News of major earthquakes can make me twitch a little. Though a 7 pointer could never do to Wellington what it did to Port-au-Prince. Poor bastards.
So, herewith a list of charities for your consideration:
UK - The
Disasters Emergency Committee is an umbrella organisation with
13 members. Also
Médecins Sans Frontières, who are my pick, but go with whatever's good for you.
NL - Another umbrella organisation: Samenwerkende Hulporganisaties on the usual
giro 555. Plus
Artsen zonder grenzen.
NZ -
list of charities.
FR -
list of charities and their bank account details as their web pages are overloading.
The other thing that's gotten to me about this is finding out some of the reasons
why Haiti is so poor. E.g., having won their independence from France, the ex-slaves of Haiti were forced to pay reparations until 1947! Let's hope Haiti stays on the agenda after this, because they're owed.