Apple Using iTunes to Collect Red Cross Donations for Haiti
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Apple has set up a special section of its iTunes Music Store to allow users to donate directly to the Red Cross. The funds are charged through the user’s iTunes account, billed to the same bank account or credit card on file, and use the same process as for buying a song, video or iPhone app. The move is the latest in a series of high-profile actions designed to help expedite the delivery of charitable donations to the Haiti relief effort.
The ClintonBushHaitiFund.org charitable giving site, put together by the Obama administration to help ensure the donations process is transparent, efficient and trustworthy, reports having received 90,000 donations in just two days. Some $11 million dollars had been collected by the texting services of the Red Cross and Yelé Haiti charities, prior to the launch of the Clinton-Bush project.
Other means of helping to protect Haitians impacted by the quake and to channel money to the island include a temporary protected immigrant status for Haitians already in the United States. They will be granted an 18-month protected period during which time they will be able to work and send remittances home to their friends and relatives in Haiti, creating a possible source of significant assistance to those directly impacted by the quake and its aftermath.
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