Guys this is AfroLatino,

I had just returned from Haiti this past Holidays and I am going back to Haiti soon via Dominican Republic to help if I am not called to be deployed there. I wanted to know if there will be others on here doing the same. Those two foundations down below are two great ones I can refer you all to that seem very legit.

• Text "HAITI" to 90999 $10 to Red Cross.

• Text "YELE" to 501501 $5 to Yele Haiti.

P.S: YeleHaiti is a great foundation which I donate $150 from my Army paycheck each month to because I have seen first hand and directly their work in Haiti.

Wow,

I think we both have been on the same wave length because I posted this a while back ago, too.
http://www.everythinghaitian.com/Blogs/BlogDetail.aspx?BID=613&PID=1999<-- Check this post out. Now here is a very important question. Can Haiti rebuild soon enough from this devastation?

We hope this will stem greater humanity between us as people on the island...

Right now Haiti does not only need monetary help, but your kind words of encouragement as well is the most best supportive above all one can give at this point in this moment of total despair and tribulation if you may not have money or donation of any kind.

Thank you all already for any sense of sensitivity to the tragedy. De pie junto con nuestro vecino... Let us help a neighbor in dire need!

THANK YOU DR - ON BEHALF OF THE HAITIAN NATION AND PEOPLE!!!

Santo Domingo - The Central Hospital of the Dominican Armed Forces activated its contingency plan for disasters and is ready with beds and medical staff to receive patients arriving from Haiti and are referred from the Center for Advanced Medicine and Telemedicine ( Cedimat).

This was announced by Colonel Francisco José Araujo Vidal, director of the hospital, who said Cedimat Policy and Health Plaza have communicated with the hospital to inform that once the capacity is completed the center will be sent there.

He reported that for such purposes they have beds, operating room, blood bank and have the medications and expendable materials for emergency and medical personnel to send to Haiti.

The officer explained that five teams have prepared contingency doctors from different specialties, like surgeons, anesthesiologists, orthopedists, pediatricians and psychologists pending a disposition to be sent to assist.

He said that the activation of the contingency plan in case of disaster was made available last night by President Leonel Fernández through the secretary and the Armed Forces.

Santo Domingo - The Dominican Red Cross prepares the move to Haiti three water treatment plants with capacity to produce three thousand liters per hour and work for 18 hours straight as part of the assistance that will give relief agency after the earthquake that hit the country yesterday.

It was reported that preparations have 25 volunteers who will join others in the border area by land will help.

According to information provided in the mission also accompany medical students who provide volunteer services in the state.

He said he is beginning to collect support in various committees of the national Red Cross that will be collected to make a single team and distributed to the needy.

It began mobilizing equipment, search and rescue and relocation of families who also serve in Haiti.

There's no communication by land, but was informed that the Red Cross team will station in the border area to immediately been able to penetrate the ground arrival.

It is installing a mobile hospital in the border Jimani to meet people wounded in a state of emergency.

http://www.Listin.com.do

People, allow me to advise you all... while we may have in mind to give out donations, but also be very careful of scams.

Thank you for all the emails of kind words I have been getting from you guys on here. The family I have in Haiti are okay, but most of them live in Puerto Plata, DR. My house is destroyed or damage beyond repair, so in other words, even Peguy Ville was hit hard as well. However, i could care less about the house, I simply I hope all the helpers working for my mother at house guarding the property are okay...

I have not heard words of their whereabouts since communication is still down and I was cut off after two minutes making contact. You can imagine, I have not really slept in two days.

Afro I will be down in the DR next week and Im thinking of taking some things and buying others there to donate. Do you know of reputable places in the DR that are receiving these donations? Also I will call on all my coworkers to cooperate since we are able to get medical supplies and medicine.

Well,

So far I know the Red Cross in DR is a good source http://www.caribbeanredcross.org

Just wanted to add that there has been rumors gaining popularity that Wyclef's organization YELE was not donating to Haiti, which is not true.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDE8YJac0Wc