Let's work together to see what the SAIC community can do to assist victims of the recent disaster in Haiti.
Here are two articles on local Chicago Haitian charities:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/15/chicago-haiti-charities-w_n_424918.html
and:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/14/from-chicago-to-haiti-aft_n_423360.html...
Here is a list of some national/international charity organizations:
• Partners in Health: http://photos.pih.org/home2.html
• The International Rescue Committee: http://www.theirc.org/
• World Vision: http://www.worldvision.org/
• UN World Food Program: https://www.wfp.org/donate/haiti
• UNHCR (UN refugee services):
http://www.unhcr.org/emergency/haiti/global_landing.html
• UN Central Emergency Response Fund:
http://ochaonline.un.org/cerf/DonateNow/HowtoDonate/tabid/1819/language/en-US/Default.aspx
• American Red Cross
Disaster Online Newsroom
The American Red Cross is on the ground in Haiti.... See More
Text "HAITI" to 90999 to donate $10 to American Red Cross relief for
Haiti. The donation will be charged to your cellphone bill.
To send a check: American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C.
20013;
1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish)
www.redcross.org
• Mercy Corps
A group of Mercy Corps relief workers began arriving in Haiti on
Thursday.
Donate online: donate.mercycorps.org
To send a check:
Mercy Corps; Haiti Earthquake Fund; Dept NR; PO Box 2669; Portland, OR
97208
1-888-256-1900
• National Nurses United
www.nationalnursesunited.org A national organization of registered
nurses is calling for nurses throughout the U.S. to volunteer to assist
Haitian residents by providing emergency short term and long term
medical support. Nurses can sign up at the NNU Web site.
• Unicef
Donations to Unicef can be made online, by printing a form, or by
calling 1.800.FOR.KIDS (1.800.367.5437).
• AmeriCares
CNN's Ann Curry suggests donating to AmeriCares, who are "gearing up to
take in medicines to Haiti," she says.
• Yele Haiti
Haitian-born Wyclef Jean is asking his fans to donate to the community
service organization he founded in Haiti, Yele Haiti. Donations can be
made at the site, or automatically by texting YELE to 501501 to give
$5. More information about Yele Haiti here.
• Doctors Without Borders
donate.doctorswithoutborders.org
• Food for the Hungry
Donate online: http://www.fh.org
1-800-248-6437
We are working with SAIC's Office of Campus Life to determine what our school community can do to offer our support during this catastrophe. If you are intersted in helping with these efforts, please contact studentactivists@saic.edu or Jes Takla in Campus Life at jtakla@saic.edu
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