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[info]pinkfinity wrote in [info]help_haiti
January 13th, 2010
Scroll down for the list of charities that need your help.

ETA at 10:30 PM EST on Tuesday, January 19, 2010.

With regard to winning bids in the auctions (other than the Lightning Round and Request Thread) the Community's Mods can confirm Donations, as explained here, to any national or local Red Cross, Red Crescent, Red Magen David, OXFAM, UNICEF and/or Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres, as well as Yéle Haiti, or by purchasing the Help Haiti virtual gift sold by LiveJournal, or made at Starbucks in North America (Starbucks takes cash for donations, and no purchase is necessary).

Donations to the other entities/agencies/charities/organizations listed in this post are also Confirmable by the Comm Mods or the Offeror of your Winning Bid.

Any entities/agencies/charities/organizations requested by the Offeror whose item(s) for which you are the Winning Bidder will be Confirmable by the Offeror, even if said entities/charities/organizations are not listed on this list. In other words, if the Offeror has asked for donations to a specific charity, the Winning Bidder can donate to that charity, or to any of the Listed entities/agencies/charities/organizations.

There are lots of terrific charities out there, but we haven't had time to research every one mentioned in the comments to this post. Check with the Offeror if you want to donate to, or have already donated to, an organization not listed in this post - we're sure everyone will be able to work together in support of rebuilding Haiti and helping those whose homes and lives have been so terribly damaged by this disaster.

Please research any entities/agencies/charities/organizations that you are considering donating to. If you are in the US, Charity Navigator has a lot of info about how to avoid being scammed, the safety of text donations (yes, it can be very safe!), and the rankings for various US charities.

The State Department has set up a cellphone donation link: Text "HAITI" to 90999 and you will be charged for a $10 donation to relief efforts. (Hat tip to Rachel Maddow and the White House twitterfeed)

Our UNICEF Page || The Canadian UNICEF page

DirectRelief

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres

Partners In Health (hat tip to Lizz Winstead, and read more about them at [info]setissma's livejournal).

Portlight Strategies, who have announced plans to help "people with disabilities in Haiti...providing medical equipment, shelter, and food for them..."

Red Cross (International Site)

Red Cross/Red Crescent

Disasters Emergency Committee; if you are a UK resident please select the Gift Aid option to increase your donation without spending more out of pocket.

OXFAM America

OXFAM UK

MercyCorps - you can donate via PayPal, Google Checkout and Amazon Payments

American Friends Service Committee (Quakers)

The Clinton Foundation

Canadian International Development Agency (Canadian donors will have donations to certain agencies matched by the government as explained at the link.)

Heifer International

Shelterbox
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[info]emony

2010-01-13 06:54 pm (UTC)

In the UK, the Disasters Emergency Committee offers a way for Brits to donate directly to disaster relief.

They're assessing the situation regarding Haiti at the moment, so more details will probably be forthcoming soon. A fund for relief to Haiti has already been set up though.

UK taxpayers can also make their donation Gift Aid, so the DEC can reclaim the tax paid on the donation, increasing the donation by 28p per pound donated.

It's made up of a range of charities: Oxfam, Tearfund, ActionAid, WorldVision, British Red Cross, CAFOD, Islamic Relief, Concern, Christian Aid, Merlin, Save the Children, Help the Aged, and Care International (UK).

For more info on the DEC, see their website, or their Wikipedia page.
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Gift AId- why UK taxpayers may want to donate to UK charities

[info]unsentimentalf

2010-01-19 03:53 pm (UTC)

A brief note on Gift Aid (UK only)- it's covered in the link above as well.

Gift Aid enables UK charities to claim basic rate tax back on donations. It’s a very good reason, if you are a UK taxpayer, to donate via a UK charity rather than an overseas one.

The claims are made by the charities themselves. When making a donation (online, by telephone or face to face) you will be asked if you are prepared to gift aid it, and if you are a UK taxpayer. If so, they will take details of your name and address which they will need for their tax claim.

The charity can then claim basic rate tax back from the Government at no extra cost to you.

In addition, if you are a higher rate taxpayer, you can claim the difference between basic rate and higher rate tax back against your own tax bill. If you are a basic rate taxpayer there is no effect on your tax situation.

You can’t gift aid your donation if the charity is not UK registered or you do not pay UK tax (for example because you do not earn enough). You can gift aid your donation if you are non resident in the UK but pay UK tax.

If you are a UK taxpayer there are no downsides to using Gift Aid and it makes a huge difference to the amount of your effective donation, so please don't ignore that bit of the form!
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[info]thisgirl_is

2010-01-13 07:08 pm (UTC)

Hi. I have links to a few more organisations in this post.

