Since the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti two weeks ago, we at GiveForward have been amazed by the generosity of people to help others.

We’ve seen President Clinton, scores of professional athletes and major celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Josh Duhamel all contribute huge sums of money to help the people of Haiti.

But what has been most remarkable to us are not the Bill Clintons and Angelina Jolies of the world but the everyday people who have rallied together to do what they can.  Within the first 24-hours following the earthquake, before many people had even seen the news on CNN, we were amazed to see that several members of the GiveForward community had already begun setting up fundraising pages for relief organizations like Oxfam and CARE.  One such member, Nabiha Niazi,  set a goal of raising $1000 and used Facebook to ask for support.  Within a week, she had already surpassed her goal! Another member, Beth Rapach has been raising money so her friend, a nurse practitioner, can travel to Haiti to provide direct medical aid. Indeed, the efforts of Nabiha and Beth have been extraordinary — but they are not alone.

Since this disaster took place two week ago, passionate people (the Nabihas and Beths the world) have been emailing us constantly asking how they can help raise money for the relief efforts.  In response to these requests, we have set up the GiveForward Help Haiti page where anyone can start their own fundraising page for a non-profit aid organization participating in the relief efforts.  If you would like to set up your own page to help out with the relief efforts, simply go to www.giveforward.org/haiti and click “join group”. If you don’t know which organization to raise money for, we have provided four organizations that we trust and recommend.

We hope that you find the GiveForward Help Haiti Page useful.  And if you know a Nabiha or a Beth who wants to get involved, we encourage you to please share the link with them.

Many thanks!

The GiveForward Team