ICIWorld's Charities and Aid Resource Page Many of the following aid groups help out in various capacities for disasters in Haiti and other disasters such as Katrina and the South Asia tsunami. People are greatly concerned with social responsibility. By making a contribution to something which one believes in, we feel that, even in a small way, we are making a difference. This page can help you make the right choices and how to contribute.
Meanwhile, provincial governments are making cash donations to the Canadian Red Cross to help relief efforts. Information, resources, and ways you can help survivors of the Haiti earthquake. 
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Mobile Giving Foundation I spoke with Bell Canada and they said you can text $5 from your cell phone by sending a text message to 45678 and type Haiti in the body. A $5 will be charged on your Bell Mobility bill. Canadian Red Cross set up a text messaging campaign that lets cellphone users donate $5 to the Haiti Earthquake Fund by texting REDCROSS to 30333. After users respond to a confirmation message, a $5 charge is placed on their phone bill.
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Charitable Organization Car Donation Tsunami Aid: Where to Donate Online Many relief organizations have set up Websites to take donations for aid to victims of the South Asia tsunami. Below is a partial listing; in addition, several blogs, such as The Command Post and Tsunami Help, also provide good information on where and how to donate. You can also go to Network for Good to donate to multiple aid organizations. Relief organizations stress that cash contributions are the most effective, because of the expense involved in transporting donations of goods like food or clothing to Asia. Some aid organizations, and where to donate online: This is the major relief provider in the area and one of the few organizations actively helping people trace lost relatives. It has pledged to raise $8.5 million worldwide for emergency aid The group has dispatched 54 tons of medical and sanitation equipment to northern Sumatra and Colombo and opened a clinic in Aceh, near the epicenter of the earthquake South Asia Tsunami Relief Fund of the United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund CARE volunteers in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand are providing survivors with water purification tablets and oral rehydration salts to combat water-borne diseases Oxfam, which is concentrating its efforts in the worst hit areas, has flown 27 tons of emergency equipment to Sri Lanka and Indonesia and is distributing food and shelter supplies from its base in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka The UN organization has airlifted two shipments of food aid to Colombo and the Maldives as part of its $1.5 million pledge to disaster victims The UNs refugee agency is leading the organizations effort to shelter displaced people and has already delivered tents, kitchen sets and plastic sheeting to thousands in Aceh and Sri Lanka This site, organized by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, contains news and documents related to major humanitarian crises around the world Has local teams in Aceh treating children for water-borne diseases and emotional trauma World Vision is collecting money for family survival kits that will include blankets, tarps, water purification tablets and cooking supplies The group is giving practical aid and spiritual comfort in Sri Lanka, India and Aceh and Nias Island in Indonesia, by setting up feeding centers, distributing clothing and blankets in relief camps and counseling relatives of victims Mercy Corps is working with local organizations in India and Sri Lanka to distribute provisions and has emergency teams in Padang and Banda Aceh The organization has pledged $25 million in aid to India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia and has already begun providing food and medical assistance in the affected areas with partner agency Caritas India The group is working with non-governmental organizations in the disaster region to provide emergency food, shelter and medical relief and long-term development support Islamic Relief Worldwide has launched an appeal to raise $4 million for relief intervention and rehabilitation in the region, with $54,000 earmarked for Sri Lanka and Indonesia Will help rebuild infrastructure damaged by the tsunami and provide aid and counseling to victims Focusing relief efforts on the hardest-hit areas of Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India Donate online to the Indian relief fund Donate to many non-profits here
We would like to hear about the charities, worthy causes that you believe are good to support and the reasons why. Contact us now to have your charity listed here. You may give ideas to others to support it. Our industry is made up of many different people from very diverse backgrounds. However one thing we all share is our love to serve. There are many ways to serve ones community including our service to our families, prospects and clients, and the community in which we live. Here are ways that members and readers of ICIWorld serve their community. Knights of
Columbus are Catholic gentlemen committed to the exemplification of
charity. Habitat for Humanity Canada Builds affordable housing for families in need. This program is a "hand up" not a "hand out." "Service to humanity is the greatest work of life." Sincerely
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