A major earthquake struck southern Haiti on Tuesday, knocking down buildings and power lines and inflicting what its ambassador to the United States called a catastrophe for the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation.
Several eyewitnesses reported heavy damage and bodies in the streets of the capital, Port-au-Prince, where concrete-block homes line steep hillsides. There was no estimate of the dead and wounded Tuesday evening, but the U.S. State Department has been told to expect “serious loss of life,” department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters in Washington.
“The only thing I can do now is pray and hope for the best,” the ambassador, Raymond Alcide Joseph, told CNN.
Pictures sent to CNN’s iReport show homes and small businesses inHaiti that have collapsed.
(Source: CNN http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/12/haiti.earthquake/index.html)
Haiti Earthquake – Special Coverage on CNN.com
How to make donation for Haiti Earthquake
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World Vision Haiti Earthquake Relief
Telephone: 866-280-6587
Mail: P.O. Box 9716, Federal Way, WA 98063-9716
American Red CrossOnline: http://www.redcrossstl.org
Telephone: Call 314-516-2782 or 314-516-2800
Text message: Text the word “HAITI” to 90999, and a $10 donation will be given to the Red Cross. The $10 donation will appear on your next mobile bill.
Mail: 10195 Corporate Square, St. Louis, MO 63132-2905
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Food for the Poor Haiti Earthquake Relief
Online: www.foodforthepoor.org
Telephone: 954-427-2222
Mail: 6401 Lyons Road, Coconut Creek, Florida 33073
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UNICEF Haiti Earthquake Relief
Online: www.unicefusa.org/haitiquake
Telephone: 1-800-4UNICEF
Mail: U.S. Fund for UNICEF, 125 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038
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Wyclef Jean’s foundation, Yele Haiti.
Online: www.yele.org
Text message: Text “Yele” to 501501 and $5 will be charged to your phone bill and go toward Hatian relief projects.
Telephone: 212-352-0552
Mail: P.O. Box 2345, New York, NY 10108
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Samaritan’s Purse Haiti Earthquake Relief
Online: samaritanspurse.org
Telephone: 800-528-1980
Mail: P.O. Box 3000, Boone, NC 28607-3000
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International Rescue Committee
Online: TheIRC.org
Telephone: 877-REFUGEE
Mail: P.O. Box 96651, Washington, DC 20090-6651
Mail: P.O. Box 3000, Boone, NC 28607
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Catholic Relief Services
Online: CRS.org
Telephone: 800-736-3467
Mail: 228 W. Lexington, Baltimore, MD 21201-3413
Yeah Dhilung, I was worried about you, hehehe, and please joing Haiti relief causes in Facebook if get time.
We are also not away from the active area of tectonic movement. Can’t just imagine what it wound cost if it was in us.