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How you can help Haiti -- Habitat for Humanity Int'l 1

How you can help Haiti

Stay up-to-date on our efforts
Please keep monitoring www.habitat.org for news of our response and activities. Additionally, you can follow @Habitat_org on Twitter and receive up-to-date news on our rebuilding efforts in Haiti.

Be ready to volunteer

At this time, we are not sending volunteers to Haiti. To be notified when Habitat begins recruiting volunteers, take the Haiti volunteer interest survey. This survey will collect your demographic and basic skills information and will sign you up for a periodic e-mail with updates regarding Habitat's response in Haiti.

Other ways you can help

  • Pray
    Please pray for the people of Haiti and pray for all the organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, striving to help Haiti rebuild.
  • Donate
    Donate online
    to our Haiti earthquake fund.

    Text "Habitat" to 25383 to make a $10 donation to Habitat's recovery efforts. The donation amount will be added to your phone bill.

    Create a donation page
    and invite your friends, family and colleagues to help you reach $2,500―the amount it takes to help Habitat establish a permanent home for a Haitian family.
  • Partner with Habitat
    Become a partner with Habitat for Humanity and take your financial support to the next level. To learn how you can become a partner with Habitat—either as a community, corporation, foundation, church, media entity or as an individual—visit www.habitat.org/partnerships.

    You or your group could sponsor a specific rebuilding project! For example, opening each Resource Center will cost about US$100,000; annual operational costs for each center will be about US$50,000.

    To discuss corporate partnership opportunities, call 1-313-909-6118. To discuss nongovernmental organization partnership opportunities, call 1-404-962-3470.
  • Help raise awareness and funds that support of Habitat’s efforts in Haiti
    Insert Habitat banners into your blogs or personal Web sites. To download banners, visit Earthquake Recovery — Web banners.
  • Spread the word through social media
    Tell your friends about Habitat’s work in Haiti by updating your Facebook page and tweeting about us. Review Connect with Habitat in social media to get the latest information.

    Update your Facebook status to: Habitat for Humanity is addressing shelter solutions for low-income families affected by the recent earthquake in Haiti. Join me to help support Habitat by texting “Habitat” to 25383 to make a $10 donation to Habitat's recovery efforts. The donation amount will be added to your phone bill.

    Update your Twitter feed to: Help Habitat for Humanity help Haiti: Text “Habitat” to 25383 to make a $10 donation to Habitat's recovery efforts.
  • Join Habitat’s Disaster Corps
    Are you interested in responding to disasters domestically? Learn about Habitat's U.S. Disaster Corps and complete the U.S. Disaster Corps interest survey.
  • Find more ways to get involved with Habitat for Humanity
    Visit Habitat's Get Involved page to find more ways to support Habitat in your area and in communities around the world.

Thank you for the outpouring of support for Haiti in the wake of this disaster!