Haiti Earthquake Relief

Double your donations to help Haiti with Union Plus
 

Survivors of the massive earthquake that struck Haiti need your help. The city is devastated. The number of dead and injured is estimated to be more than 100,000.

Make an individual donation to the AFL-CIO Solidarity Center's Earthquake Relief* for Haitian Workers' campaign and Union Plus will match your donation dollar-for-dollar, up to $100,000.  Thanks to all of those who've donated!

Together with working families across the nation, we've raised $89,000 so far, but need your help to reach the $100,000 goal.  Authorities in Haiti expect post-reconstruction efforts will take three years and require over $11.5 billion.  Whatever amount you can afford to give will be matched and help rebuild the devastation in Haiti.

The non-profit Solidarity Center is an AFL-CIO partner organization that supports programs and projects aimed at advancing worker rights and promoting broad-based, sustainable economic development. The center’s Education Fund works with union and community partners to respond quickly to natural disasters and aid displaced workers.

Your donation will help rush life-saving relief supplies including food, clean water, medical supplies, blankets and tents to the Haitian people. Goods are currently being delivered to the Confederation of Haitian Workers training center, which is providing shelter, food, and medical assistance to more than 200 people.

Donate today to maximize the power of your donation. Donate online* or mail in your check today.

Donations to Haiti will be tax deductible; see details here. 

Or send a check payable to "Solidarity Center Education Fund" to:

Solidarity Center Education Fund
Attn: Joan Welsh
888 16th Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington DC 20006

Please designate "Earthquake Relief Fund for Haitian Workers" in the memo line of the check
 

*Union Plus will match individual donations. You do NOT need to use your Union Plus Credit Card to make a donation that will be matched by Union Plus. NO union dues will be used for the matching donation campaign.

• Questions? Read these FAQs (PDF).
• Read about the most recent activities of the Solidarity Center on the ground in Haiti here. 

Union Plus program providers help for Haiti
 

HSBC - provider of the Union Plus Credit Card

• Donated $1.6 million to assist their partner SOS Children's Villages in its efforts to care for orphaned children in Haiti. SOS anticipates a substantial increase in the need for their services, and HSBC's donation will be directed at supporting SOS's longer-term efforts. HSBC has worked closely with SOS , the world's largest orphan charity, over many years throug their Future First program. SOS has operated in Haiti for roughly 30 years and has two large villages there.
• HSBC Bank, USA is also waiving transfer fees for money transfers to Haiti.

The Hartford - provider of Union Plus Insurance programs

• Donated $50,000 to the Red Cross to aid the organization's Haiti relief efforts. The Red Cross is taking a leading role in coordinating support for those in the country in need of food, water, shelter and medical help.

AT&T Wireless - provider of the Union Plus AT&T Discount

• Donated $50,000 to Telecoms Sans Frontieres, the leading humanitarian agency specializing in emergency telecommunications, to fund its relief work in Haiti and in other disasters around the globe. TSF have deployed an emergency team to provide vital support for emergency telecommunications in Haiti, taking with them satellite mobile and fixed telecommunications tools.
• Contributing two additional $50,000 contributions to other relief organizations.
• Donated $200,000 to the American Red Cross for emergency relief, as part of a five-year $1 million commitment.

Based on advice from disaster-relief experts, to maximize the impact of their gifts, AT&T is balancing support between short- and longer-term needs. AT&T will continue to monitor and evaluate the situation and needs as they develop.

Text donations

AT&T wireless customers can also text HAITI to 90999 to donate $10 to the Red Cross to provide food, shelter, counseling and more. Thus far, AT&T customers have donated more than $9 million to the Red Cross via this mobile giving program.

And AT&T updated systems to make AT&T text messages sent to Haiti relief efforts free of charge. The donations will appear as a line-item on the customer's bill or be debited from a prepaid account. Text donations are limited to no more than three $10 donations in one month.

Farmers Insurance Group - provider of Union Plus Auto Insurance

• Contributed $25,000 to the American Red Cross to help aid relief in Haiti.
• More contributions planned as need continues.
• Will hold countrywide "blue jean" day when Farmer employees can wear blue jeans to work in exchange for a monetary donation to be given to the American Red Cross to further support relief efforts in Haiti.

Union support for Haiti
 

The support by union members continues to pour in to help the survivors of the recent massive earthquake in Haiti. 

See the AFL-CIO Haitian Disaster Relief page here.