EARTHQUAKE RELIEF - The U.S. State Department is providing information on its web site at www.state.gov for people to make donations and offer help following the recent earthquake in Haiti.

State Department offers ways to help after earthquake in Haiti

Anyone wishing to donate or provide assistance in Haiti following the devastating earthquake is asked to contact the Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI) which has established a dedicated page to coordinate Haiti support.

The web site address is http://www.cidi.org/incident/haiti-10a/.

Donation/Volunteer Related Calls may be made to (703) 276-1914.

Other ways to help:

* text "HAITI" to "90999" and a donation of $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts, charged to your cell phone bill;

* go online to organizations like the Red Cross at "http://newsroom.redcross.org" and Mercy Corps at "https://donate.mercycorps.org/donation.htm?DonorIntent=Haiti+Earthquake" to make a contribution to the disaster relief efforts;

* visit InterAction at "http://www.interaction.org/crisis-list/earthquake-haiti" to contribute.



This information is provided by the U.S. State Department web site at "www.state.gov/www.state.gov/." Click on the "More about the crisis and how to help" link on the left hand side of the page.