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This evening, the island nation of Haiti endured an earthquake like they have never experienced. The disaster occurred at nightfall around 5:50 pm and measured a record 7.0 magnitude, devastating Haiti, especially in Port au Prince, imploding the Presidential Palace and Petionville, where a hospital collapsed.

Haiti, a nation also suffering from extreme poverty, has recently endured severe hurricanes and is in dire straits, to say the least.

At this moment the victims are under the veil of night with no electricity, little help and barely any means of communication except for those fortunate enough to have an internet signal. The damage is overwhelming and it is feared that Haiti will suffer a high number of casualties.  How much?? Sadly, no one will know until the sun rises tomorrow.

LuxSecret Magazine encourages you to help in any way you can. As more information regarding Haiti's condition and relief efforts, we will keep you aware of various organizations and opportunities for you to help.

Here are a few vetted options you might consider:

Direct Relief

This organization provide emergency aid and has committed to providing $1 million in aid.  As the earthquake occurred, Direct Relief was actually scheduled to provide shipping containers of medical material to aid ongoing humanitarian and emergency-preparedness work in Haiti.  St. Damien Children's Hospital is one of three partners that Direct Relief is partners with. Visit DirectRelief.org for more information.

Yele Haiti

Musician Wyclef Jean, whose homeland is Haiti, is asking people to donate to Yele Haiti to help with disaster relief.
Wyclef Jean asks people to please text: Yele to 510 510 and donate $5.
For more information go to:http://yele.org.

International Medical Corps

They relieve the suffering of those affected by war, natural disaster and disease, by delivering vital health care services that focus on training. This approach of helping people help themselves is critical to returning devastated communities to self-reliance. Visit IMCworldwide.org

 

World Food Programme

This is the largest humanitarian agency fighting world hunger. They provide emergency aid during natural disasters, wars and to victims of conflict. Visit WFP.org

Doctors Without Borders

This group has won a Nobel Prize for their work to save lives during times of disasters. For more information about how the doctors will work to help Haiti go to: http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org.

Photo: Reuters TV