The State Department Operations Center has set up the following number for Americans seeking information about family members in Haiti: 1-888-407-4747
or
202-647-5225.
People trying to contact US citizens in Haiti
can also email the State Department at
Haiti-Earthquake@State.Gov.
Other ways to help:
Text "HAITI" to "90999" and a donation of $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts, charged to your cell phone bill or visit the websites of the Red Cross, InterAction to make a contribution to disaster relief efforts.
Tuesday, February 2 2010 5:34 PM EST2010-02-02 22:34:46 GMT
Troops from Hunter Army Airfield are settling into their relief role as they help deliver food and water to thousands of earthquake victims in Haiti.More >>
The life-saving dog, Blaze, and his trainer are back from their heroic mission in Haiti. Last week, they were able to perform a miracle by saving a little girl trapped in the rubble.More >>
Thursday, January 28 2010 7:59 PM EST2010-01-29 00:59:49 GMT
Once on the ground, the 10th Transportation Company hoped to deliver food and water, help the wounded and vowed to do any other mission they could to help.More >>
The images of orphaned children have pulled on the heartstrings of two Savannah families that are among the many wanting to adopt these children.More >>
Saturday, January 23 2010 5:10 PM EST2010-01-23 22:10:05 GMT
More than 150 3rd Infantry Division soldiers were deployed to Haiti Saturday afternoon with the mission of providing to support to the rattled nation.More >>
Friday, January 22 2010 7:47 PM EST2010-01-23 00:47:31 GMT
The Pascagoula School District is offering a helping hand to kids in Haiti. Teachers and students have been asked to donate money for soap, towels, and toothpaste. As Patrice Clark reports, earthquake hits close to home for one Pascagoula high school student.More >>
Thursday, January 21 2010 5:43 PM EST2010-01-21 22:43:26 GMT
Wilmington doctors performed a four-hour long surgery earlier this week, in hopes of saving the hand of a 12-year-old boy, who was injured trying to help his sister after the earthquake shook Haiti.More >>
Thursday, January 21 2010 4:45 PM EST2010-01-21 21:45:00 GMT
200 pallets are ready for shipment to Haiti, but they still desperately need rice and beans. They also need medical supplies like dressing, IVs, orthopedic equipment and hand sanitizers.More >>
Wednesday, February 17 2010 12:04 PM EST2010-02-17 17:04:50 GMT
Nicolas Sarkozy made the first visit ever by a French president to Haiti, once his nation's richest colony, offering aid to a country prostrate after a catastrophic earthquake.More >>
The directors of the casino ship plan to set sail for Haiti Friday to provide relief. But, critics say, this may not be as humanitarian an act as it sounds.More >>
Five-year-old Bazile was rescued from a remote village in Haiti by the World Harvest Mission group from Lake Worth. She has an extremely enlarged spleen and liver.More >>
With little fanfare, the passengers of the first planeload of Americans fleeing Haiti stepped foot onto the Charleston tarmac. They waited in line some 18 hours for the C-17 to touch down on the island, boarding sometime after 4 a.m. Thursday.More >>
Lynn University's president will give a public statement about the rescue and recovery efforts of the missing six at 2 p.m. today. Watch live on WFLX.com.More >>
Tuesday, January 26 2010 10:40 AM EST2010-01-26 15:40:12 GMT
The dusty soccer field lined with spacious tents is an oasis for earthquake survivors among Haiti's homeless sheltering in acres of squalid camps.More >>
Monday, January 25 2010 2:18 PM EST2010-01-25 19:18:38 GMT
Aid groups will work off of an existing plan for Haiti's development to help the country recover from a devastating earthquake, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday.More >>
Sunday, January 24 2010 10:44 PM EST2010-01-25 03:44:01 GMT
The truckers filling Haiti's mass graves with bodies reported ever higher numbers: More than 150,000 quake victims have been buried by the government, an official said Sunday.More >>
Thursday, January 21 2010 1:15 PM EST2010-01-21 18:15:02 GMT
A group of Baton Rouge physicians and nurses boarded a flight to earthquake-ravaged Haiti early Thursday morning. They will assist with patients suffering from bone and joint injuries sustained in last week's devastating tremor.More >>
