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February 19, 2010
Type "haiti donations" into Bing, Yahoo, Google and the number of hits is astoudning. (111,0000,000 and 7,310,000 and 11,900,000 hits respectively).
The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that American charities raise $774-Million for Haiti relief.
Among the results:
- Catholic Medical Mission Board had raised $1.3-million in cash as of February 3. The organization has also received donations of medicines and medical supplies worth $10.6-million.
- Catholic Relief Services had secured $60.4-million in gifts and pledges as of February 17.
How about this one:
- Internews Network, a nonprofit group that promotes journalism abroad, received $200,000 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to help the news media in Haiti recover from the disaster and broadcast critical information about the relief efforts.