I'll edit to mention your comm as well.
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[info]katiebgood

2010-01-13 08:23 pm (UTC)

Lutheran World Relief is helping there too- http://www.lwr.org/emergencies/10/HaitiEarthquake/

They are a religious organization, but they don't proselytize or anything. And the American Philanthropy Association gives them an A rating.
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[info]sophie_spence

2010-01-13 08:29 pm (UTC)

Two agencies that are already in Haiti:

Partners in Health (twitterfeed here) are accepting online donations for earthquake relief here

Yele Haiti (Wyclef Jean's foundation) is accepting donations at yele.org or you can text "Yele" to 501501 to donate $5
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[info]sophie_spence

2010-01-14 08:57 pm (UTC)

Two more ways to text a donation for earthquake relief, both agencies have four stars from Charity Navigator (Yele Haiti is not CN-rated):

Text "Haiti" to 20222 to donate $10 to the Clinton Foundation (Bill Clinton is UN Special Envoy to Haiti)

Text "Haiti" to 25383 to donate $5 to the International Rescue Committee

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[info]itinerant_vae

2010-01-13 08:46 pm (UTC)

UNICEF USA has a dedicated donation page for Haiti relief efforts here.
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[info]orihara_kaoru

2010-01-14 12:58 am (UTC)

UNICEF FOR CANADIANS:

http://www.unicef.ca

(big banner for Haiti donations right of front page)
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[info]beckella

2010-01-14 01:51 am (UTC)

The Jesuit Refugee Service (http://www.jrsusa.org/) is an awesome organization, too. They've been in Haiti for a long time and do a lot great work.
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[info]tracy_loo_who

2010-01-14 02:46 am (UTC)

Misha setup a UNICEF USA fundraising site here: http://inside.unicefusa.org/site/TR/Events/PersFundraisingWrapper?pg=fund&fr_id=1090&pxfid=13831

We've almost hit $1,000 in just a couple of hours.
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[info]pinkfinity

2010-01-14 02:53 am (UTC)

He dazzles me! That's really cool.
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Bill Clinton is the UN ambassador to Haiti

[info]pagerd

2010-01-14 03:14 am (UTC)

www.clintonfoundation.org/haitirelief

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[info]caffienekitty

2010-01-14 04:12 am (UTC)

Doctors Without Borders also has an international page here. From there you can get to individual pages for many countries.
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[info]eotu

2010-01-14 04:49 am (UTC)

Here is the Medical Teams International Donation Page. The first item in the pull-down box is Haiti Earthquake Relief.
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[info]morpheus0013

2010-01-14 05:48 am (UTC)

If I may: Charity Navigator has a list up of charities responding in Haiti, as well as rankings for them. It may be a useful cross-referencing tool for folks, at least.
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[info]winter_elf

2010-01-15 09:11 pm (UTC)

thank you for this. very helpful
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[info]mtgat

2010-01-14 06:23 am (UTC)

Timkatec, a faith-based organization geared towards helping homeless and abandoned kids in and around Port au Prince.
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[info]livingsign

2010-01-14 07:41 am (UTC)

Let's not forget the Humane Society. So often are animals forgotten in disasters such as these.

Here is a link to donate to their disaster relief fund:

https://secure.humanesociety.org/site/Donation2?df_id=1713&1713.donation=form1
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[info]andysachs

2010-01-14 08:06 am (UTC)

Thank you so much, I was looking for a place to donate for them as well.
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[info]itinerant_vae

2010-01-14 09:14 am (UTC)

Jonathan Woodward also linked to IAHV who are already running aid schemes in Haiti.
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[info]kangeiko

2010-01-14 12:07 pm (UTC)

Christian Aid has launched an emergency appeal: CA website at www.christianaid.org.uk

Edited at 2010-01-14 12:09 pm (UTC)
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[info]kattale

2010-01-14 12:12 pm (UTC)

In Canada, you can donate to

care.ca (which will redirect you to the coalition)
https://www.strategicprofitsinc.com/hosted/humanitarian/index.php?lang=en

And in the US
care.org
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[info]teaandbiscuits

2010-01-14 02:43 pm (UTC)

The UK disaters emergency comittee covers all major uk charities in one fundraising drive

http://www.dec.org.uk/
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[info]anidada

2010-01-14 03:10 pm (UTC)

Heifer International is concentrating on longer-term support in the wake of the earthquake.
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[info]robinmarian

2010-01-14 03:17 pm (UTC)

Australia Helps Haiti

Here is a list of some of Australian aid agencies & charities - click on the links to find out how you can donate:

The Australian Red Cross

Médecins Sans Frontières Australia

Oxfam Australia

World Vision Australia

Plan International

Save the Children

Aus Aid

Global Relief on Facebook
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[info]bofoddity

2010-01-14 03:35 pm (UTC)

In Finland, you can donate on the following sites:

SPR

Katastrofiapu

Oma Plan

Kirkon ulkomaanapu

Unicef

Links were taken from this news article.
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