"I visited Haiti with Oxfam a few years ago. It's a country of extreme poverty and brutal living conditions. Most people in Port-au-Prince live in tin shacks. The earthquake that has struck Haiti will have turned the city into an unimaginable hell. The people of Haiti will be desperate for help and assistance. You can make a donation towards Oxfam's Haiti Earthquake Appeal at the following website:

 

http://www.oxfam.org.uk"

 

Chris

 

http://coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=570

 

 

I created a new thread for this, just in case some of you want to donate something

If only I had money. I still love it that Coldplay supports oxfam so much :D

I donated.

Even a very small amount is wonderful if you can do it. That was the quickest checkout for donating/purchasing I think I've ever used. EVER.

Donated.

 

Is lovely of Chris to take the time to do that, the images on the news are just awful.

I agree. Really easy checkout and I agree with ^ too.

I really would like to donate but my credit card is empty and paypal doesn't work for this :(

I really want to donate. But I dont have any credit cards..perhaps I'll find another way.

This is one of the reasons why I love this band. So sweet of Chris to do this.

I would like to donate too but I don't have a credit card :\

This is one of the reasons why I love this band. So sweet of Chris to do this.

I would like to donate too but I don't have a credit card :\

 

same here :\

I feel so bad for all those people out there :(

HELP HAITI

 

UPDATE OF THE SITUATION ONE YEAR AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI

 

One year ago - on 12.1.10 - a devastating earthquake shook the Caribbean state of HAITI. Between 230,000 and 300,000 (I have also seen the figure 330,000) Haitians died, and more than 100,000 buildings were destroyed. Recently the Haitian authorities upgraded the official death toll to 316.000.

 

The Haitian economy has been reduced by 7% since the earthquake.

 

More than 1 million survivors including 380,000 children are still living in 1,200 tent cities and tented camps.

 

More than 3,700 Haitians - according to Haiti's Health Ministry: 3,732 until the beginning of January 2011 - have died due to cholera which broke out in Mid-October.

 

19.1.11: The epidemic has cost 3,790 human lives.

 

19.1.11: The number of cholera-infected in HAITI has risen to 185,000. Source: The Haitian authorities.

 

13 people die per day due to cholera.

 

International experts believe that the actual figures of deaths and infected Haitians are much higher.

 

 

25.1.11 Danish DR1: FEWER CHOLERA-INFECTED PEOPLE IN HAITI

 

So far the cholera epidemic has cost 4,000 human lives. But it seems that fewer Haitians get infected.

 

In November 2010 there were around 12,000 new cases every week. That number has fallen to 4,700.

 

 

 

DONATIONS AND AID FOR HAITI

 

The Americans alone have donated more than 1.4 billion dollar to help the survivors and to set Haiti on its feet again. During a donor conference in new York, Haiti was pledged 4.6 billion dollar until the end of 2011. According to UN information, not even 2/3 of the pledged funds have arrived.

 

 

UNICEF information:

 

UNICEF and its partners equipped 720,000 children with school material.

 

15,000 school teachers were trained / provided.

 

72 cholera centres were equipped with tents and medicaments.

 

 

 

Links / addresses to make donations to relief work in HAITI:

 

https://american.redcross.org/site/Donation2?4306.donation=form1&idb=520717783&df_id=4306&s_subsrc=RCO_NewsArticle

 

(Help the ICRC) Link to that page: http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/helpicrc

 

Danish Red Cross has a telephone line open where you can support the relief work in Haiti with 150 DKK by making a telephone call to phone 90 56 56 56. I just made that call.

 

You can donate to HAITI via: http://www.unicef.org/

I donated. My boyfriend's sister is in Haiti right now, doing charity work.

 

So nice of Chris to try to spread the word. :heart:

If you're in the US and want an easy way to donate, text HAITI to 90999, and $10 will be donated to the Red Cross Int'l Relief fund. The $10 will be charged to your cell phone bill.

http://www.redcross.org/

Links / addresses to make donations to relief work in HAITI:

 

https://american.redcross.org/site/Donation2?4306.donation=form1&idb=520717783&df_id=4306&s_subsrc=RCO_NewsArticle

 

(Help the ICRC) Link to that page: http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/helpicrc

 

Danish Red Cross has a telephone line open where you can support the relief work in Haiti with 150 DKK by making a telephone call to phone 90 56 56 56. I just made that call.

 

You can donate to HAITI via: http://www.unicef.org/

 

Thanks for the links. Donated now.

can I donate money with postepay? :uhoh:

I donated when I saw the Coldplay tweet but my credit card was declined. My bank then rang me two minutes later to check my card hadn't been stolen as they said the Oxfam site was unsecured. So once I'd answered their security questions etc they unblocked it and it went through no problems afer that.

 

I think it's great that so many people are supporting this.

