Red Cross Campaign text “HAITI” Aids at Lightning Speed
January 12, 2010 marked the largest earthquake recorded in an impoverished Caribbean community near Port Au Prince. This 7.0 earthquake devastated the landscape, killing thousands and leaving several family members in shambles. While politicians around the world scrambled to figure out a viable plan to help the devastated community. mGive launched a mobile campaign with Red Cross- late Tuesday evening and has since raised over 2 million dollars in relief donations, according to the NYtimes.
Tracy Reines, the Director of the International Response Operations Center at the American Red Cross released this video on youTube yesterday to further describe the incident.
mGive has made it exceptionally easy to donate ten dollars to the cause. All users with a cell phone and major service provider have to do is text the word “HAITI” to “90999″ , wait for a reply, then type “YES” and ten dollars will be added to your next cell phone bill.
Users that prefer other methods to donate can call 1-800-REDCROSS or visit redcross.org to contribute directly from the website.
It should also be noted that the Haitian born musician Wyclef has created an effort where you can text “YELE” to “501501″ to make a five dollar donation.
Additional Sources:
- To find out about the latest news and information on White House Efforts
- To get the latest American Red Cross efforts
- To get the mGive FAQs about donations
- To learn more about Wyclef’s donation Campaign.
- To follow the latest twitter happenings “Help Haiti” OR #Haiti
GIVE TODAY!
Update | 10:48 a.m. Corrected mistake about Wyclef’s relation with the Black Eyed Pea’s
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This is really ideal, The Red Cross really sweep into action with this one.
Thank you so much
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Cruz Roja recauda dos millones de dólares en tiempo récord, con campaña en celulares #haiti http://tinyurl.com/yashc7b
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uh, wyclef’s not in the “black eyed pea’s,” dude. http://tinyurl.com/yashc7b . (I almost just wrote “[sic]” about that.)
Thank you for the heads up, corrected.
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I finally decided to give for Haiti’s people. I hope that more people send aid to those left homeless by this terrible disaster as well.
Besides donating my own money to Haiti, I will continue to pray for them. Lifting everything up to Heaven for them.
I wish more people were like Mr. George Clooney. What he has done to help the Haitian people is just amazing. So many of the Hollywood celebrities are just phonies looking for publicity. George is one of the true greats.
I wish more people were like Mr. George Clooney. What he has done to help the Haitian people is just amazing. So many of the Hollywood celebrities are just phonies looking for publicity. George is one of the true greats.
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