Please visit www.handsandfeetproject.org to give to the Hands & Feet Project Orphanage in Jacmel Haiti. The city of Jacmel is in complete ruins and they have no money to begin rescue and restoration.

There's a great list of help providers at:
HelpHaiti.msnbc.com

Full URL is:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34835478/ns/world_news-haiti_earthquake/

Here are good ones:
Compassion
World Help


Do be wary of bad ones:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/wayoflife/01/13/haiti.charity.scams/

As someone who has worked in disaster relief before, I know that the need in Haiti will change with time. For people who like to plan these things out, here's something to consider:

Currently, Haiti is in a Relief mode, focused on immediate rescue and life-sustaining activities (i.e. food, water, medical aid, short-term security, etc.) Over time, however, as Haiti moves from Relief to Recovery, a different set of needs will arise (housing, rebuilding of public utilities, economic recovery).

Giving to relief organizations is wonderful. (I'm doing so myself, in fact.) But please also consider, a few weeks/months down the line, also giving to groups that assist with the Recovery phase of this disaster (especially if you already have a relationship with such a group). They may not be able to make as great an impact now, but their task will be just as challenging, necessary, and costly as the Relief missions' task now.

Edit: Whoops, forgot to actually suggest a charity. A lovely one is MAP International, which provides medical supplies and specialists to disaster areas.
http://www.map.org

I know some of the people in this one personally - they've been in Haiti for several years, and are in a good place to help with fresh water - a big need after a disaster.

http://deepspringsinternational.org/

A friend of mine who has worked at the US State Dept in Haiti in the past just sent this message: Please consider sending donations to Partners in Health: http://www.pih.org/ They have been working in Haiti for over 20 years and are probably the only full service medical care still standing.

FYI, Smoking Gun has an exposé about Wyclef Jean's charity.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0114102wyclef1.html

I posted this on deals. A friend sent me the info from Oxfam

http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/5e929c89-4505-4fbc-afe8-db234c999667/haitian-earthquake-response-oxfam-america-donate-online#3

Also from another friend who worked with GOAL, Ireland, if anyone these specific skills: civil engineers, doctors, nurses, accountants and logisticians
GOAL (goal.ie or http://www.goalusa.org/) has repeated its call for experienced civil engineers, doctors, nurses, accountants and logisticians to join its team in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the aftermath of the massive earthquake which has hit the country.
The agency, which has pledged €250,000 for immediate relief, believes that alleviating the suffering of some of the thousands of people affected by the earthquake, will require a huge effort on the part of the International Community.

Bethany Christian Services (the adoption agency) works with two orphanages in Haiti - God's Littlest Angels is the longest run. Here is their blog and homepage:

http://glahaiti.org/

Bethany.org also has info on support and needs.

Holy Family Catholic Church in Southern California has been working with "Hands Together". 100% of the donation goes there. Check out the site:

www.holyfamily.org

http://holyfamily.org/content/view/34/203/

Rayjon is a orginization that does all of it's work in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. My daughter has gone with them to Haiti. They make a big impact with very little money.

Donating thru the AARP Foundation's Haitian relief, your donation will be matched dollar for dollar, getting more bang for your bucks.

I have found this site particularly helpful for researching charities: http://www.charitynavigator.org/

One of the highest rated is Direct relief International - Due to a bequest, they apply 98.9% of donations to relief efforts. Texting the message "give 10" to 20222 automatically donates $10 which will show up as a charge on your cell phone bill. http://www.directrelief.org/

Many thanks to the WOOT staff for this blog topic.

YES! Please consider Direct Relief International

Or any of the other charities rated 99% or better in efficiency by Forbes Magazine.

www.healinghandsforhaiti.org

I have been to Haiti a few times to Haiti with this group and we have another trip planned in March to go. This is a wonderful foundation. They not only get volunteers to travel to Haiti but they had a compound with a clinic on it that they used to train Haitians so that they would be able to find work and make a living for themselves. They lost everything in the earthquake and I know they would love to get it up and running as soon as possible.
Please if you are able to donate anything money or even to volunteer to go (maybe not for a few months) I know they would appreciate it.
And all the money goes to aid those in Haiti.

art of living foundation http://us.artofliving.org/ and the sister org IAHV are very efficient (mostly volunteer based) and very effective in trauma relief

They have worked in kashmir/ iraq/ afghanistan and africa before

consider donating them

http://www.iahv.org/donate_haiti_disaster_relief.asp

Here are the two that our local school district is giving out:

White House website Haiti Earthquake Relief:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/haitiearthquake

Freedom from Hunger: 100% of proceeds going to the cause
http://www.freedomfromhunger.org

sconnell wrote:A friend of mine who has worked at the US State Dept in Haiti in the past just sent this message: Please consider sending donations to Partners in Health: http://www.pih.org/ They have been working in Haiti for over 20 years and are probably the only full service medical care still standing.

Partners in Health is a terrific suggestion. I work at a university medical school in Florida and this is one of the orgs that we've been suggesting to people, too.

cyndoll wrote:Bethany Christian Services (the adoption agency) works with two orphanages in Haiti - God's Littlest Angels is the longest run. Here is their blog and homepage:

http://glahaiti.org/

Bethany.org also has info on support and needs.

I strongly suggest giving to God's Littlest Angels. I've been acquainted with them since adopting twin boys in 1997. They have excellent resources and organization and the best staff anywhere. They will use aid moneys to meet needs throughout their community just outside of Port-au-Prince.

100% of donations to UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) go to the people affected (no administrative costs are taken out because its administration is funded by apportionments to Methodist Churches). Virtually all these other charities take out for administrative expenses. UMCOR had people working in Haiti BEFORE the earthquake, and its head (Sam Dixon) and its Volunteer Coordinator (Clint Rabb) died as a result of their injuries in the quake. (They were buried for 55 or so hours.) They work cooperatively with other Christian groups (and Muslim aid!). More info can be found at www.umc.org.

Music For Relief, founded by Linkin Park, was created for just these kinds of disasters. they have a large base of volunteers and donors from the many musicians that are a part of it, as well as the many other charities that they work with. you can go to their main page at http://musicforrelief.org/index.php
if you just go to http://musicforrelief.org, it will take you to the page for their "Download to Donate for Haiti" charity, in which a few of the musicians/bands have compiled a small compilation of unreleased music. the compilation is a free download, but the whole point of this is that they are urging people to donate to help. There is no "right" or "wrong" amount, so you can give as much as you want.

If anyone would like to send a few tents?

HELP HAITI!!! Can you donate a tent that is (1) IN VERY GOOD SHAPE, as people will be living in them for months if not years; and (2) INCLUDES ALL ITS PARTS, for obvious reasons? This guy will make arrangements to pick it up or I will give you an address to ship it. My friend will get them to Port au Prince. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP! Contact Trebor Davis for details tdavis.gcs@gmail.com