CauseWorld Lets Users Give To Haiti Via Their iPhone. CauseWorld (iTunes link), an iPhone app from Shopkick, is off to a strong start. They first launched in December, and they quickly got the coveted featured spot on the iTunes app store. Yesterday, they started letting users donate to the American Red Cross for Haiti relief. The application gives users karma points for checking in to certain retail stores. Those karma points can then be converted into donations to various charities and other good causes (water in Sudan, food for the poor, trees in the Amazon, etc.).
We’re waiting patiently for user and usage numbers for the CauseWorld. In the meantime, Shopkick has added donations to Haiti via the American Red Cross, and Shopkick is matching all donations. Shopkick has raised $2.5 million in venture capital from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Reid Hoffman. Up to 150 UN staff still missing in Haiti after quake. The UN could not confirm that its top officials in Haiti were dead Officials at the UN say between 100 and 150 people from its 9,000-strong peacekeeping mission in Haiti are still missing after the earthquake.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon listed 16 peacekeeping soldiers and police who are known to have died. The UN said it urgently needed medical support and rescue teams with heavy lifting equipment. The head of UN peacekeeping, Alain Le Roy, said UN police and troops in Haiti had secured the port and airport. They were also patrolling and helping clear roads, he added.
Top officials missing Among those missing are UN mission head Hedi Annabi of Tunisia and his chief deputy, Luis Carlos da Costa. Edmond Mulet, Mr Annabi's predecessor, is on his way to Port-au-Prince to take charge of the peacekeeping mission in an interim capacity. Ten Brazilian peacekeepers, three from Jordan and a Haitian staff member are among those confirmed to have died. Brazilian anxiety. Earthquake: News updates. FBI Warns Against Online Haiti Relief Scams - The Two-Way - Brea. First U.S. military aid reaches quake-stricken Haiti. First team team will assess what Haiti needs to cope with the immediate aftermathOne task is to set up temporary air traffic control systemsAircraft carrier, ships with medical facilities heading toward Haiti Washington (CNN) -- With the first of its flights touching down in earthquake-devastated Haiti late Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. began deploying military planes, ships and ground troops to the Caribbean nation.
One of two planes carrying a 30-person assessment team arrived at Port-au-Prince airport about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. The team will assess what Haiti needs to cope with the immediate aftermath of the disaster. One of the team's first jobs is to get the airport working to a point where it can handle all the flights coming in from around the world filled with people and supplies to help the victims of the quake. The U.S. Southern Command is leading the Department of Defense's response. "He says the runway is functional, but the tower doesn't have communications capability. FBI warning of Haiti earthquake scams. Haiti quake survivors line up to get water from a fire truck. To help Haiti earthquake victims, check out charities at Impact Your WorldFBI says don't click on links or files in unsolicited donation request e-mailsDo not ever donate cash; don't give your credit card info to people phoning for donationsAsk if charity is registered and what percentage of money goes to victims (CNN) -- As the world looks for ways to help the victims of Haiti's earthquake, the FBI is now warning that there are also those who are looking for opportunities set up scams surrounding the latest disaster relief efforts.
The FBI advises that people should be very skeptical of any unsolicited appeals they receive or find on the Internet. One month after Hurricane Katrina, the FBI said it was suspicious of most of the 4,600 Web sites soliciting money on behalf of those victims. Within an hour of the World Trade Center attacks, scam sites popped up on the Web according to ScamBusters.org. • It's OK to be suspicious.
In Haiti, Survivors Search for the Dead, and for Solace - NYTime. Haitian capital largely destroyed in quake - Americas. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — At a collapsed Caribbean Supermarket where search teams from Florida and New York City worked, rescuers late Sunday pulled two survivors from what had been its fourth floor. Officials said both were in stable condition, able to survive for so long by eating food trapped along with them. Earlier in the day, a policeman reported three other people had been rescued from the rubble.
Crews had located the pair on Sunday afternoon and worked to get them out, NBC's Kerry Sanders reported from the scene. One official coordinating the rescue efforts there told Sanders that a text message believed sent from under the rubble indicated that "more than 60" people were alive there.Officials later said that number was probably a mistake. The supermarket's manager, Samer Tahmoush, estimated that there would have been around 75 to 100 shoppers inside the market in the Delmas neighborhood when the quake hit. "It's a little miracle," said Reinhard Riedl, her husband. Archbishop of Port-au-Prince dies in earthquake - Breaking News. Haiti quake survivors spend second night in streets.
