The earthquake destroyed many homes and public buildings, leaving several people homeless. Many people now seek refuge in camps and are forced to sleep on roads and in cars. The infrastructure of the country has also suffered a big blow. Electricity, communication lines etc have been destroyed. Attempts are being made to supply medical aid, food and shelter to the people in Haiti. Individuals, non profit organizations and groups are putting in their best efforts to gather money and other aid to the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Some highly rates organizations through which you can help Haiti include Action Against Hunger , American Red Cross, CARE, Church World Service, Doctors Without Borders – USA, International Medical Corps, International Rescue Committee, Mercy Corps , Mercy Corps , Save the Children, Salvation Army, World Vision and so on. Even art and music organizations have come forward to do their bit to help Haiti. Music For Relief offers unreleased music for free at their site MusicForRelief.org. They also encourage donations which will be equally distributed among United Nations Foundation, Habitat For Humanity, and Dave Matthews Band's BAMA Works Haitian relief program. An organization called Artists for Peace and Justice comprises of several prominent artists. They are working towards raising funds to build schools in Haiti.

Nurses can volunteer to go to Haiti and offer their services there. With the large amount of financial and other aid pouring into Haiti from all over the world, several scams have also popped up over the internet. Ignore such unsolicited e-mails and those that look like scams. Take care never to disclose any financial information to the senders of such e-mails. It would be wiser to make contributions and offers to volunteer directly to known organizations. This way you can be sure that your money and efforts will reach the deserving people and organizations.

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