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Many of you would be aware of devastating earthquake in Haiti which caused the lost of lives of thousands of people. People around the world have been trying their best to help the one of the most poorest country of Americas which is dealing with the crisis. Once again the current array of technologies could be helpful to provide a bridge between volunteers and people who are willing to help them. For instance Haitian-born singer Wycelf has been trying it’s best to help his country men. All he wants to text Yele to 501501 which will cost you $10 per SMS. If you want to donate to RedCross then “HAITI” to 90999 or send a gift card to RedCross.

On other hands techies in America are teaming up to utilize current technology to help earthquake victims. CrisisCampHaiti is calling techies from different parts of the America to use their skills to build up systems which can provide some help on ground. Tim Oreilly just updated his twitter status about the facility of free SMS service for Haiti where you can ask about the things need on ground. Google has comeup with a people finder badge which you can embed on your site

UN has already declared Haiti’s earthquake the worst disaster ever dealth with. We can’t challenge to God Almighty but such incidents also become the reason of testing our faith that how sincere we are to help these victims.

We Pakistani have already dealt with similar situation 4 years ago. The way we all we teamed up to help our countrymen was really commendable. People of Haiti might not be out countrymen or belong to same faith but yet they are human like us and they do need our help. There is an appeal from Pakistanis and they ‘re being asked to come forward and help. Edhi sahab is already participating in relief activities. Unfortunately we could not do things much in technology ground despite of my appeal here and there . Please come forward and help the people who are similar to us. May God reward you on your efforts.