#434. Haiti: How to Help

Some scary, scary thoughts:

1. The National Palace anticipates a death toll above 100,000 in Haiti.

2. Tuesday's magnitude-7 earthquake is the worst earthquake to hit the country in 200 years.

3. Doctors Without Borders' three hospitals in Haiti are unusable. Temporary shelters have been set up to treat the injured.

4. According to the international Red Cross, a third of the country's 9 million people may need emergency aid.

The amount of damage this earthquake has caused is devastating.

If you are trying to locate family members in Haiti, you should contact the State Department at (888) 407-4747.

If you are looking to help (unlike Rush Limbaugh), there are a variety of ways to do so:

1. InterAction, a coalition of U.S.-based international non-government organizations, has made a list of agencies responding. Look here.

2. To donate $10 to the American Red Cross, text "HAITI" to "90999". The amount will be charged to your phone bill.

3. To donate $5 to Wyclef Jean's Haitian Yele charity, text 501501. The amount will be charged to your phone bill.

4. To donate to the International Rescue Committee, visit their website or call 1-877-REFUGEE (toll free).

5. To donate to Oxfam's emergency appeal, visit their website here.

6. To donate to UNICEF, the fund that has been working in Haiti since 1949, click here.

7. To donate to Doctors Without Borders, click here.

8. To donate to MADRE, an international women's rights NGO that partners with the Zamni Lasante Clinic in Haiti, click here.

9. To donate to Action Against Hunger, an organization that has had a team in Haiti since 1985, click here.

10. To donate to Mercy Corps, click here.

11. To donate to Partners in Health, an NGO founded in Haiti in 1987, click here.

12. To donate to the World Food Programme, click here.

(via Walking Around, The Daily Beast, Gawker, & MSNBC)