Women in Technology Rally together for Aid to Haiti

The Women in technology has been immensely active in Seattle and New York providing guidance on how you can assist in aid for Haiti.  Both Girls in Technology, Microsoft, and the Mona Foundations have partnered together to provide much needed relief to Haiti.  In this post, you will find resources on how you can provide direct aid to Haiti through proper and credible channels.

For overview on the depth of the disaster (beyond what the news is reporting), please refer to my colleague and dear friend, Esther Schorr’s blog post .

Esther introduced me last month to Mahnaz who runs the Mona Foundation. Prior to the disaster they provided strategic goodwill to the Haitian community for education and resources for learning. In response to the disaster, the foundation has put together  Mona Foundation Relief Fund – “Because the Mona Foundation already has projects in country and relationships with the larger disaster relief agencies mentioned in the list above, we are serving as an additional funnel to get dollars where they need to go through these agencies.  Any funds sent to the Mona Foundation Relief Fund will go – 100% - directly to one of these groups expeditiously.” You can subscribe to their eUpdates HERE.  "

Be careful to avoid false aid collection sites and refer to the CNN list of valid organizations. As Esther eloquently put “ Whatever funds you raise should absolutely be sent through one of the reputable disaster relief organizations -  see this article on CNN.com for a great list of the ones that have been vetted for legitimacy and have in Haiti ties already: http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/01/13/haiti.earthquake.how.to.help/index.html?hpt=T2 .  I direct you here because giving is a very personal thing and you all need to give where and how it feels right to you. I just want to be sure you don’t funnel dollars to any of the scam sites that have popped up already.”