America&#8217;s premier independent charity evaluator, works to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace by evaluating the financial health of over 5,300 of America&#8217;s largest charities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BBB.org\/charity\">BBB Wise Giving Alliance<\/a>  &#8220;The BBB Wise Giving Alliance (the Alliance) helps donors make informed giving decisions and advances high standards of conduct among organizations that solicit contributions from the public.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guidestar.org\">GuideStar<\/a>  &#8220;GuideStar&#8217;s mission is to revolutionize philanthropy and nonprofit practice by providing information that advances transparency, enables users to make better decisions, and encourages charitable giving.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ynews\/20100227\/wl_ynews\/ynews_wl1196_2\">Chile earthquake: How to help<\/a> [Yahoo News]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mobilegiving.org\/?page_id=20\">Donation Options for Chile<\/a> [Mobile Giving Foundation]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you looking for ways to help out the groups providing relief after the massive earthquake that hit Chile? Yahoo has made a nice list of groups that have confirmed that they are sending teams to Chile, and you can also donate by text message. Text the word &#8220;CHILE&#8221; to 25383 to donate $10 on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4307,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-371844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371844","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\/4307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}