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How to Help: 3 Nonprofits Contributing to the 2021 Haiti Earthquake Relief Efforts

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earthquake followed by four aftershocks struck western Haiti and took the lives of an estimated 1,300 citizens. This is the second earthquake to hit the area with such force after a first shock back in 2010. Organizations Stepping In to Support Haiti Earthquake Victims. Hope for Haiti. Facebook: Hope for Haiti.

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Text-to-Give Explained

The Modern Nonprofit

There’s no doubt that mobile fundraising has increased in popularity over the last few years, primarily due to Text-to-Give ( also referred to as Text-to-Donate ). Text-to-Give lets a supporter contribute to their favorite cause with the stroke of a few keys on their mobile phone. Bill-to-carrier text donations.

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Text-to-Give Explained

The Modern Nonprofit

There’s no doubt that mobile fundraising has increased in popularity over the last few years, primarily due to Text-to-Give ( also referred to as Text-to-Donate ). Text-to-Give lets a supporter contribute to their favorite cause with the stroke of a few keys on their mobile phone. Bill-to-carrier text donations.

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Online Giving Trends from 2009 and the Haiti Earthquake

NTEN

I want to provide some updated findings for the entire year, as well as discuss the importance of online donations to support the Haiti earthquake relief efforts. The median online gift amount for online donations of at least $1,000 was $3,500 in 2009. Haiti Earthquake and Online Giving. This was up from $2,500 in 2008.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

I’m joining a panel to talk about the response for support after the Haiti earthquakes last year. Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone. Examples from Haiti. Let’s look at a couple of the main examples from the Haiti earthquake response.

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Online Giving Trends from 2009 and the Haiti Earthquake

NTEN

I want to provide some updated findings for the entire year, as well as discuss the importance of online donations to support the Haiti earthquake relief efforts. The median online gift amount for online donations of at least $1,000 was $3,500 in 2009. Haiti Earthquake and Online Giving. This was up from $2,500 in 2008.

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7 Ways for Nonprofits to Use Mobile Phones to Rake in Cash Monies

NTEN

If you’re like most people working at a nonprofit, you probably had a “Holy Mobile!” moment in January, 2010, when an outpouring of donations followed the devastating Haiti quake. But what you may not have anticipated was that $41m of these dollars flowed through mobile phones via “premium text messages.”

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