Red Cross, UNICEF break down where contributions can go. By Gil Kaufman A Haitian boy washes himself in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Wednesday Photo: Chris Hondros/ Getty Images Since a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti last Tuesday, more than $200 million has been raised via text, phone calls and mail by the dozens of worldwide relief organizations that rushed in to help the devastated Caribbean island nation. (Head here to learn what you can do to help the people of Haiti.) American Red Cross spokesperson Eric Porterfield, those donations are turned into vitally needed resources for the more than 3 million people displaced by the quake, as of Sunday, said the organization had collected pledges of $22 million through a program where cell phone users can donate $10 by texting “90999.” “I need a better word than ‘unprecedented’ or ‘amazing’ to describe what’s happened with the text-message program,” organization spokesperson Roger Lowe told The New York Times .
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Haiti Earthquake-Relief Donations: What Does Your Money Buy?
