Chrissie Brodigan: We Have to Donate to Chile Too? Disaster Donation This Time Around

Chrissie Brodigan: We Have to Donate to Chile Too? Disaster Donation This Time Around: "Disaster tech is underway, with Google launching new apps to find the missing, crisismappers mapping the disaster areas, photos documenting wreckage from Chile are pouring in, crisis response organizers are dispatching assistance of all forms, journalists on are the move, and artists are making infographics. Amidst the obvious mobilization, you can bet that leaders within non-profits are also convening and trying to figure out their response strategy. Haiti's fundraising was an unprecedented success, but with both staff and donor fatigue, fundraising for Chile might be much harder."

CBC News - Montreal - Chilean Montrealers organize earthquake relief

CBC News - Montreal - Chilean Montrealers organize earthquake relief: "Canadian-Chileans in Montreal are rallying to raise cash for their earthquake-devastated home country.

More than 700 people are now confirmed dead after Saturday's magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile."

Groups Prepare Aid as Chile Assesses Need - WSJ.com

Groups Prepare Aid as Chile Assesses Need - WSJ.com: "Humanitarian groups prepared to dispatch aid to Chile Sunday as the government considered whether to request international relief with the death toll mounting, following one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded."

Chile Quake Damage Valued $15 Billion to $30 Billion at Eqecat - BusinessWeek

Chile Quake Damage Valued $15 Billion to $30 Billion at Eqecat - BusinessWeek: "Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The total economic damage caused by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile today is $15 billion to $30 billion, according to estimates by catastrophe modeling company Eqecat Inc."

Social Media Responds to Chile's Earthquake: We Can Help | Dan's FC Blog | Fast Company

Social Media Responds to Chile's Earthquake: We Can Help | Dan's FC Blog | Fast Company: "As Chilean and international rescue forces work through the rubble cause by the massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that hit near Concepcion, Chile's second-largest city, users of social media the world over have undertaken their own rescue measures. Twitter, Facebook, and several of Google's properties aren't trivial, now. They're life-saving, informational tools. An eye-rolling bit of gossip about one of those Kardashian girls can explode through the web in minutes--and now, news about those in Chile is traveling over the same digital pathways, with the same speed, reaching the same vast amount of people. These are a few ways social media is being used in the wake of the quake."

Chilean Red Cross Urges Residents To Share Internet, Phones

Chilean Red Cross Urges Residents To Share Internet, Phones: "The Chilean Red Cross has posted a message to its Twitter account, asking those who have power, Internet access and working phone lines to share with their neighbors."

Haiti: UN agency recruits young people to assist with post-quake relief

Haiti: UN agency recruits young people to assist with post-quake relief: "25 February 2010 – Hoping to harness the energy and enthusiasm of young people, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has recruited dozens of them to help drive the reconstruction effort in the wake of last month’s catastrophic Haiti earthquake."

Chilean President to Deploy 10,000 Soldiers to Quake Regions | Americas | English

Chilean President to Deploy 10,000 Soldiers to Quake Regions | Americas | English: "Chilean President Michelle Bachelet says the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that has shattered the central portion of the country and displaced some 2 million people is an emergency 'unparalleled in the history of Chile.'"

News: Spring Break in a Disaster Zone - Inside Higher Ed

News: Spring Break in a Disaster Zone - Inside Higher Ed: "Spring Break in a Disaster Zone
March 1, 2010

David Adewumi’s plans for spring break don’t look like those of most other college juniors. He won’t be heading to a resort town for a week of beaches and bars, or home for a week of naps and TV-watching.

Instead, he and 10 other students from Pennsylvania State University will fly south to Haiti, on an earthquake relief trip. They expect to spend a week helping with minor medical care, food distribution and shelter building. “We know we’re a tiny Band-Aid on a huge wound,” he said. “But we’re still doing what we can to help.”"

Consecutive earthquakes may test charitable spirit of Floridians - St. Petersburg Times

Consecutive earthquakes may test charitable spirit of Floridians - St. Petersburg Times: "This latest disaster may test the charitable spirit of Floridians. Still reeling from a sluggish economy, many nonetheless gave willingly only weeks ago when Haiti was devastated by a major quake.

Will compassion fatigue be a problem this time around?"

Mobile Fundraising Campaigns Begin For Chile - washingtonpost.com

Mobile Fundraising Campaigns Begin For Chile - washingtonpost.com: "Following the earthquake in Haiti, mobile fundraising via texting exploded; with over $40 million raised via text messaging alone. With the massive success of the Haiti campaign, mobile donations are now being used to raise funds for the victims of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that shook Chile over the past weekend. Mobile giving is fairly simple; you text a keyword to a code on your phone and a micro-donation is made to a given charity. The donation is billed via your carrier. Similar to the Haiti campaign, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile are waiving text-messaging fees for the donations."