The BBC's Andy Gallacher: The hospital car park was strewn with bodies Thousands of Haitians are spending a second night in the open after the country's catastrophic earthquake which may have killed tens of thousands. Medical aid agency Medecins sans Frontieres reported a "massive influx" of casualties at its makeshift clinics, many of them with severe injuries. The search for survivors under the rubble went on after darkness. Substantial foreign aid for the three million people said to be in need is due to begin arriving within hours. The first US aid planes have already landed at the airport serving the capital, Port-au-Prince, and US naval ships are on the way. EU states, Russia and China are among those sending rescue and medical teams by plane while pledges of aid have been made by countries around Latin America. Haitian President Rene Preval could not give an official estimate of the dead, saying: "I don't know... up to now, I heard 50,000... 30,000.
" Sleeping among the dead. CNN.com Live - Breaking news, live events, and today's top stori. Haiti earthquake: Victims forced to dig through rubble with bare. By David Gardner and Liz Hazelton Updated: 09:29 GMT, 14 January 2010 Red Cross fears around three million people affected by 7.2 quakeUp to 100 UN staff including believed dead after headquarters collapseCharities launch emergency appeals to help stricken survivorsPresidential palace crumbles, hospital collapses and houses swept awayBritain sends emergency team as Obama vows 'unwavering' support Bloodstained bodies are piled high in the streets of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince today amid fears that thousands have died in a catastrophic earthquake.
Rescuers have been forced to dig through rubble with their bare hands to free trapped survivors as the Red Cross said up to three million people may have been affected. British and international aid agencies are rushing to assist today as the full horror of the disaster began to emerge. Helpless: An injured child receives medical treatment in Port-au-Prince 'Parliament has collapsed. ‘The whole building was cracked down’ said Mr Valcin. Destruction in Haiti. Séisme en Haïti: deuxième nuit d'angoisse pour 3 millions de sin. >> Cet article est actualisé en temps réel, cliquez ici pour rafraîchir 23h25: le bilan des victimes françaises s'alourditIl est passé de deux à six morts, indique le ministère français des Affaires étrangères. 23h05: Obama et Sarkozy s'entretiennent au téléphoneIls ont discuté de la situation en Haïti et sont tombés d'accord sur la nécessité de coordonner l'aide internationale pour les victimes du séisme. 22h45: Evacuation de 200 Français Quelque 200 ressortissants français devaient être évacués jeudi soir de Port-au-Prince, a-t-on appris de source diplomatique dans la capitale haïtienne, 48 heures après le tremblement de terre de mardi.
Les Français devaient être évacués à bord d'un Airbus A310 vers une destination que cette source n'a pas souhaité préciser. Il souhaite ainsi «permettre aux familles qui le souhaitent de pouvoir se rendre sur place dans les meilleurs délais», selon le communiqué. 20h42: Des élus américains veulent aider Haïti en levant les barrières fiscales américaines. Google Offers Satellite Images of Haiti, Post-Earthquake. In the immediate aftermath of a 7.0 earthquake that caused an unbelievable amount of destruction to Haiti's capital, Google has been asked by relief organizations and users to show images of what's actually happening on the ground. In partnership with geospatial imagery company GeoEye, Google has just released a new layer for Google Earth showing post-earthquake devastation.
Haiti was first added to Google Map Maker in response to hurricanes that wreaked havoc on the country more than a year ago. Read on for before-after pictures and details. The Red Cross has stated that as many as 3 million Haitians have been affected by the earthquake, with as many as 100,000 deaths likely, according to Haiti's prime minister. Since the quake's epicenter was right off the capital city, Port-au-Prince, most of the official buildings, from government officials' residences to jails and hospitals, have been significantly damaged or completely leveled. Google's imagery shows exactly that: Increíble!/satteliteimage. Quake devastates Haiti, thousands feared dead: AP news | adn.com. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti Dazed survivors wandered past dead bodies in rubble-strewn streets Wednesday, crying for loved ones, and rescuers desperately searched collapsed buildings as fear rose that the death toll from Haiti's devastating earthquake could reach into the tens of thousands.
The first cargo planes with food, water, medical supplies, shelter and sniffer dogs headed to the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation a day after the magnitude-7 quake flattened much of the capital of 2 million people. Tuesday's earthquake brought down buildings great and small from shacks in shantytowns to President Rene Preval's gleaming white National Palace, where a dome tilted ominously above the manicured grounds.
Hospitals, schools and the main prison collapsed. The capital's Roman Catholic archbishop was killed when his office and the main cathedral fell. Police officers turned their pickup trucks into ambulances to carry the injured. "The professor is dead. "I can't take it anymore. A U.S. Earthquake in Haiti: Celebrities and fans respond in the Twitter. Burning tires illuminate what remains of Haitian town. Residents in Jacmel, Haiti, sleeping on mattresses, boxes in drivewaysGwenn Goodale Mangine tells CNN schools, homes, churches destroyed in townMangine: "There's no way to dig them out. No big machinery.
