How to help relief efforts for Haiti

Many organizations are currently seeking donations to help:

• UNICEF is seeking donations to the ongoing emergency relief efforts in Haiti and the Caribbean region through www.unicefusa.org/haitiquake or call 1-800-4UNICEF.

• Text "HAITI" to 90999 to donate $10 to @RedCross relief efforts in #Haiti. To learn more, see the Whitehouse website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/01/12/thoughts-and-prayers-haiti

• Operation Helping Hands, a joint community project of The Miami Herald and United Way-Miami, will be collecting donations to support the relief effort in Haiti. To make a contribution, go to iwant2help.org

• The Archdiocese of Miami is accepting financial donations to assist with recovery efforts for the earthquake victims in Haiti. People may send their donations to Catholic Charities, 1505 NE 26th St. Wilton Manors, FL 33305, Attention Earthquake Victims.

• The Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) -- the natural disaster relief arm of the OAS -- is asking people who want to donate to visit its special relief website called PanAmericanRelief.org.

Worried about loved ones?

• U.S. citizens wondering about family in Haiti can call the U.S. State Department's American Citizen Services line at 1-888-407-4747.

• Google has setup a list of missing persons, you can add people and search for them using this form:

• The International Committee of the Red Cross has setup a Family Links website.

• CNN has setup a place for people to look at and post photos of loved ones at CNN iReport Haiti