Haiti - Donations

Fanny Cradock

Grace and grief amid Haiti's ruins

It's difficult to know what we can do as individuals! For now I guess our only options are prayer and money. If people are looking to make a donation specifically to a Christian organisation attempting to provide support, then might I suggest http://www.tearfund.ie/news/hai/ or www.Tearfund.org. €31 can provide a tarpaulin for shelter for a family and €55 can provide a family of with emergency household items, water containers and blankets.

Please feel free to suggest any other organisations.

chozometroid

American Red Cross
Children's Hunger Fund
ADRA
Baptist Global Response
United Methodist Committee on Relief

homer911

Goal
http://www.goalireland.com/donations/request1.php
Concern
http://www.concern.net/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=42
Irish Red Cross
http://www.redcross.ie/help/donate_now.php?appeal=98

ceoexec2

does anyone know if donations can be made through your local bank to these charities or do you have to use the charitys website

chozometroid

ceoexec2 wrote: »

does anyone know if donations can be made through your local bank to these charities or do you have to use the charitys website

If you mean the banks accepting donations, I highly doubt it. The banks themselves may donate money to the charities, but they do not serve as a method of donating for individuals.

When in doubt, call your local bank.

If you mean transferring money (like a wire transfer), then you need to find out through the charity, not the bank.

Perhaps you could call UNICEF Ireland and ask them what methods they accept. 01-878 3000

Fanny Cradock

ASFAIK, you can phone the charity directly with your details or send them a cheque/ postal order. If you are worried about safety, I wouldn't worry too much. All transactions are protected by something like SSL-encryption technology or go through a dedicated transaction company like PayPal.

The large banks do accept donations on behalf of some of the charities mentioned, but I can't say for sure that they don't pocket some handling fee.

http://www.aib.ie/personal/home/haiti-earthquake-appeal

ceoexec2

thanks, does it matter which irish charity you donate to. do they provide different types of aid or do they all pool their resources?

MrPudding

chozometroid wrote: »

If you mean the banks accepting donations, I highly doubt it. The banks themselves may donate money to the charities, but they do not serve as a method of donating for individuals.

They normally do actually, when there has been a big disaster.

MrP

PDN

ceoexec2 wrote: »

thanks, does it matter which irish charity you donate to. do they provide different types of aid or do they all pool their resources?

Each charity has slightly different policies and procedures. For example, some prefer longer term projects leading to self-reliance while others concentrate on short-term meeting of needs. However, in a desperate crisis situation like Haiti there will be a fair amount of cooperation and pooling of resources.

Fanny Cradock

PDN wrote: »

Each charity has slightly different policies and procedures. For example, some prefer longer term projects leading to self-reliance while others concentrate on short-term meeting of needs. However, in a desperate crisis situation like Haiti there will be a fair amount of cooperation and pooling of resources.

I was chatting briefly to a chap at Tearfund.ie. From what I gather they already had a presence in Haiti prior to the earthquake (unlike some of the other aid organisations) and so they have contacts in and with the local community. The assumption here is that they can deliver aid that bit more rapidly and effectively because of this.

Fanny Cradock

Unfortunately it looks like somebody is making a pigs ear of the aid distribution.

Haiti aid agencies warn: chaotic and confusing relief effort is costing lives

chozometroid

MrPudding wrote: »

They normally do actually, when there has been a big disaster.

MrP

Yes, I'm quite wrong on this one.

Fanny Cradock

A brief update from Tearfund

http://www.tearfund.ie/news/medical_relief_in_haiti/

Fanny Cradock

Just a little bump. Aid is still slow getting to the needy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8501660.stm

Fanny Cradock

A brief update:

http://www.tearfund.ie/news/haiti_more_than_50000_raised/

Fanny Cradock

Another bump for Haiti. Disasters slip so easily from the mind.