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eIn07912



Joined: 06 Dec 2008
Location: seoul

PostPosted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:57 pm    Post subject: Please Give - Haiti Relief Reply with quote

I wanted to drop a few links below for people to go to and donate if they can. I know the txt message donations back home are very popular, but nothing like that exists here (as far as I know.) All of these are reputable charity organizations that have ways to donate specifically to Haiti.

Please give what you can. Current estimates have the death toll at approx. 50,000. With millions left homeless or injured. At current, over 2 million children have been affected. Either injured, left homeless, become orphaned, or even worse.

$10 is nothing to you and me, but can mean so much more to those that have nothing. If you want, list what you gave and who you gave to below as a response. If would be wonderful to see how much the Dave's community can give.

Thank you. And may whatever God you believe in, Bless You!

http://american.redcross.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ntld_main

http://donate.ifrc.org/

https://donate.mercycorps.org/donation.htm?DonorIntent=Haiti+Earthquake

https://donate.pih.org/page/contribute/haiti_earthquake

http://www.supportunicef.org/site/pp.asp?c=9fLEJSOALpE&b=1023561

https://www.wfp.org/donate/haiti?utm_source=clinton&utm_medium=clinton&utm_campaign=clinton

http://www.savethechildren.org/

http://clintonfoundation.org/haitiearthquake/

**EDIT - Recent estimates put the death toll about over 140,000. Relief efforts are still stalled due to safety concerns and logistical issues.

Please give what you can. This is slowly becoming one of the worst disasters in recorded history. Extraordinary circumstances call for extraordinary actions. Please Give!


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eIn07912



Joined: 06 Dec 2008
Location: seoul

PostPosted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

$35 - Save the Children

**Also, if anyone knows of a good place to donate through Paypal, please let me know. So far, Save the Children is the only one I can find. A lot of people feel more comfortable giving through paypal than their credit card.


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bluelake



Joined: 01 Dec 2005

PostPosted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd pass over giving to the Red Cross, as only 75% of donations actually help in the relief.

Here are some helpful places to donate:

Doctors Without Borders: http://www.doctorswithoutborders.com

Oxfam America: http://www.oxfam.org

Y�le Haiti: http://www.yele.org/

I gave to DWB (MSF). 87% of what they receive goes to the relief efforts.
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Bramble



Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Location: National treasures need homes

PostPosted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the information. I made a small donation to MSF through the Canadian office.
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SeoulMan99



Joined: 02 Aug 2009
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 1:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you are in the USA you can send a text "Haiti" to 90999 and it will donate $10 to the American Red Cross. Or, you can text "Yele" to 501501 and it will donate $5 to Wyclef Jean's Yele foundation to help Haiti. The amount will appear on your next months bill.
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Konglishman



Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing

PostPosted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 2:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bluelake wrote:
I'd pass over giving to the Red Cross, as only 75% of donations actually help in the relief.

Here are some helpful places to donate:

Doctors Without Borders: http://www.doctorswithoutborders.com

Oxfam America: http://www.oxfam.org

Y�le Haiti: http://www.yele.org/

I gave to DWB (MSF). 87% of what they receive goes to the relief efforts.


Thanks for the information, Bluelake. I was just wondering which organization would be the best one to donate to.
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BoholDiver



Joined: 03 Oct 2009
Location: Canada

PostPosted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 3:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I gave $30 CDN to World Vision Canada and specified I wanted it spent on Haiti.

It really affected me when my wife was watching it on the news and starting shedding tears.
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Snowkr



Joined: 03 Jun 2005

PostPosted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 3:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

https://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/Giving/Haiti_Donation/

This is also a good one.
We all need to be on our knees in prayer for Haiti.
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T-J



Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae

PostPosted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cnn/impact has a very good list of charitable organizations linked on its site:

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/impact/
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proustme



Joined: 13 Jun 2009
Location: Nowon-gu

PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Donation Campaign

Information below taken from: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/01/116_59239.html

Korea National Red Cross
Phone: 02-3705-3661-5
Bank information: 1005-601-613021 (Woori Bank)

World Vision
Phone: 02-784-2004
Bank information: 082015-19504-036 (Industrial Bank of Korea)

Good Neighbors International
Phone: 02-6717-4000
Bank information: 463537-01-002778 (Kookmin Bank)

UNICEF Korea
Phone: 02-732-8215
Bank information: 140-007-215267 (Shinhan Bank)
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orosee



Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul

PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not sure about the Yele foundation - there's criticism in the net:

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

http://www.theroot.com/buzz/smoking-gun-gives-wyclefs-organization-side-eye

And Red Cross seems to have loads of money left over from the 2004 tsunami, so they don't need extra.

Best to ensure that the donations are not bound to a purpose and let the charities decide how much they need to spend on Haiti and where else money is needed.
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conrad2



Joined: 05 Nov 2009

PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Red Cross and others depend on these big disasters to fund their operating budgets long after the disasters are over. If you give them money now, its doubtful it would actually go to Haiti relief. The Red Cross is a huge racket.
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hugekebab



Joined: 05 Jan 2008

PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

orosee wrote:
Not sure about the Yele foundation - there's criticism in the net:

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

http://www.theroot.com/buzz/smoking-gun-gives-wyclefs-organization-side-eye

And Red Cross seems to have loads of money left over from the 2004 tsunami, so they don't need extra.

Best to ensure that the donations are not bound to a purpose and let the charities decide how much they need to spend on Haiti and where else money is needed.


Yeah, don't give to Yele. Probably corrupt.
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LL Moonmanhead



Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Location: yo momma

PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

anyone who has a pokerstars account can make a donation and pokerstars will match it 100%!
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SoCalRich



Joined: 17 Jan 2010
Location: Los Angeles and San Diego, CA

PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hugekebab wrote:
orosee wrote:
Not sure about the Yele foundation - there's criticism in the net:

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

http://www.theroot.com/buzz/smoking-gun-gives-wyclefs-organization-side-eye

And Red Cross seems to have loads of money left over from the 2004 tsunami, so they don't need extra.

Best to ensure that the donations are not bound to a purpose and let the charities decide how much they need to spend on Haiti and where else money is needed.


Yeah, don't give to Yele. Probably corrupt.


Yes, my money will definitely not go to Yele. I don't think that Wyclef is corrupt, but I do think that he is just incompetent at running a proper NGO for Haiti. He failed to perform a form 990 for the IRS three years in a row, and his IRS records from 2007 show that he used almost half of donation money to pay himself and his own businesses. I think he was even bringing young Haitian children to NY to train them to become musicians. Which sounds good until you realize that it would be more effective to provide them jobs in Haiti and that Wyclef probably aims to make money off of them if they are successful. Definitely donate your money elsewhere.

I'm pretty sure that Red Cross purposely sets aside some money for the future (correct me if I'm wrong), as they are unsure of the magnitude of the disaster and response time. It makes sense because, when a disaster strikes, it is not wise to wait for people to donate all of the money when they have funds to go there ASAP.
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