The Haiti Earthquake Task Force has set up a number to call to relay information concerning American Citizens. That number is 1-888-407-4747.
Click here for a list of relief organizations accepting donations to aid Haitian earthquake victims.
HOW PEOPLE CAN HELP
For people who wish to lend in-kind or monetary donations, please refer to www.whitehouse.gov. The State Department helped set up a short code for those wishing to send immediate monetary assistance. To take advantage of this, people can text "HAITI" to "90999" and $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross, charged to your cell phone bill.
If constituents have a significant in-kind contribution to make - such as a plane, a cargo ship, a team of doctors, portable generators, or large-scale water purification equipment - please direct them to log onto the website of the Center for International Disaster Information at www.cidi.org . The Center for International Disaster Information is a partner organization of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) that can help put usable donations on the ground in Haiti. Prospective donors can register their donation on www.cidi.org and CIDI will respond with information about the international community's ability to absorb this offer.
U.S. Citizen Inquiries
There is a now abased e-mail address for use by the general public. Anyone seeking information about U.S. citizens in Haiti can e-mail the State Department at Haiti-Earthquake@state.gov. As mentioned, please feel free to continue checking travel.state.gov at the following link: http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1134.html, for updated travel alert and situation information.
The U.S. Embassy in Port Au Prince has set up a task force at the Embassy which is taking calls as conditions permit. The Embassy is working to identify U.S. citizens in Haiti who need urgent assistance and to identify sources of emergency help. U.S. citizens in Haiti are urged to contact the Embassy via email (ACSPaP@state.gov) to request assistance.
U.S. citizens in Haiti can call the Embassy's Consular Task Force at 509-2229-8942, 509-2229-8089, 509-2229-8322, or 509-2229-8672. The State Department has also created a task force to monitor the emergency.
People in the U.S. or Canada with information or inquiries about U.S. citizens in Haiti may reach the Haiti Task Force at 888-407-4747; Haiti-Earthquake@state.gov.
Outside of the U.S. and Canada, call 202-501-4444. For further information and updates, please see the State Department's Consular Affairs website.
We still encourage you and your constituents to reach out directly to the Department's Haiti Task Force at 1-888-407-4747; Haiti-Earthquake@state.gov.
The Haiti-Earthquake@state.gov and ACSPaP@state.gov addresses are the only ones available for public use.
In your inquiries, please try to have available the following information: constituent(s) full name; date of birth; citizenship; time, date, and place of last known location; any contact information, such as a cell phone number or hotel/church, etc. number, where the person could be reached; e-mail address (we understand the Embassy is able to receive e-mails from U.S. citizens in country at this time).
Contributions/Donations
If you receive calls from constituents about how they can make contributions and donations to disaster relief, the following web links can be provided:
U.S. citizens who wish to contribute to the relief effort for Haiti after the earthquake, either online or by text message, can visit www.WhiteHouse.gov.
Below you will find the links to the Center for International Disaster Information's (CIDI) Guidelines and FAQ, which will be helpful in answering questions from constituents around the country. That website also has the Guidelines available in French and Kreyol, if you should need them.
http://www.cidi.org/guidelines/guide_ln.htm
http://www.cidi.org/media/faq.htm
Haitian Citizens in the U.S.
Haitian citizens in the U.S. should call the Haitian Embassy in Washington, D.C., 202-332-4090, or the Haitian Consulate in New York City, 305-859-2003.
Volunteer Opportunities
Additionally, persons who wish to provide assistance or expertise in Haiti are asked to contact the Center for International Disaster Information. The Center, operated under a grant from the United States Agency for International Development's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, has established a dedicated page to coordinate Haiti support at: http://www.cidi.org/incident/haiti-10a/ .
AMERICAN CITIZEN WELFARE/WHEREABOUTS/EVACUATIONS
The U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince has activated a system that enables us to reach out to our U.S. citizen community in country.
USCG C-130s continue to evacuate American Citizens.
