Hope for Haiti

On January 12, 2010, at 21:53 UTC, (4:53 pm local time) Haiti was struck by a magnitude-7.0 earthquake, the country's most severe earthquake in over 200 years. The epicenter of the quake was just outside the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. It has been estimated that the death toll could reach 200,000. Widespread damage resulted from the quake. The capital city was devastated. Haiti will need to be completely rebuilt from the ground up, according to a journalist, as "even in good times, Haiti is an economic wreck, balancing precariously on the razor's edge of calamity.

Direct Relief International
www.directrelief.org
Address: 27 S. La Patera Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93117

Direct Relief International provides medical assistance to improve the quality of life for people affected by poverty, disaster, and civil unrest at home and throughout the world. Established in 1938, DRI is a nonsectarian, nongovernmental (NGO) and apolitical organization.

Friends of the World Food Program
www.friendsofwfp.org
Address: 1819 L Street, NW Suite 900, Washington, DC 20036

FWFP is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide with proven and established record of "getting the job done".
*** As of 4PM Wed 1/13/10, FWFP had already shipped 82 (Eighty Two) tons of food to Haiti ***

Save the Children
www.savethechildren.org
Address: 54 Wilton Road, (Attn: Income Processing Dept), Westport, CT 06880

Save the Children is an excellent organization that has contributed greatly to the needs of the children of Haiti for decades. They are on the ground now in Haiti providing much needed help to the children.

This application is to help you find a charity to help Haiti. We are not affiliated with any of the charities listed above. If you would like to see more listed, please contact us.

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