Wyclef Jean runs a grassroots, trustworthy and well-organized support organization that is working right now in Haiti. You can donate by texting "Yele" to 501501 or going to: http://www.yele.org/

I think UNICEF/US will be a great organization to make donationsa as 100% of the contribution goes to children of Haiti.

Do not donate clothing for relief efforts. Cash and medical supplies are what is really needed. Please read the following article.

http://www.disasternews.net/news/article.php?articleid=4004

U of C SROs taking clothing donations would be better off holding a clothing RESALE and donating the money to Unicef or Doctor's without Borders or the American Red Cross.

Thanks to all those who have left helpful comments.

For V. Natarajan - UNICEF is definitely another good organization. If you have a link, please share it.

For JSF - Thanks for the clear, important advice. I have advised students I'm working with that monetary donations will be a better avenue unless they know the distribution chain from top to bottom and are working with an established charity. They've been tabling for monetary, not in-kind donations (see clarified update above).

As is noted in the quotation at the bottom of the post: "Cash contributions to established legitimate relief agencies are always considerably more beneficial than the donation of commodities."

Thanks to all, David Hays, University Community Service Center and Chicago Studies Program

Hello Friends,

As you may know, I am a Haitian-American with family members who are
suffering through the devastation that is happening in Haiti as a result of
Tuesday's earthquake and the aftershocks that continue to ravage the
country. My family has heard from three of our relatives and have found that
they are in fact alive. There are still others that we are waiting to hear
from.

In an effort to do something for the people of Haiti, I spent yesterday
volunteering with the Haitian Congress to Fortify Haiti. They are organizing
an effort in the Chicagoland area to collect monetary donations, medical,
hygiene and water purification supplies to send to the country. Delta
airlines has agreed to send cargo planes with the donated supplies as soon
as they are able to safely land planes in the country. Please drop off any
donations to the Haitian Congress to Fortify Haiti located at 1227 Dodge
Avenue, Evanston IL 60202.

If you would like to make a monetary donation, you may do so on their
website, www.haitiancongress.org, and the
funds will go towards their Haitian Crisis Relief Fund. (To see the press
release issued yesterday by the Haitian Congress to Fortify Haiti, please
see below.)

Please note: The Haitian Congress to Fortify Haiti is not able to accept
donations of food, certain clothing, or water at this time due to storage
limitations.

Any amount or item that you are able to give would be much appreciated.
Please feel free to forward this message to others who are interested in
helping Haiti through this disaster. If you have any questions or concerns
about the relief efforts, please feel free to contact the Haitian Congress
or me.

Thank you for your time and for any support you provide.

Take care,

Cindy L. Lys
Academic Advisor, University of Chicago Collegiate Scholars Program
Carleton Posse Alumni, Class of 2007
Young Chicago Authors Alumni, Class of 2003
Chicago Public Schools Alumni, Class of 2003
(p) 773.225.9167
(f) 773.834.3764

UCHICAGO FOR HAITI

In an attempt to consolidate the efforts of student organizations concerned with supporting relief efforts in Haiti, UChicago for Haiti was formed. This group incorporates the efforts of Beats & Pieces, ACSA, PRSA, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc, F. I.E.R.C.E, OBS, PAECE and a number of independent students from both graduate and undergraduate divisions. The primary objective of UChicago for Haiti is to provide opportunities for the campus community to support long-term relief efforts to the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti. We believe that through collaboration, we can effectively share resources, manpower and conduct joint advertizing campaigns for all events on campus. We hope that through these events our organization will promote awareness of Haitians’ plight and the need to support members of our UChicago community who are most affected by this tragedy.

We hope to use a series of events, fundraising drives and arts programs to collect monetary donations, clothing, medical supplies, food and water. UChicago for Haiti will co-ordinate a massive campus wide network of collection sites to provide opportunities for all members of the University community and the surrounding neighborhoods to donate items to support relief efforts. We hope to begin this project on Friday January 22, 2010. Groups have already agreed to man collection posts and be responsible for the timely transportation and storage of items. There will also be collection posts during many cultural events on campus.

We welcome further collaboration with any other interested party and support from the University administration. For further information, please feel free to contact Adama Wiltshire (adama@uchicago.edu / 773-318-0416) or Judith Kituku ( kituku@uchicago.edu).

Hi,

Thank you for collecting information. Here is a link to the Clinton - Bush Haiti fund in case you'd like to add it to the site.

http://clintonbushhaitifund.org/

Best,
Mai

Mai Vukcevich
Assistant Director
Center for Disciplinary Innovation &
Franke Institute for the Humanities
JRL S102
ph. 773-702-8274
fax. 773-702-0775
email. mav@uchicago.edu
web.http://franke.uchicago.edu

Partners in Health is a remarkable organization, founded by Paul Farmer, now working with President Clinton. For more than 25 years, it has trained Haitian medical workers and established several hospitals, resulting in a strong team already on the ground. They are treating people in the countryside, where their hospitals are and have brought equipment/supplies in to Port au Prince and are helping coordinate the medical effort there. One may quickly learn more from their site. They work closely with Doctors without Borders.

Juliet Gentzkow
SSA alumna

I'm glad that the media is covering all the diasters of the world to make people aware of the needs of many people of Haiti and the need of support any way. I'm glad that people are stepping up and giving a hand to another human being. It is sad that it took a natural diaster to get people pour their hearts and money to country of Haiti. Where were these people 6 months ago or even a year ago to help the people of Haiti and i hope it will continue after the media goes away from this natural diaster.

I think that with the unemployment the way it is, it would be more practical to send out a whole bunch of people who can help get this place sorted out, plumbers, electricians and construction workers.

They are in a mass right now, use them and give them a little more experience of how things work in a different country, and stop thinking that throwing money will resolve all Haiti's issues, when it clearly wont.

Hello Everyone,

In 17 days the rainy season will begin in Haiti and people will be forced to sleep in pools of sewer infested water. Diseases will spread among people who are already underfed and have limited access to health care.

WE NEED TENTS URGENTLY TO STOP THE SPREAD OF DISEASES.

If you know anyone who has a good tent, or if you would like to sponsor the purchase of a tent, please contact me asap. (adama@uchicago.edu / 773-318-0416).

Please help if you can.

Thank you

Adama K. Wiltshire
Member of UChicago for Haiti

Money is flowing and - both time and money is being wasted already.

There are 2 petition sites:

http://www.rallycongress.com/2/2907/accountability-systems-haiti-reconstruction/

http://www.change.org/haitiaccountability

and a Haiti Accountability Project site: www.haitiaccountability.org

Did you see that Wyclef is running for president? Think he stands a chance?

After checking all your regular post I have to thank you for your enthusiam. I can’t even imagine how time consuming your work is. Maybe you can dedicate a special blog entry about this topic: how do you manage your work and what tricks do you use to improve your productivity (automate thing and so on…).

It is sad that it took a natural diaster to get people pour their hearts and money to country of Haiti. Where were these people 6 months ago or even a year ago to help the people of Haiti and i hope it will continue after the media goes away from this natural diaster.

I had spent a good deal of my time looking for someone to explain this subject clearly and you’re the only one that ever did that.

That’s a very good point there. I made a search on the topic and found many people will agree with your article.

Former President Bill Clinton has visited the Haitian nation and has fought for more support. They all need the help they can get. I have volunteered for a local org that assists in the effort to rebuild the homes of these unfortunate people. Do your share, if you can.

That's a large sum of money, well done! Good to see that everybody is getting involved and we do our best to share that is of little value to us. We could all spare a few dollars.

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