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 A list of charitable organizations active in the nation
The U.S. State Department Operations Center said Americans seeking information about family members in Haiti should call 1-888-407-4747. Due to heavy volume, some callers may receive a recording. "Our embassy is still in the early stages of contacting American citizens through our Warden Network," the U.S. State Department said in a statement. "Communications are very difficult within Haiti at this time." Text to help
For those interesting in helping immediately, you can text to donations that will be charged to your cell phone bill. (More information) Text-message words and codes for donations to various organizations include: - Text the word "HAITI" to "90999" to donate $10 to the Red Cross.
- Text the word "QUAKE" to 20222 to donate $10 to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund
 . - Text the word "GIVE" to 25383 to donate $10 to the MTV telethon.
- Text "HAITI" to 25383 to donate $5 to the International Rescue Committee.
- Text "HAITI" to 85944 to donate $10 to the International Medical Corps.
- Text "YELE" to 501501 to donate $5 to the Yele Haiti foundation.
- Text "HAITI" to 52000 to donate $10 to the Salvation Army.
- Text "HOPE10" or "UNICEF" to 20222 to donate $10 to UNICEF.
- Text "HABITAT" to 25383 to donate $10 to Habitat for Humanity.
- Text "OXFAM" to 25383 to donate $10 to Oxfam America, Inc.
- Text "HAITI" to 40579 to donate $10 to the National Religious Broadcasters.
- Text "SAVE" or "SAFE" to 20222 to donate $10 to the Save the Children Federation, Inc.
- Text "GIVE" or "WORLD" to 20222 to donate $10 to World Vision, Inc.
- Text "CARE" to 24383 to donate to CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc.
- Text "AJWS" to 25383 to donate $10 to the American Jewish World Service.
Click for related content Beware of scams
Finally, the FBI urges people who are looking for ways to help with earthquake relief to be wary of solicitations that could be from scam artists. "Past tragedies and natural disasters have prompted individuals with criminal intent to solicit contributions purportedly for a charitable organization or a good cause," the FBI said, in passing along these tips: - Ignore unsolicited e-mails, and do not click on links within those messages.
- Be skeptical of individuals representing themselves as surviving victims or officials asking for donations via e-mail or social networking sites.
- Be cautious of e-mails that claim to show pictures of the disaster areas in attached files, because the files may contain computer viruses. Open attachments only from know senders.
- Decline to give personal or financial information to anyone who solicits contributions.
- Make contributions directly to known organizations, rather than relying on others who claim in e-mails that they will channel the donation to established groups.
The FBI says anyone receipting an e-mail that appears to be a scam should forward it to this Web site: www.ic3.gov
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