See, this is why I love Chris:heart:

 

I really wish I could donate, but my parents won't let me use their credit card:(

I wish I could donate in cash! I don't have a credit card. :tongue:

Donated to Oxfam! It took less than a minute. If you are already a member of Oxfam, all your information will be there.

It's amazing that somebody can have so much raw emotion. It's beautiful and all you guys are beautiful for donating.

I just donated (to Oxfam, really quick and easy). :smiley:

 

Lovely note of Chris and great that the guys donated.

From GMA News.TV:

 

» UN mission chief in Haiti appears to have died in quake

 

» Haiti quake new blow for country mired in misery

 

» DFA having difficulty finding out if there are Filipino casualties in Haiti

 

» Many casualties expected after big quake in Haiti

 

» Strong quake hits Haiti, collapsing hospital

 

 

RED CROSS: UP TO 3-M AFFECTED BY HAITI QUAKE

 

(01/13/2010 | 09:26 PM - GMA News.TV)

 

GENEVA — Haiti's devastating earthquake has left an estimated 3 million people in need of emergency aid, a Red Cross official said Wednesday, as aid groups and governments scrambled to send tons of disaster relief to the impoverished Caribbean nation.

 

Humanitarian officials said the proximity of the quake's epicenter, only 10 miles (15 kilometers) from the capital Port-au-Prince, and Haiti's crumbling infrastructure meant it was impossible to gauge exactly how many people might be dead or wounded.

 

"There's probably 3 million people potentially affected," said Paul Conneally, spokesman for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.

 

The first airlifts to Haiti concentrated on search and rescue efforts and setting up makeshift hospitals.

 

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the United States was offering full assistance — civilian and military. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Britain would provide "whatever humanitarian assistance is required," while France, Canada, China, Germany, Mexico and Venezuela pledged immediate support in terms of personnel, cash and supplies.

 

Germany said it would donate €1 million ($1.45 million), while China pledged $1 million.

 

One of the first teams expected to arrive Wednesday was 37 search and rescue specialists from Iceland, who are bringing with them 10 tons of their own equipment.

 

French rescue authorities say 65 clearing specialists and 6 sniffer dogs are leaving for Haiti on Wednesday, while Spain is rushing three airplanes to Haiti with at least 100 tons of tents, blankets and cooking kits. Israel is sending in an elite Army rescue unit of engineers and medics.

 

The Red Cross said Haiti's disaster relief teams were "completely overwhelmed."

 

"There's no structured response at this point," spokesman Simon Schorno told The Associated Press.

 

The United Nations is also deploying a disaster coordination team to Haiti.

Officials were struggling to assess the scale of the disaster amid badly damaged communication networks, said Elizabeth Byrs, a U.N. humanitarian spokeswoman, but it was working with aid agency Telecoms Sans Frontieres to immediately get phone lines working.

 

There is no electricity in the capital, and roads are filled with obstacles and debris, she added. Port-au-Prince's airport remains open, but the artery connecting it to the city is blocked, so aid officials were still trying to decide on the best way to rush lifesaving assistance.

 

U.N. agencies and Red Cross societies were trying to send in teams and aid from their regional hub in Panama, while USAID is mobilizing a response group and two urban search and rescue units, Byrs said.

 

If aid cannot travel over the airport road, assistance may be rerouted through the Dominican Republic, said Charles Vincent, a senior World Food Program official, whose agency plans to airlift tons of high-energy biscuits from El Salvador, enough to feed 30,000 people for a week.

 

"The first priority is to save lives," Vincent told reporters.

 

Byrs said the neighboring Haitian cities of Carrefour and Jacmel may also be heavily damaged.

 

Conneally said his estimate of the Haitians affected relied on previous Red Cross experience in earthquake relief.

 

"Port-au-Prince has been massively impacted," Conneally said. "There are many, many people trapped in the rubble."

 

He said emergency shelter and long-term rebuilding efforts could easily require a year of aid work.

 

At the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI appealed for a generous international aid response for the quake victims and pledged the Catholic Church's support.

 

The Christian aid organization World Vision, which has 400 staff in Haiti, said it would immediately distribute supplies it had stored in Haiti for hurricane relief.

 

Low-lying areas of Port-au-Prince, including the Cite Soleil slum, appeared to be hit worse than neighborhoods higher up the hills, said World Vision spokesman Casey Calamusa.

 

Maggie Boyer, the World Vision spokeswoman in Haiti, said the moment the quake hit felt "like a truck had run into her building," he added. - AP

Donated.

 

I'm so proud of Chris for taking the time to do this and encouraging people to donate money and support Oxfam :nice:

wish I had the money to go out there and help, Chris is just a stand up guy

Donated! This is why I love Coldplay. They really care. And their fans do as well, which is so wonderful. It makes you have such hope in the human race. :heart: