Help For the Haitian People

At this point, no doubt most of you are aware of the catastrophe in Haiti:

• 7.0 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale.
• Thousands dead–countless injured.
• People still buried in the rubble.
• All-out chaos, confusion and bewilderment.

Here’s how you can help:

This is what your money will go to (stats courtesy of RagamuffinSoul.com):

• $35 helps provide a relief pack filled with enough food and water to sustain a family for one week.
• $70 gift helps care for their needs for two weeks.
• $105 helps provide relief packs filled with enough food and water to sustain two families for two weeks.
• $210 gift helps care for two families’ needs.
• $525 provides relief packs filled with enough food and water to sustain 10 families for two weeks.
• $1,050 gift cares for 10 families’ needs.
• $1,500 helps rebuild a home.
• $2,100 supplies 20 families with the basics for three weeks.

There’s a lot of work to be done. But thankfully, most everyone reading this has a lot of resources to do work with. (If you have money in your wallet or purse, you are amongst the wealthiest people in the world.)

Maybe this could be your chance to step out of the web culture and do something in the real world. What do you think?

UPDATE: Here are some powerful images from the rubble of Haiti from Boston.com.