Ex-Presidents Bush, Clinton to Lead Private Fundraising for Haiti at Obama's Request
Region: United StatesFormer President George W. Bush and Former President Bill Clinton issued a statement this evening "accepting" President Obama's request that they lead private sector fundraising efforts. Their statement: We are deeply sad... more
Views: 1594Red Cross Text Message Campaign for Haiti Raises Over $3 Million
Region: Haiti
Secretary Clinton announced this morning that a Red Cross campaign that allows donors to give $10 to Haiti relief by text message had raised over $3 million. The news was reported by State Department New Media Director Ka... more
Views: 3794Ideas for Using Tech to Improve Haiti Relief Efforts
Region: Haiti
Katie Dowd, the State Department's New Media Director, asked this evening via Twitter, "What can we do in Tech do help Haiti" She was asking the right crowd: earlier today the Red Cross announced it had raised over $1 mil... more
Views: 3016Microgiving for Haiti Raises Over $1 Million in Aid
Region: Haiti
Proving that digital activism can produce real-world results, a text message campaign propagated largely over Twitter has raised significant funding for earthquake relief in Haiti. A text message campaign launched by the... more
Views: 5144Nepal Army Safe in Haiti
Region: HaitiOne UN Peace Keeping Mission soldier belonging to Nepal Army is injured by the 7.0 richter scale Earthquake in Haiti. Other more than 300 soldiers from Nepal are safe according to the information available so far, NA spoke... more
Views: 3000How to Give to Haiti
Region: HaitiThe extent of destruction from yesterday's earthquake in Haiti is emerging, and thousands are feared dead. Thousands more could be lost as the recovery effort begins 1. Text Support to the Red Cross Text Haiti to 9... more
Views: 1790Bill Clinton Issues Statement on Haiti Earthquake
Region: Haiti
Former US President Bill Clinton, who is currently U.N. Special Envoy for Haiti, issued the following statement following the news of the devastating earthquake in Haiti: My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Hai... more
Views: 3016World is in hunger
Region: ChinaA fact I see from a magazine is that people in Haiti have to eat soil just to make them feel full. Then I remember another fact also seen from a magazine which is about China. A Chinese pupil from a poor village was taken ... more
Views: 3053Haiti: Finding Relief for Hunger in Children
Region: Haiti
- by Juliana Rincón Parra The international food shortage and crisis is doing its rounds on the blogosphere, and videos are no exception. From Haiti: people eating dirt to survive, and a plan to help feed... more
Views: 1386World Bank Urges Immediate Resolution To Food Crisis In The Wake Of Violence
Region: District of Columbia
Washington, DC (Marketsblog) - According to several emerging reports, officials of the World Bank and finance ministers across the world are gathering to come up with a solution for surging global food prices that's causin... more
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