As I'm sure you all know by now, last week the small country of Haiti was hit with a 7.0 magnitude earthquake. It was the strongest earthquake Haiti has experienced in some 200 years, hundreds of thousands are feared dead and right now 3 million people are in need of emergency aid. 
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and right now they are in need of every ones help. The best thing we can do is to send money, but with a major catastrophe there will be a lot of scams out there saying they are collecting money for Haiti when really they are just pocketing it for themselves.
The best thing to do is find a government website and make sure it is a legit one before you just send your money anywhere or you can also take your money to a local church and tell them you would like it to go to the Haiti Relief and they will know where to send it.
Another good thing to realize is that any amount of money will help, you don't have to donate 50 dollars or even 20 dollars. Anything you can give will go a long way and if that means five dollars then go for it, because that will be five more dollars than they had yesterday.
Here is a youtube video slide show showing devastation that the people of Haiti are going through right now. I should warn you, some of the pictures are disturbing and can be very hard to look at.
I found this website that if you are wanting to donate to the Haiti Relief right now you can. It is a legit website and your money will go to help the people of Haiti. Remember anything will help.
*What can you do for others?
It's horrible that people would try to scam others while there are so many people in need of that money in Haiti.
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