CALL TO ACTION! The people of Haiti need your help. Here are the best ways to aid the crisis relief and rescue efforts: Donate $$ via text message: 1. Donate $5 to the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund (Wyclef Jean’s Foundation) by texting “Yele” to 501501 (the amount will be charged to your cell phone bill)
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Hundreds of local residents were in Haiti when the earthquake hit, either working for relief agencies, on business or visiting families. The U.S. census estimates that 10,752 people of Haitian descent live in the Washington area. On Wednesday, many area residents were anxiously trying to determine the fate of family and friends. » George Demougeot
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The urge to help — and to give money — is powerful following a devastating event like Haiti’s earthquake, and one of the easiest ways to do it is online. It’s also one of the easiest ways to get scammed if you’re not sure what you’re doing or who you’re dealing with. Read More…

The first wave of international aid landed Thursday in quake-battered Haiti as part of an urgent effort rivaling the worldwide response to the 2004 tsunami. Countries and international aid groups scrambled to provide medical care, food and water to tens of thousands after Tuesday’s devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake. Authorities called the next couple of days crucial
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(CNN) — A major earthquake struck southern Haiti on Tuesday, knocking down buildings and power lines and inflicting what its ambassador to the United States called a catastrophe for the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation. Several eyewitnesses reported heavy damage and bodies in the streets of the capital, Port-au-Prince, where concrete-block homes line steep hillsides. There
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The founder of a school for poor children in Haiti has been indicted on charges of sexually abusing nine boys there, allegedly threatening them with expulsion or withholding benefits if they did not comply with his demands. U.S. Attorney Nora Dannehy announced Thursday that Douglas Perlitz, 39, founder of the Project Pierre Toussaint school in
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