How You Can Help Haiti

Text message services to contribute:

• Text “Haiti” to 90999 to send a $10 donation to the Red Cross. This effort has already raised over $800,000.
• From Wyclef Jean - Text “Yele” to 501501, which will automatically donate $5 to the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund (it will be charged to your cell phone bill), or you can visit Yele.org and click on DONATE
• More info from the Urban Legends Reference Pages on the safety and verification of using text messages to donate to Haiti relief efforts

Here are online resources you can use to help those in Haiti and those with loved ones in Haiti:

• Despite telephone and cellphone problems, some folks in Haiti are able to use Skype to make free phone calls
• State Department - People in US and Canada with information or inquiries about US citizens in Haiti call 888-407-4747
• How you can help Haiti (from CNN.com)
• Updates from the Boston Haitian Reporter
• Twitter Pic Tag Search for "haiti" of the past 1 days sorted by date
• Earthquake Haiti Facebook group

Here are some public Twitter lists you can follow or view for updates:

• Huffington Post
• CNN Breaking Haiti News
• NPR

NPR also has a great article titled After The Quake: Finding Ways To Connect Online.