Please help Haiti! - Charities

The Caribbean nation of Haiti has been devastated after a series of major earthquakes yesterday. Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive estimated that at least 100,000 people have died, thousands of victims are missing, and the Red Cross estimated that as many as three million people “have been affected.” Haiti's most powerful earthquake in 240 years has hit the most impoverished nation in the Americas at a time when the country had been gradually improving economically.

Numerous countries including throughout the world have mobilized their efforts to help victims of yesterday’s tremors. You too can help with the Haitian relief efforts; here are some charities and other groups that are accepting online donations:

• American Red Cross
• CARE
• Direct Relief International
• Doctors Without Borders
• Food for the Hungry
• Mercy Corps
• Oxfam America
• Partners in Health
• UNICEF
• World Food Program
  

We'll have more info throughout the day on other ways you can help Haiti. If you have any tips please let us know via e-mail at ourlatinamerica@yahoo.com

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