Disaster in Haiti inspires myriad projects in Washington area schools - washingtonpost.com

Disaster in Haiti inspires myriad projects in Washington area schools - washingtonpost.com: "When the earthquake struck Haiti, students at Waples Mill Elementary School in Oakton moved into action. The student council decided to launch a pennies-for-Haiti program with plans to collect coins for the American Red Cross, and one student proposed setting up a school chapter of the international relief organization."

Reuters AlertNet - Direct Relief Commits $1.2 Million in Cash for Disability Programs in Haiti

Reuters AlertNet - Direct Relief Commits $1.2 Million in Cash for Disability Programs in Haiti: "PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Direct Relief International today announced that it is committing $1.2 million - approximately one-third of the cash support it has received for recovery efforts in Haiti - to support the establishment of prosthetics and orthotics services and the provision of needed assistive devices and rehabilitation to enable long-term response efforts for the people affected by th"

Coupons Ease Chaos in Efforts to Feed Haitians - NYTimes.com

Coupons Ease Chaos in Efforts to Feed Haitians - NYTimes.com: "PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Four days into a new food distribution program from the United Nations that aims to repair a faltering aid effort, paper coupons that can be redeemed for 55 pounds of rice have become more valuable than Haitian money."

JustGive.org -Let's Make It Better

JustGive.org - : "Let's Make It Better
Knowing that Haiti has such a long and tough recovery ahead, JustGive's Board of Directors and Staff have pledged their own money to support ongoing assistance. Effective immediately, for every monthly recurring gift made to a charity listed below, we will match 50 cents of every dollar donated (up to $25,000)*. Helping your gifts make a bigger difference to restore and rebuild Haiti in the months to come."

Patrick OK’s donating time for Haiti - The Boston Globe

Patrick OK’s donating time for Haiti - The Boston Globe: "Governor Deval Patrick signed an executive order yesterday to allow state employees to donate vacation and personal time to co-workers who have been affected by the Haiti earthquake."

U.S Is to Resume Haitian Evacuations - WSJ.com

U.S Is to Resume Haitian Evacuations - WSJ.com: "PORT-AU-PRINCE—Five days after suspending medical evacuations of critically ill Haitian earthquake victims, the U.S. government said Sunday evening that it planned to resume them 'in the next 12 hours.'"

Give and Take - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Give and Take - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Charity Leader Urges Haitians to Take Lead in Rebuilding, Plus More: Monday's Roundup"

Towson student one of many putting lives on hold to help Haiti - baltimoresun.com

Towson student one of many putting lives on hold to help Haiti - baltimoresun.com: "For Towson University student Alec Bersch, what began as a short trip to help his sister run a Haitian orphanage has become an open-ended mission to aid some of the island's neediest children."

Ultimate Yardstick | Philippine Daily Mirror

Ultimate Yardstick | Philippine Daily Mirror: "he over-5,000 priests, attending Second Congress for the Clergy, chipped in P988,675.36 for Haiti earthquake victims, Inquirer reported. Deeply moved, Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales topped that up to P1million.
There has never argument about aid in emergencies. We are our brother’s keepers. Filipinos are no slouch either, as their help for storm “Ondoy”victims..showed,

The differences simmer elsewhere. Should sharing continue even"

Donations to Help Haiti Exceed $560-Million as of January 29 - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Donations to Help Haiti Exceed $560-Million as of January 29 - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Donations to Help Haiti Exceed $560-Million as of January 29

By Caroline Preston and Nicole Wallace

Seventeen days after the massive earthquake struck, donors have contributed more than $560-million to 40 U.S. nonprofit groups, a Chronicle tally finds. (See a list of tallies from the organizations.)"

Haiti quake American donations - chicagotribune.com

Haiti quake American donations - chicagotribune.com: "Local charities are grateful, but still they worry that the American public's historically short attention span will make it difficult to sustain that generosity through a reconstruction effort that will last years. They also fear that the burst of giving might displace philanthropy needed to take care of crises closer to home.

Charities already are struggling. Patrick Rooney, executive director of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, said 2008 saw the largest one-year drop in giving ever, with charities down at least 10 percent from their projections. Late last year, an institute survey of charities found 'serious concern' about their fundraising potential in 2010."

Haiti earthquake jolts a million city-dwellers to head for 'home' / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com

Haiti earthquake jolts a million city-dwellers to head for 'home' / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com: "Geralda Jean-Narcisse, a school secretary in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, was so traumatized by the Jan. 12 earthquake and the devastation it wreaked around her that she could only think of one thing: getting home to Jacmel, the seaside town 50 miles southwest of the capital where her parents live."

School in Queens, New York Hit Hard by Earthquake in Haiti | USA | English

School in Queens, New York Hit Hard by Earthquake in Haiti | USA | English: "About 250,000 Haitians and Haitian-Americans live in the New York area, many of them first-generation immigrants or their children. When the earthquake hit Haiti on January 12, it also struck at those New Yorkers, uprooting or killing family members and destroying landmarks and homes where generations had lived. At Saints Joachim and Anne School, a Catholic school in Queens where 80 percent of students are from immigrant Haitian families, the destruction is deep. Almost everyone lost family members in the earthquake"

The Diamondback - Student groups and Haiti: In it for the long haul

The Diamondback - Student groups and Haiti: In it for the long haul: "At the university, however, fundraisers and charity events for Haiti are just getting started. From the Caribbean Students Association’s candlelight vigil on Thursday to the upcoming Indian Students Association’s spring charity dinner Feb. 8, the university community is still fired up and willing to help Haiti. At a recent meeting, many student organization leaders expressed their ideas on how to raise money and supplies for earthquake victims. Many more leaders were simply there to ask how they could help in collaborative efforts with other organizations. Right now, there is still a great passion among students for sending aid to Haiti."