[net-gold] COUNTRIES: HAITI : DISASTERS: EARTHQUAKES : TELECOMMUNICATIONS : TECHNOLOGY: New Technology Speeds Donations for Haiti Relief Efforts
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- Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:06:58 -0500 (EST)
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COUNTRIES: HAITI :
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS :
TECHNOLOGY:
New Technology Speeds Donations for Haiti Relief Efforts
New Technology Speeds Donations for Haiti Relief Efforts
By Susan Kinzie
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 15, 2010
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2010/01/14/AR2010011404663.html>
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New and easier ways to contribute have helped propel donations for Haiti
earthquake relief efforts despite a weak economy, according to officials
at a number of aid organizations, some of whom marveled at the volume of
donations tweeted and texted from cellphones.
<snip>
Although it's too early to do more than estimate the dollar amounts, aid
officials agreed that for a variety of reasons -- including the extent of
the devastation, the depth of poverty in Haiti before the earthquake, the
proximity of the country to the United States and the large number of
Haitians with family members who live here -- Americans have responded
with swift generosity.
"You would not have any idea that we're in this economy," said Stephanie
Kurzina, a vice president at Oxfam America.
The totals do not include the $100 million committed by the World Bank and
another $100 million pledged by the United States.
<snip>
The viral pace of donations via text showed no signs of slowing Thursday,
said Jim Manus, chief executive of Mobile Giving, which announced that
more than $4.5 million had been raised by that means alone as of Thursday
evening.
Haitian American musician Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti Foundation, for
example, was receiving 10,000 texts an hour. Large organizations such as
the William J. Clinton Foundation were launching text campaigns late in
the day.
The more traditional ways of helping continued, too. People wrote checks,
boxed up rations in basements and passed collection baskets at churches.
American Eagle flew the first of several 30,000-pound shipments of
supplies including water, food, soap and diapers, and its parent company,
AMR Corp., encouraged customers to give to the American Red Cross by
offering frequent-flier miles. A hip-hop event at a P Street lounge turned
into a Haiti benefit.
The FBI and some watchdog groups warned donors to be careful of potential
scams. Web sites popped up overnight, and false text-messaging codes
proliferated. Web sites such as Charity Navigator offered lists of
organizations with low overhead costs and a proven commitment to Haiti.
Officials at several relief agencies expressed concern that, despite the
short-term blitz of texts and tweets, once the immediate crisis has
passed, the state of the U.S. economy will prevent donors from continuing
to give.
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