I am going to be the first to post a donation receipt. I have also given to the Red Cross and the Clinton/Bush Relief Fund. Beyond UNICEF, Red Cross and Clinton/Bush I do not trust. Please post all of your donation receipts here. Lets see them and keep this thread on topic and alive. Again, I am not asking for you to donate thousands of dollars. How about $25 to just one of the well known charities above? Please. Lets say you are too lazy to go to the sites. At least send the text message to the Red Cross which will charge your cell phone bill $10. The price of a beer or two can help someone out who needs it. The Red Cross needs your support.
I see this thread has already received 280 views. If I have convinced at least one of you to donate, then its been worthwhile. The Red Cross works on donations and without them it would not be able to function. I have never made periodic donations before, but I might just consider continuing my donations to them and UNICEF from this point forward. If you could do me a favor and please encourage as many people you know to go to the Red Cross, UNICEF or Bush/Clinton website and donate. Send some of your buddies emails or text messages. Encourage at least one other person to make a donation and ask them to encourage others.
I believe New Orleans has had more than enough relief from the flood. There is only so much that can be done to help a city in need when the state does not want to help it. The main enemy to New Orleans is the government corruption. Since Katrina, I think a majority of americans wised up to the fact that the donation business is a reckless and often corrupt money maker for the most part. I don't believe the Red Cross is efficient by any means, but it does seem to be the most effective along with the Salvation Army. So that is where my Haiti money will go. I don't trust World Vision, too much corruption in the news.
Through my tax dollars, Obama will be contributing on my behalf. That's more than enough. The world hates US, they think we're a bunch of arrogant cowboys, but when they're in trouble, they DEMAND we give. It is our obligation to give. I won't be giving from my own pocket. I'm unemployed ...
New Orleans is (or was) in a very bad state no doubt. There are also several domestic issues here that we need taken care of. However, whatever hurdles we are dealing with are nothing when compared to whats going on down in Haiti right now. I am certain that a lot of people in Haiti would love the comfort of a homeless shelter here in the US. Its that bad down there where the Haitian people would not mind the worst fate's in the United States. These donations will not rebuild Haiti or revitalize its economy, but it will make a horrible situation that much better. It might save or help prolong a few lives. Like I said, the Red Cross and UNICEF need cash to keep operating and do what they do. You dont need to drink all that beer tonight. How about not drinking beer tonight and sending the money you would have spent to the Red Cross or UNICEF?
I beg to differ......I'd rather not eat.........sip, sip.....yummm c'mon, its a holiday tomorrow. What do you expect? Hangover just won best comedy........this country likes its beer
Haiti has already been pledged over a billion dollars just by the governments of the world. The average haitian makes about $1.25 per day. This means that just from the money from different governments of the world, the average haitian is getting enough money for them to not work for 3 months. There are so many people in this world that need help. I mean, you can donate money to http://aim4asia.org/ and help rescue some children in cambodia that are being raped by old american men right now as we speak. The haitians had 80% unemployment so 80% of them are just as well off as they were before the earthquake. A billion dollars is more than enough to send them clean water and drill a few wells (it costs $3,600 to drill a well on average) So the money Haiti is getting is already enough to drill a couple of hundred thousand wells for clean water. If you want to donate, donate to help save child sex slaves in the link above as they are way worse off right now and I bet every single one of those children would trade places with any haitian in a second.
Nope. A billion dollars will not be enough. You have an entire area that has been leveled by an earthquake. The money will probably not be enough to rebuild all of the infrastructure. I would also not trust governmental entities to do the job. I think a mix of private and public entitities will do it. Here is a list of groups that I vetted through the Better Business Bureau and the other websites that seem credible enough. Like I said before, the Red Cross operates on donations. Just donate $10. Thats all I am asking. United Nations World Food Program https://www.wfp.org/donate/haiti International Medical Corps https://www.imcworldwide.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=878 Americares https://secure.americares.org/site/Donation2?idb=78993387&df_id=5083&5083.donation=form1 ADRA https://secure2.convio.net/ccadra/site/Donation2?df_id=2328&2328.donation=form1 Direct Relief http://www.directrelief.org/ UNICEF https://secure.unicefusa.org/site/Donation2?df_id=6680&6680.donation=form1 Red Cross http://arc3.convio.net/site/PageSer...&s_src=RSG000000000&s_subsrc=RCO_BigRedButton Clinton Bush Haiti Fund https://re.clintonbushhaitifund.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=3884 Save the Children https://secure.savethechildren.org/...d=gp_e_haiti&gclid=CMzQ4dSFrZ8CFQJhswodV0hlbA
Here is two more: CARE https://my.care.org/site/Donation2?...tent=careisbringing&utm_campaign=redhaiti5080 WORLD VISION http://www.worldvision.org/worldvis...ief?Open&campaign=113655125&cmp=KNC-113655125 Lets say you are feeling generous. You have 12 credible charities. Get together $300 and give $25 to each.