No tools. There's nothing"Earthquake tore a "big chunk of the hearts of the Haitian people," Mangine says (CNN) -- In Jacmel, Haiti, as light rain fell with the darkness Wednesday, Gwenn Goodale Mangine and a group of 35 people prepared to spend their second night sleeping outside on mattresses and cardboard boxes in her driveway. Everyone is scared to be indoors. It is cold and damp. The people of Jacmel line the streets, setting tires on fire to light up a town that has been reduced to rubble in many parts and is without power, she said. "No one is wanting to go back into their homes, so they were all on the street. The local airport has now become a refugee camp, she said. The U.S. Video: 'We've got to save lives' Video: Planes, ships to Haiti Video: Florida governor helping Haiti. Doctors Without Borders. U.S. Department of State. Bill Clinton on the Disaster.
White House Taps Bush, Clinton to Help Lead Haiti Relief. Former President Bill Clinton, left, and former President George W. Bush will assist in the Haiti relief effort. (AP Photos) President Obama has tapped George W. Bush, a prime target of Democratic criticism during the presidential campaign for his response to Hurricane Katrina, to help lead Haiti relief efforts in the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated the country two days ago. Bush will join up with former President Bill Clinton, who is also the United Nations special envoy for Haiti. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday that Obama, who spoke with Bush Wednesday evening, is looking to replicate the relief effort that Clinton and George H.W. "The president believed that the partnership that President George W.
Bush and Clinton said in a joint statement they are "deeply saddened" by the situation in Haiti and have accepted Obama's offer to lead "private sector fundraising efforts. " Gibbs downplayed the past criticism when asked about it Thursday. Limbaugh: Obama will use Haiti to boost credibility with "light- Haiti and the Politics of Disaster - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes. Bodies lining Haiti's roadsides are grim tally of earthquake - T. By Tina Susman Los Angeles Times Posted: 01/14/2010 01:00:00 AM MST|Updated: 4 years ago A body is carried on a door through the streets of Port-au-Prince, which was strewn with corpses. (Ivanoh Demers, The Associated Press ) An injured child receives treatment Wednesday in Port-au-Prince. Many survivors had hideous wounds, and a triage unit was set up outside a hotel. (Eduardo Munoz, Reuters) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — As darkness fell on Haiti's capital Wednesday, crowds gathered in the streets to spend the evening in the relative safety of the outdoors, their lives turned upside down by Tuesday's devastating magnitude-7 earthquake.
Many survivors broke out into communal song, seeking to soothe themselves and remain calm in a city with no power, little water, a limited number of habitable buildings and scores of bodies strewn along roadways. About 6:30 p.m., the songs turned into screams, as a strong aftershock hit. Across Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, the damage seemed nearly random. MSF creates tent medical facilities in post-quake Haiti.
Crowing Rooster Arts. Courage... Using .ORG Directory to Find Haiti Relief Organizations. SCUM: Haiti Disaster Attracts Hoaxes and Scammers. FRONTLINE/WORLD . Dispatches . iWitness . Haiti Quake: Improvisa. Doctors Without Borders. 8 Specific Ways to Pray for Haiti « OperationSAFE. Share photos on Twitter. Untitled. Haitian Earthquake: Made in the USA | CommonDreams.org. As grim accounts of the earthquake in Haiti came in, the accounts in U.S. -controlled state media all carried the same descriptive sentence: "Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere...
" Gee, I wonder how that happened? You'd think Haiti would be loaded. After all, it made a lot of people rich. How did Haiti get so poor? Despite a century of American colonialism, occupation, and propping up corrupt dictators? Even though the CIA staged coups d'état against every democratically elected president they ever had? It's an important question. "Looking at the pictures, essentially it looks as if (the buildings are of) breezeblock or cinderblock construction, and what you need in an earthquake zone is metal bars that connect the blocks so that they stay together when they get shaken," notes Sandy Steacey, director of the Environmental Science Research Institute at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland.
When a pile of cinderblocks falls on you, your odds of survival are long. Stéphane Jourdain : «Nous n'avons que nos doigts pour chercher l. Juché au sommet d'une montagne de blocs de ciment, de câbles et de restes de bureaux, l'un de ses collègues pose une planche en bois sur son visage pour le protéger des pierres qui sautent avec les coups qui fendent le béton. Sous un soleil de plomb, les hommes se relaient pour donner ces coups de masse salvateurs qui claquent sur le burin. Un autre homme enlève à main nu les pierres qui s'entassent sur le corps du survivant qui porte un foulard couleur peau de léopard sur la tête. Après la masse, cinq employés des impôts empoignent un énorme sécateur pour couper l'armature en fer de la dalle de béton qui recouvre le survivant. Mais derrière, une énorme poutre en ciment apparaît. Il faudra sans doute plusieurs heures et d'autres outils pour finalement le dégager. Deux jours après le tremblement de terre qui a presque totalement rasé le centre de Port-au-Prince, dans le quartier des ministères, les Haïtiens étaient toujours seuls jeudi pour venir en aide aux survivants.
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