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Where to donate to agencies responding to the Haiti earthquake

Catholic News ServiceAugust 16, 2021
People cry during the search for those who are still missing in a house destroyed by the earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)

Numerous organizations, including Catholic agencies, are accepting donations to assist with their emergency response to the Haiti earthquake.

— Catholic Relief Services: online: crs.org; by phone: 877-435-7277 from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern; by mail: P.O. Box 17090, Baltimore, Maryland, 21297-0303.

— Catholic Medical Mission Board: cmmb.org/campaign/hearts-broken-for-haiti-august-2021.

— CAFOD, the Catholic aid agency for England and Wales: cafod.org.uk/News/Emergencies-news/Haiti-earthquake.

— Caritas Internationalis: www.caritas.org/donate-now/haiti-earthquake-2021.

— AVSI, the Italian humanitarian relief and development organization: www.avsi.org/it/donation/generic/77.

— Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami: www.ccadm.org.

— Cross Catholic Outreach: www.crosscatholic.org.

— Food for the Poor: www.foodforthepoor.org.

[Read next: How can the world stop Haiti’s ‘descent into hell’? Let Haitians lead.]

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