Haiti relief links

[sholio]

I guess that if you've read the news today, you've heard about Haiti's devastating earthquake.

I'll keep the editorializing to a minimum, but I did want to link to a moving post by abyssinia4077 in which she talks about receiving help from Haitian volunteers after Hurricane Katrina; you can read it here.

My usual go-to charities in situations like this are Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross (both of which I donated to this morning). There is also a list of relief organizations at CNN, a slightly different list at NPR, and a list of on-the-ground charities at skywardprodigal's LJ.

A fannish relief effort is being organized at help_haiti. I'll probably be offering some fic over there, but I don't have a link yet. ETA: You can bid on a custom-written fanfic (I'm offering minimum 1000 words, but knowing me, it's likely to be much longer) by posting a comment with your bid - i.e. pledge to donate - at this thread! (Min. $30 USD) If you can't afford to donate right now, you can offer your own services - anything from fic to cookies to custom-made crafts - at the help_haiti comm.

Comments

[siria]

Oh, thanks for the help_haiti link. *goes to offer self*

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Thank you for helping. :)

[kristen999.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this. I'm signing up and hope to help.

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[x-varda-x.livejournal.com]

What's happened in Haiti is really terrible. Most upsetting.

The place to go in the UK is the DEC (Disasters Emergency Committee)
http://www.dec.org.uk/index.html

They split the funds between charities depending on how much manpower each one has. It's very easy to donate online, but I'm sure going into a branch of Oxfam is just as good.

I'll be passing on some quids tomorrow

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you for the link! This should be helpful to UK folks; most of what I know are more US-centric relief organizations.

[longtimegone]

Thanks for the links. I put the CNN and NPR on my facebook!

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The more people who see the donation links, the more help there will be.

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

I signed up to offer fic. I like writing fic for others, and it's cool that this will be helping a good cause to boot.

[sgafan.livejournal.com]

I have signed up to write a fic as well. It's the least I can do. The devastation is beyond tragic.

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The more, the better. :)

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I hope the auction raises a lot of donations; I see there are a bunch of people signing up. \o/