Call for Haiti donations

This page has been automatically translated from French into English by a translation software. Automatic translations are not as accurate as translations made by professional human translators. Nevertheless these pages can help you understand information published by the City of Brussels.

People can donate to various relief organizations if they want to help Haiti. The island was hit by a severe earthquake on 12 January 2010.

Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world. On 12 January 2010, the island was hit by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7 on the Richter scale. The epicenter was at 15 km from Port-au-Prince, a region with more than 2 million inhabitants. It is feared that thousands of people are dead or injured.

Relief organizations

Several aid organizations have started with the first aid. People who want to donate money for Haiti, may contact:

UNICEF Belgium: account 000-0000055-55 mentioning 'SOS Haiti' or online
Red Cross: international account 000-0000016-16 mentioning 'Haiti' or online
Artsen Zonder Grenzen/Médecins sans frontières: account 000-0000060-60 mentioning 'INT' or online
Oxfam-Solidarity: account 000-0000028 - 28 mentioning the code '9102 - Haïti Noodhulp' or online
Caritas International: account 000-0000041-41 mentioning 'Haïti' or online
Médecins du Monde (Doctors of the World): account 000-0000029-29, with communication 'Haïti' or online
Handicap International: account 000-0000077-77 or online
Broederlijk Delen: account 000-0000092-92 mentioning '0330'
Wereldsolidariteit: account 799-5500000-05 mentioning 'aardbeving in Haïti' or online
SOS Kinderdorpen/SOS Villagesd'Enfants: account 310-0403455-21 mentionin 'Haïti' or online

Belgian Consortium for Emergency Relief Situations 12-12

5 years after 'Tsunami 12-12', Caritas International, Handicap International, Oxfam-Solidarity, Doctors of the World and UNICEF Belgium join to aid Haiti.

account: 000-0000012-12
www.1212.be

Support Haiti by SMS: 4666

The telephone operators Proximus, Mobistar and Base join forces: everyone can send an SMS to 4666 and thus donate 1 euro with the code 'ja'. The money will entirely go to the victims in Haiti.