How Did You Decide to Help Haiti for the Rest of 2010?

Thanks for sharing all of the wonderful ways that you are helping, and plan to help the Haitian earthquake survivors. 

As you see more organizations and individuals doing work there that you admire, I hope you'll share them with the BlogHer community.

BlogHer Contributing Editor, Britt Bravo ( http://blogher.org/?q=member/britt-bravo ), also blogs at Have Fun * Do Good ( http://havefundogood.blogspot.com/ ).

I'm glad that you posted about this, Britt! I was watching the news during the week and they are estimating that it will take Haiti at least 5 years to recover from the devastation of the earthquake and I was wondering how I could continue to contribute to the relief and rebuilding efforts. I will definitely take a look at CARE and other organizations committed to the now and the later.

Karyn

http://thefabulousgiver.com

As an adult with a cleft lip & palate at birth, I support Operation Smile ( http://www.operationsmile.org/ ) all the time. I decided to put my support behind them for the work they are doing in Haiti as well ( http://www.operationsmile.org/haiti/ ). I know the organization and the work they do, and also know they need sustained support for surgical operations around the world, so I don't want to stop putting that word out either. They responded quickly and got teams down there. Like you, I felt the need to focus.

I am also doing some database work for the Relief Oversight Project, part of the Disaster Accountability Project (formed after the New Orleans hurricanes, basically an organization that monitors organizations regarding where the funds & efforts go.) I learned about it through some CrisisCamp NYC tweets. Without Twitter I would know so much less. I really feel like I can sustain volunteer efforts this way.

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I'm so glad that you wrote this post. One of my biggest concerns is that once the media attention fades that people will forget about Haiti and the relief efforts will dwindle. It's such a great idea that you've incorporated the Haiti relief into your budget for the rest of 2010. I, too, have just created a volunteer program at my former high school, where we will meet twice a week and have an ongoing effort. I've also posted a banner on my blog for donations. It's easy to support causes in the beginning but the true test comes in the long run. Let's continue to spread the motivation for long term relief.

Ideally, I would love more direct ways to support, to actually see exactly how my efforts are reaching those who need it, but for now I'll continue to share and send whatever I can, including good thoughts.

Miss Journey, Her Journey Blog

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Just wanted to share that after reading your post, I added a badge for CARE on my blog.  I have some ideas on how I can help Haiti for the rest of the year as well.  Thanks for sharing about such a wonderful organization.  I have already made a donation to the Red Cross, but I like that CARE aims to specifically help women and children.  Thanks again, God bless!!

Desiree

aka "Mommy Reporter"

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