On January 12th a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Devastating aftershocks followed. The current number of dead and missing is estimated to be between 100,000 and 500,000. The entire capital of Port-au-Prince appears damaged or destroyed.
Food For The Poor is ready to help! Your help is urgently needed to bring immediate emergency relief to those affected. Please donate now or find a location to drop off supplies and read updates from the Food For The Poor blog or see the latest photos in our photo gallery.
Cash donations for the Haitian relief effort given after January 11 and before March 1 are deductible on your 2009 tax returns.
To ask for or provide information about U.S. citizens in Haiti: email the task force at Haiti-Earthquake@State.Gov or, From the U.S. or Canada, call 888-407-4747. Outside the U.S. and Canada, call 202-501-4444.
For U.S. citizens in Haiti seeking assistance or reporting their status/whereabouts: call the Embassy’s Consular Task Force at 509-2229-8942, 509-2229-8089, 509-2229-8322, or 509-2229-8672. You can also email the Embassy at ACSPaP@state.gov.
For all nationalities and locations: use the Person Finder tool available at www.state.gov/haitiquake to find and share information about missing persons in Haiti.
U.S. citizens with pending adoption cases in Haiti: Contact the Department of State at AskCI@state.gov for information about their adoption case.