Thursday, January 21 2010 11:06 AM EST2010-01-21 16:06:34 GMT
The need is vast. Even before last Tuesday's deadly magnitude-7.0 earthquake, Haiti, one of the world's poorest countries, had 380,000 orphans, according to UNICEF.More >>
Thursday, January 21 2010 7:51 AM EST2010-01-21 12:51:56 GMT
A Cincinnati-based company is shipping meals to Haiti. HeaterMeals is shipping out 1.3 million meals this week, part of a stored inventory kept at the HeaterMeals warehouse by the American Red Cross. More >>
Wednesday, January 20 2010 6:47 PM EST2010-01-20 23:47:17 GMT
A seven person team of surgical techs and nurses will be working out of the USNS Comfort where they will be treating the countless people in need of medical attention.More >>
Wednesday, January 20 2010 5:13 PM EST2010-01-20 22:13:11 GMT
Wilmington doctors are trying to save the hand of a 12-year-old boy who was injured trying to help his sister after the earthquake shook Haiti last week.More >>
Wednesday, January 20 2010 4:30 PM EST2010-01-20 21:30:30 GMT
Several Savannah pastors, part of the Clergymen in Action, gathered Wednesday in front of the Savannah Christian Revival Center to announce their Haiti fund relief drive.More >>
Wednesday, January 20 2010 12:26 PM EST2010-01-20 17:26:07 GMT
They can produce 135,000 meals a day and they've done just that on disaster sites for years. They're ready to put their culinary skills to work in Haiti, but so far haven't received permission to go. Sylvia Hall shows us what F&B catering is ready to do for the devastated country, and what they need to get going.More >>
Wednesday, January 20 2010 11:52 AM EST2010-01-20 16:52:57 GMT
Haitian-born soldier Spc. Jean-Denis Semprevil will be going to Haiti with soldiers from Fort Bragg to help with translation and logistics in his devastated homeland.More >>
Parents of missing Lynn University students are refusing to give up hope. The group speaking out exactly one week since the quake hit Haiti toppling their children's hotel.More >>
Wednesday, January 20 2010 11:34 AM EST2010-01-20 16:34:49 GMT
The magnitude-6.1 temblor was the largest aftershock yet to the Jan. 12 quake. The extent of additional damage or injuries was not immediately clear.More >>
Wednesday, January 20 2010 11:27 AM EST2010-01-20 16:27:47 GMT
Personnel from the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (NMOC), based at Stennis Space Center (SSC), are helping relief get to the devastated people of Haiti. Operation Unified Response involves 11,000 military personnel. Most of the Stennis-based personnel taking part are conducting hydrographic surveys of ports of interest around Haiti.More >>
Wednesday, January 20 2010 9:57 AM EST2010-01-20 14:57:30 GMT
Wednesday morning, another earthquake hit an already devastated Haiti. The 6.0 magnitude quake was one of the last things Jocelyne Williams of Long Beach wanted to hear. She was born in Haiti and is still waiting to hear if her loved ones survived the first quake. As Krystal Allan reports, she's relying on prayer and patience to get help her through the difficult wait.More >>
Wednesday, January 20 2010 9:35 AM EST2010-01-20 14:35:19 GMT
Since the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, the Richmond Map Facility at Defense Supply Center Richmond has been working rapidly to supply the military and federal agencies with maps essential to ongoing humanitarian relief efforts there.More >>
Wednesday, January 20 2010 12:30 AM EST2010-01-20 05:30:50 GMT
There's an effort underway to bring close to a dozen displaced children from an orphanage in Haiti here to North Carolina -- maybe even Wilmington.More >>
Tuesday, January 19 2010 10:00 AM EST2010-01-19 15:00:31 GMT
The manager of the Sonic restaurant in Gautier wants to encourage people to open their hearts and wallets to help the people in Haiti. Sylvia Hall reports on how customers are already responding.More >>
Monday, January 18 2010 8:56 PM EST2010-01-19 01:56:48 GMT
Brent Gutierrez considers himself a lucky man. The Biloxi business owner was in Haiti the day the killer earthquake struck. He was supposed to spend the night in the Hotel Montana, which collapsed in the quake. But a last minute change of plans put him on the road, traveling to the neighboring Dominican Republic to spend the night.More >>