Volunteers help feed Haitian earthquake victims | WWAY NewsChannel 3 | Wilmington NC News

Volunteers help feed Haitian earthquake victims | WWAY NewsChannel 3 | Wilmington NC News: "The Haitian relief effort continues in Wilmington. More than one hundred people packed thousands of meals for Haitains, still suffering after last month's earthquake."

Tim Taliaferro: New Damage Estimate Shows Haiti Needs More Help

Tim Taliaferro: New Damage Estimate Shows Haiti Needs More Help: "The Red Cross ended up raising $32 million from text messages alone, the telethon raised another $6 million, and now, by the Chronicle of Philanthropy's count, American charities have pledged a total of $774 million for Haiti relief efforts.

So, we're done, right?

Unfortunately, no. The earthquake in Haiti and its subsequent aftermath may have passed from our collective consciousness -- it's been more than a month since Port-au-Prince was leveled -- but the need to help the ravaged country has never been more dire."

Haiti earthquake damage estimated up to $14 billion - washingtonpost.com

Haiti earthquake damage estimated up to $14 billion - washingtonpost.com: "Haiti's massive earthquake could be the world's most devastating natural disaster since World War II in relation to the country's size and economy, causing as much as $14 billion in damage, according to a study released Tuesday by the Inter-American Development Bank."

onPhilanthropy: Articles: Reports from the Scene in Haiti

onPhilanthropy: Articles: Reports from the Scene in Haiti: "OnPhilanthropy has been in touch with numerous aid organizations on the ground in Haiti since the January 13 earthquake, some through our CauseWired network of colleagues at NGOs, others through our affiliate Changing Our World’s client organizations. Our immediate response was to post initial reports from the field and to spread the word among our readers about nonprofits who could accept their support to assist the survivors. Amidst the terrible destruction that took over 100,000 lives and leveled massive numbers of structures, a secondary effect was being felt. The relief and development organizations based there – numbering some 9,000, by many estimates – were dealing with their own challenges: collapsed buildings, missing colleagues, lack of power and water, and suddenly, an overwhelming new set of urgent problems to address."

The Social Media Response to Disaster in Haiti | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network

The Social Media Response to Disaster in Haiti | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network: "Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared

When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. How can we do that? Whether we look at mapping tools, fundraising, or missing person systems, the social media response to the January earthquakes in Haiti all leverage the powerful technology we can hold in our hands: our mobile phones. But the way we think about and turn to social media in a time of disaster is changing.

The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones."

North Dakota Aid Hotline Plans to Limit Service - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

North Dakota Aid Hotline Plans to Limit Service - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "North Dakota Aid Hotline Plans to Limit Service

The social-service hotline that helped thousands of displaced North Dakotans secure food and shelter when the Red River burst its banks last spring will severely restrict its coverage next month unless the nonprofit group that runs it can find new funds, reports the Associated Press."

Mobile Giving: The Haiti Cataclysm

Mobile Giving: The Haiti Cataclysm: "Telethons were struck up. Traditional commercial messaging campaigns on TV, radio, and telephone were launched, but in 2010, a new medium was quickly alighted upon by those innovators in the sector: the mobile giving phenomenon. And as the following stats show, when a crisis occurs, it now pays to have access to a world of people with cell phones, iPhones, Blackberries, and various PDAs.
What’s your 'Shortcode?'

Three short months ago, the Canadian arm of the Mobile Giving Foundation (MGF-C) launched in partnership with the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association to allow Canadian wireless service providers to “enable the 100% pass-through of funds raised by all the mobile campaigns that it manages.'"

Children come first when disaster strikes | The Daily Collegian

Children come first when disaster strikes | The Daily Collegian: "The U.S. rushed to aid the people of Haiti by providing food, medical supplies and building shelters. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, about 40 percent of the Haitian population are children ages 14 and under. With such a large population of children displaced, injured, separated or orphaned from their parents, it is essential that the Haitian government make sure they are as safe as possible.

Children are the victims who should be the mai"

Haiti: How U.S. Charity Donations to Haiti Earthquake Victims Are Being Spent - ABC News

Haiti: How U.S. Charity Donations to Haiti Earthquake Victims Are Being Spent - ABC News: "Following the Money

When asked by ABC News to provide numbers on spending for food & water, medical care, shelter and operational costs, four of the organizations -- Operation USA, American Refugee Committee, Merlin and Doctors Without Borders -- did not offer specifics. The most common answer was they just, 'don't have the exact breakdown,' on current spending. Several of organizations offered up descriptions of specific relief, but were not able to assign dollar figures to their efforts."