Chile Earthquake Relief: How You Can Help
From Huffington Post Impact:
An 8.8 earthquake hit just off the coast of Chile late Friday night, killing at least 122 people and creating tsunami warnings in more than 50 countries across the Pacific ocean. Thousands are believed to have been left homeless due to the widespread destruction of buildings.
As we did with Haiti, HuffPost Impact will be continually updating a list of ways you can help with reconstruction and aid efforts. While this will not be a humanitarian crisis the likes that we’ve seen in Haiti, great amounts of money will still be needed to rebuild damaged builds, roads, and return Chile back to normalcy.
HOW YOU CAN HELP:
•American Red Cross — The Red Cross has made an initial pledge of $50,000 from their International Response Fund, which you can contribute to to further assist.
•Save The Children — Save The Children is sending an emergency assessment team to Chile, and they are asking for contributions to their Children’s Emergency Fund to aid these efforts.
•AmeriCares — Vice President of Emergency Response, Christoph Gorder, says AmeriCares is sending medical supplies and humanitarian aid to Chile. Make a direct contribution to AmeriCares’ Chilean earthquake fund.
•World Vision — World Vision is sending emergency relief supplies and staff to Chile to help injured survivors. Donate to World Vision’s Disaster Response Fund to directly contribute to aid heading to Chile.
For more information on how you can help relief efforts in Chile, read more on Huffington Post Impact.
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We must pray for their safety and strength. As the turbulent earthquake is fast approaching, people are suffering. I hope no one gets hurt by the Okinawa earthquake. Okinawa, and I think the rest of Japan is on Tsunami warning, but their buildings have to be built to withstand earthquakes. The Haitian earthquake was a bit of a fluke, but Japan, and the Pacific Rim in general, is the most earthquake prone area on earth, and the kind of damage that can easily be done takes a lot more than payday loans to clear up. That being said, it isn't the first quake, even the first 7.0 earthquake they’ve had, by any means, so they ought to be able to handle most of whatever gets thrown at them.
We must pray for their safety and strength. As the turbulent earthquake is fast approaching, people are suffering.
Our simple prayers is a big help for the fast recovery of the country. Let us pray for them to have the courage to start over again. It is just a bad year for everyone – there have been three major earthquakes of 7.0 magnitude or greater. There was the Haiti earthquake, a recent Okinawa earthquake, and the Chile quake. The Chile quake, and resultant Chile tsunami was an 8.8, just off the coast near to Concepcion – interestingly, the 1960 Chilean earthquake and tsunami which devastated the coast was in nearly the exact location, and a 9.5.