Monday, January 18 2010 8:54 PM EST2010-01-19 01:54:24 GMT
Nearly a week after the devastating earthquake in Haiti the death toll continues to rise, but more help is needed for those who survived. Lifepoint Church is a designated drop off point for medical supplies. They will be collecting materials until January 24.More >>
Monday, January 18 2010 1:57 PM EST2010-01-18 18:57:30 GMT
Troops, doctors and aid workers flowed into Haiti on Monday even while victims of the quake that killed an estimated 200,000 people still struggled to find a cup of water or a handful of food.More >>
Saturday, January 16 2010 7:57 PM EST2010-01-17 00:57:33 GMT
A young airman at Keesler waited for more than two days before he found out his two young daughters in Haiti, did not die in Tuesday's devastating earthquake. Jeff Lawson has the story.More >>
Saturday, January 16 2010 7:47 PM EST2010-01-17 00:47:15 GMT
Missionaries from Grace Church of the Islands arrived back home in Savannah early Saturday morning from a trip to help the victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti.More >>
Friday, January 15 2010 8:53 PM EST2010-01-16 01:53:32 GMT
The Mississippi congressmen who asked the government to halt its sale of FEMA trailers leftover from Hurricane Katrina is now endorsing a plan to send the units to Haiti. But Representative Bennie Thompson of Mississippi warns that the trailers should not be used for housing.More >>
Friday, January 15 2010 12:50 PM EST2010-01-15 17:50:43 GMT
About 85 members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 from Gulfport will be soon be headed to Haiti. Their immediate mission will include clearing roads and helping restore communications. It's a job they're familiar with, especially since many survived Hurricane Katrina and endured its aftermath.More >>
Thursday, January 14 2010 7:11 PM EST2010-01-15 00:11:29 GMT
Governor Haley Barbour said Thursday that Mississippi National Guard members are among those helping in America's response to the deadly earthquake in Haiti. The Mississippi Air National Guard launched a C-17 Globemaster III and crew to pick up Department of Health and Human Services personnel and equipment and deliver them to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.More >>
Thursday, January 14 2010 6:40 PM EST2010-01-14 23:40:45 GMT
A massive worldwide relief effort for Haiti is underway, and people on the Mississippi Gulf Coast are joining in. Many remember the world's generosity in the months after Katrina, and are anxious to give back.More >>
Thursday, January 14 2010 5:43 PM EST2010-01-14 22:43:45 GMT
For many Haitians living in the US, getting in touch with relatives has been very difficult, especially for one Haitian native now living in Hardeeville who is desperate to find his family.More >>
A Charleston Coast Guard Cutter is on its way to bring aid to Haiti and a group of Charleston airmen are on standby after a 7.0 earthquake hit the impoverished country Tuesday afternoon.More >>
Thursday, January 14 2010 9:25 AM EST2010-01-14 14:25:14 GMT
Kat Kendall's parents are missionaries, and her family lived in Haiti for thirteen years. She considers the country home. Her family lives about an hour away from hard hit Port au Prince.More >>
Wednesday, January 13 2010 8:36 PM EST2010-01-14 01:36:35 GMT
A Bay St. Louis family is relieved to know their loved one in Haiti is safe after Tuesday's deadly earthquake. Doug Walker sat down with the Kergosien family to talk about their concerns, and their pride in their daughter and her work.More >>
Wednesday, January 13 2010 5:55 PM EST2010-01-13 22:55:32 GMT
With communication down, finding out if his family is alive has been virtually impossible for Pfc. Gerard Placide, a Haitian native who is currently stationed at Fort Stewart.More >>
Food and other forms of help are getting to people in Haiti, but the digging out, cleaning up and search for quake victims still buried, has been happening very slowly.More >>
Bureau chief Dal Cannady traveled to Haiti with the 10th Transportation Company as they prepare for what could be weeks of relief work in the country.More >>
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