Above: President Barack Obama penned the cover story on
Haiti for Newsweek magazine.

Why Haiti Matters
By Barack Obama | NEWSWEEK
Published Jan 15, 2010
In the last week, we have been deeply moved by the heartbreaking images of the devastation in Haiti: parents searching through rubble for sons and daughters; children, frightened and alone, looking for their mothers and fathers. At this moment, entire parts of Port-au-Prince are in ruins, as families seek shelter in makeshift camps. It is a horrific scene of shattered lives in a poor nation that has already suffered so much. Read more.

( How to help Haiti earthquake victims.).

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Haiti in Ruins; Grim Search for the Dead
The New York Times
By SIMON ROMERO
Thursday, January 14, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Survivors strained desperately on Wednesday against the chunks of concrete that buried this city along with thousands of its residents, rich and poor, from shantytowns to the presidential palace, in the devastating earthquake that struck late Tuesday afternoon. Calling the death toll “unimaginable” as he surveyed the wreckage, Haiti’s president, René Préval, said he had no idea where he would sleep. Schools, hospitals and a prison collapsed. Sixteen United Nations peacekeepers were killed and at least 140 United Nations workers were missing, including the chief of its mission, Hédi Annabi. The city’s archbishop, Msgr. Joseph Serge Miot, was feared dead. Read more.

How to help Haiti earthquake victims
Tadias Magazine
By Tadias Staff

Updated: Thursday, January 14, 2009

New York – Haiti has been ruined by the most powerful earthquake to hit the impoverished Caribbean country in more than 200 years. Disaster relief organizations are appealing for your help. Funds are needed to provide shelter, medical supplies and water. Here are few ways you can help:

To help with relief efforts, text “HAITI” to “90999” and $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross, charged to your cell phone bill. Or visit InterAction to contribute. (State Department)

To find information about friends and family in Haiti:
For missing U.S. citizen family members, call 1-888-407-4747. To help with relief efforts, text “HAITI” to “90999” and $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross, charged to your cell phone bill. Or visit InterAction to contribute.

The American Red Cross
“As with most earthquakes, we expect to see immediate needs for food, water, temporary shelter, medical services and emotional support,” said Tracy Reines, director of international disaster response for the American Red Cross, in a report posted on its Web site. The American Red Cross offers several ways to donate to various funds, including international relief to Haiti. (ABC)

Yele.org
Text Yele. Wyclef Jean is urging donors to text ‘Yele’ to 501501 and make a $5 contribution to the relief effort over cell phone. Click here to get more information via Wyclef’s Twitter page. (NY Daily News)

William J. Clinton Foundation
Former president Bill Clinton is the United Nations special envoy to Haiti. “My UN office and the rest of the UN system are monitoring the situation,” Clinton said in a statement today. “While we don’t yet know the full impact of this 7.0-magnitude earthquake, we do know that the survivors need immediate help.” (ABC)

UNICEF
Shortly following the quake’s eruption, the U.S. division of UNICEF issued a statement on its blog calling attention to some of the smallest victims of the emergency. “Children are always the most vulnerable population in any natural disaster, and UNICEF is there for them,” the statement said. (ABC)

Save the Children
Donate at savethechildren.org or make checks out to “Save the Children” and mail to: Save the Children Income Processing Department, 54 Wilton Road, Westport, Conn. 06880

Mercy Corp
Go online to mercycorps.org or mail checks to Haiti Earthquake Fund, Dept. NR, PO Box 2669, Portland, Ore. 97208 or call (888) 256-1900

Direct Relief International

Quake Victims Plucked From Rubble

UNTV: raw footage of rescue efforts in Haiti:

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