Text messaging aids Haiti donations
American mobile phone users have raised more than $27m to help relief efforts.
Published On 22 Jan 2010
Governments worldwide have pledged almost $1bn in aid to earthquake-stricken Haiti, with the biggest single contribution of $130m coming from the United States.
Part of that has come from individuals giving money via text messages on their mobile phones.
Over $27m has been raised so far from people in America donating by text messages to charities – including to the Yele Haiti Foundation, headed by Wyclef Jean, the Haitian-born musician.
Al Jazeera’s Cath Turner reports from New York City on the drive for donations and the questions about where that money is going.
Source: Al Jazeera