United Way's Response to
Haiti
United Ways in
Puerto Rico,
Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, St. Thomas-St. John and
St. Croix are providing food, water, and other donated goods and building supplies in cooperation with corporate partners. First responders and physicians have traveled to
Haiti and are providing support to the overall effort.
There is an outpouring of support by
United Ways around the world. For example, the China Charity Federation (the
United Way in
China) has been appointed by the Chinese government to receive public donations for
Haiti. In
Israel,
United Way is partnering with the country's leading social organizations to establish a field hospital in
Port-au-Prince. United Way Brasil is working with corporate partners to collect financial donations, as well as organizing food and clothing drives. From
Guatemala,
United Way is providing food and drinking water.
Click here to read the latest update on
United Way's Response to
Haiti.
Citizens can help people in Haiti by donating to the United Way Disaster Fund.
Contributions
to the United Way Worldwide Disaster Fund support recovery and
long-term rebuilding needs of the devastated Haitian communities, as
well as to meet the needs of Haitians affected by the disaster who have
relocated to the United States and throughout the Caribbean.
Checks can also be sent to the following with the Fund reference in either memo line or enclosed correspondence:
United Way Worldwide
P.O. Box 630568
Baltimore,
MD
21263-0568
You can also text HAITI to 864833 (UNITED) to make a $5 donation to the United Way Worldwide Disaster Recovery Fund.
Donations to support immediate recovery efforts can also be made to the American Red Cross at www.redcross.org; by phone at 1-800-733-2767 or by mail at Red Cross,
P.O. Box 37243,
Washington,
D.C.,
20013. Checks can be marked
Haiti relief. Donations can also be made by texting
HAITI to 90999 and a donation of $10 will be given.
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