Haiti - Help Haiti Now

[(CHI)Juan]

Haiti :

http://www.helphaitinow.org/

Thank you for your concern, inquiries, donations, and prayers for Haiti!!!

[Rob ITST]

Just a reminder to everyone to be careful of who you donate money to. By all means, donate if you can, but people will take advantage of times like this. Help Haiti Now may be safe, and I'm not saying it isn't, but just be careful.

Your local Red Cross is always a safe place.

[jayl0ve]

Good point Rob...you should always be really careful in situations like this

[GOA MASTER MDMA]

i absolutly agree here . you must be carefully to which organisation you give your money for haiti .
i think "" rotes kreuz "" (red cross) is allways a good option to help with money

[emate007]

The problem I have with donating money to these organizations is that as soon as you give them $20, they'll spend $30 sending you mailers begging for more over the next 3 years.

The Red Cross has done this to me in the past, maybe they've changed.

[(CHI)Juan]

Prayers for Haiti!!!

[GOA MASTER MDMA]

The problem I have with donating money to these organizations is that as soon as you give them $20, they'll spend $30 sending you mailers begging for more over the next 3 years.

The Red Cross has done this to me in the past, maybe they've changed.

i had the same with misereor and another organisation.
i had give some money a few years ago -and now i got every year post from them

that nerves - i stopped giving money to organisations !
i heared too much bad storys about this organisations

i think the best way is to send a few persons from haiti privatly little money !!

i do that way with indian people.
i stay nearly every year in goa -and i allways give some people from the street privatly money (100-200 euro )- so i know the money comes to the right persons-and not into the fat rich mans pocket

[emate007]

Exactly. I've become VERY cynical about most non-profit organizations. If you ever get a chance to look at the books of the most widely recognized names, you'll see that most of the money they take in goes to the wrong places. Like marketing, CEO compensation, etc. (those ridiculous sad animal commercials you see all the time come to mind immediately, the ads must be SUPER expensive)

Most of these groups would rather pay the CEO 3 times what he deserves than try to spend all the extra money on their stated mission and risk having extra cash on hand.

For example - http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/ye ... f1.html?sb

They're not all bad of course. I think Salvation Army is the biggest 'clean' organization, but they're guilty of spam mailing as well.

[Q. Reese]

Just a reminder to everyone to be careful of who you donate money to. By all means, donate if you can, but people will take advantage of times like this. Help Haiti Now may be safe, and I'm not saying it isn't, but just be careful.

Your local Red Cross is always a safe place.

Rob. I heard that the Red Cross is even being questioned from donors.

Also, I am hearing that Haiti does not need much monetary help right now. They need volunteers to go down there and physically get people out of the rumble.

[GOA MASTER MDMA]

i agree

a person where is nearly dead without water and food ,needs at most important thing a volunteer

for what they need water and foot when they have a volunteer ??

send no money and food to tahiti - send volunteers !!

[(CHI)Juan]

Chile supports to Haiti

[Y Enzo Y]

there was a national campaign last night on radio and tv over here.they raised over 20 million

[GOA MASTER MDMA]

i really hope the money switch into food and water and a place to live for the people !!
and not to the fat rich gays in tahiti!

i will give something to tahiti .
i use that way.... .

i search for a poor family in tahiti .
i ask the german consulat for a family in tahiti ,where loose all in that earthquake - than i contact this family over the consulat and send them money !!
so i can be sure that all the money goes for real help .

thats a little work for me - but its much safer as to spend money to a organisation .
from 100 euro spending money comes maybe 5-10 euro for food to the people !!-

[djarvik]

i really hope the money switch into food and water and a place to live for the people !!
and not to the fat rich gays in tahiti!

i will give something to tahiti .
i use that way.... .

i search for a poor family in tahiti .
i ask the german consulat for a family in tahiti ,where loose all in that earthquake - than i contact this family over the consulat and send them money !!
so i can be sure that all the money goes for real help .

thats a little work for me - but its much safer as to spend money to a organisation .
from 100 euro spending money comes maybe 5-10 euro for food to the people !!-

That is an interesting way, but, it will just become a case of "Who can ask better" not who need help more.


It's really tricky to donate, help people nowadays.....I really don't know of any other sure way......maybe help with food and any physical way is the only way to help....any monetary helpings are risky.

I say send food, clothes ..etc... but How?

[GOA MASTER MDMA]

i think that is difficult - when i ´m right i think no organisation takes food for haiti -they all take only money -
maybe for clothes you can find a organisation to send -
but on the other hand, in tahiti are 30 grad celsius - i think clothes are not so important -maybe swimming wear

its little tricky to find a family over the consulat -but not too tricky -you must only say which kind of person you will help,
you must ask for a contact - than you must say that the money you spend must go completly directly to that family you choice out .
maybe you pay 20-30 euro for the bank transfer
at all its easy ,because 90 % from the people there need help right now .

i done that a few years ago in indonesia ,where the tsunami destroit parts of thailand and indonesia