Haiti: About the Earthquake, Relief, and Related Topics

Haiti's in the news - a lot - this week.

For good reason.

That 7.0 earthquake at about 5:00 Haiti time Tuesday, January 12, 2010, made a mess of Port au Prince, Haiti's capital. The rest of the country isn't in particularly good shape, either.

Most importantly, if you're in a position to help Haitians: It's your call, but I think it's a good idea to support legitimate relief efforts. And, if you give money: make sure that the organization you give to is legit.

(A none-too-well-updated list of charities is near the end of this post.)

Posts About Haiti

Now, posts I've written, more-or-less about the situation in Haiti:

• In this blog, Apathetic Lemming of the North:
  • "Lemming Tracks: Haiti, Cholera, and an Oopsie"
    (May 6, 2011
    )
  • "Cholera in Florida: Naples isn't Haiti"
    (November 17, 2010)
  • "Haiti, Cholera, A Thousand Dead, Link to Charities List"
    (November 16, 2010)
  • "Haiti, Cholera: Yes, It's in Port-au-Prince"
    (November 11, 2010)
  • "Haiti, Cholera: It's In the Capital"
    (November 9, 2010)
  • "Haiti: Cholera, Hurricane, But Otherwise in Rough Shape"
    (November 6, 2010)
  • "Haiti: It's Cholera"
    (October 24, 2010)
  • "Haiti: First an Earthquake - Now - Cholera?"
    (October 22, 2010)
  • "Haitians Need Help, Yesterday"
    (July 25, 2010)
  • "Haiti: CNN Statistics and Video"
    (February 13, 2010)
  • "Art in Haiti: Still There, Still Colorful"
    (February 12, 2010)
  • "Haiti - 5 Superdomes of Rubble - Charities"
    (February 1, 2010)
  • "Hope for Haiti: Former Haitian Prime Minister"
    (January 27, 2010)
  • "Haiti: 150,000 Confirmed Dead, So Far"
    (January 24, 2010)
  • "Haiti: 111,000 dead, 8,889,000 Survived"
    (January 23, 2010)
  • "Vigilante Justice isn't Nice: Haiti"
    (January 23, 2010)
  • "Haiti's Earthquake Caused by - You Guessed it - Yankee Imperialists"
    (January 21, 2010)
  • "Haiti Survivors: Human Durability and Staying Calm"
    (January 21, 2010)
  • "Haitian Refugees Turned Away / Illegal Haitian Immigrants Given Amnesty"
    (January 20, 2010)
  • "Clinton, Bush Lend Names - at Least - to Fundraising Website"
    (January 17, 2010)
  • "Haiti: Looting, Lawlessness, and People being Human"
    (January 16, 2010)
  • "Haiti Earthquake: It's Not Just Port au Prince"
    (January 16, 2010)
  • "Lemming Tracks: All Haiti, All the Time?"
    (January 16, 2010)
  • "Haiti: It Could Be Worse"
    (January 16, 2010)
  • "Haiti: Before-and-After Satellite Images Help Send Help Where It's Needed Most"
    (January 16, 2010)
  • "Haiti. Red Cross. Twitter. Fundraising. $8 Million. Still Going"
    (January 15, 2010)
  • "Port au Prince: What's Holding Up the Relief Supplies?"
    (January 15, 2010)
  • "Port au Prince, Haiti: Before and After Satellite Photos"
    (January 15, 2010)
  • "Haiti, a Twitter Hoax or Two, and Giving Wisely"
    (January 14, 2010)
  • "Pat Robertson, the Devil, Haiti, and an Alternate Reality?"
    (January 14, 2010)
  • "Twitter, Haiti and a Global Community"
    (January 14, 2010)
  • "Haiti Quake: International Red Cross Website Helps Haitians Find Loved Ones"
    (January 14, 2010)
  • "Pat Robertson, the Devil, and Helping Haitians Anyway"
    (January 13, 2010)
  • "Twittering From Haiti: RAMhaiti"
    (January 13, 2010)
  • "Haiti Earthquake: A Few News Videos"
    (January 13, 2010)
  • "Haiti: News and How to Help"
    (January 13, 2010)
• In A Catholic Citizen in America
  • "Haiti: Cholera's Bad, But That's Not Their Only Problem"
    (November 4, 2010)
  • "Saving the Planet, Saving Haitians"
    (September 1, 2010)
  • "Haiti, Knights of Columbus, and Kids Without Limbs"
    (August 20, 2010)
  • "Hats Off to New Orleans Parishioners"
    (July 2, 2010)
  • "Archbishop: "Let's Not Forget Haiti" - Works for Me"
    (June 9, 2010)
  • "Haiti, Death Toll & Lent"
    (February 22, 2010)
  • "Haiti's Enu Zizi? Ena Zizi: Any Way You Spell it, She's Quite a Lady"
    (January 20, 2010)
  • "Haitians, God and Faith: Maybe Americans Can Learn Something Here"
    (January 17, 2010)
  • "Haiti Collection's Next Weekend in Our Parish"
    (January 17, 2010)
  • "Haiti: Voodoo, Pat Robertson, and the Catholic Church"
    (January 16, 2010)
  • "Haiti Earthquake: Your Parish May have a Second Collection this Weekend"
    (January 13, 2010)
  • "Haiti: Archbishop Dead; Aftershocks; How to Help"
    (January 13, 2010)
  • "Haiti Earthquake: Send Help if You Can, and Pray for the Folks Living There"
    (January 12, 2010)
• In Another War-on-Terror Blog:
  • "Imperialist American Aggressors Occupy Haiti?"
    (January 19, 2010)
  • "Americans and Generosity: Just a Thought"
    (January 15, 2010)

List of Charities

No guarantees made, or implied: but I think these organizations are a pretty good place to start your search.

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Update (March 30, 2011)
This list is not kept up to date. Links may no longer be useful.

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• The usual high-profile outfits:
  • American Red Cross
  • Americares
  • Catholic Relief Services
  • Clinton Bush Haiti Fund
  • Direct Relief International
  • Doctors Without Borders
  • International Medical Corps
  • Medical Teams International
  • The International Committee of the Red Cross
  • International Relief Teams
  • Mercy Corps
  • Operation USA home page
  • The Salvation Army
  • Save the Children
  • Shelterbox
  • World Concern
  • World Food Programme
  • World Vision
  • Yéle Haiti
    • Note:
      • This is a new organization
      • With possible financial & organizational issues
    • See
      • "Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti charity comes under fire"
        USA Today (January 17, 2010)
• Catholic charities (we help anybody, but these tend to get more support from Catholics)
  • Catholic Relief Services
  • The Archdiocese of Miami
    • http://www.newmiamiarch.org
  • Caritas Internationalis
  • Catholic Relief Services home page
    • By phone 1-800-736-3467
    • Mail to CRS
      P.O. Box 17090
      Baltimore, MD 21203-7090
  • Salesian Missions
    • By phone 1-914-633-8344
    • Mail to Salesian Disaster Relief
      Salesian Missions
      P.O. Box 30
      New Rochelle, NY 10802-0030.

And, there's

• Food For The Poor
  • Food For The Poor
    6401 Lyons Road
    Coconut Creek, FL 33073
  • 1-800-427-9104, Monday-Friday 9 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. EST

That's the important stuff.