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One of the young women who runs the WL.com fansite lives in Chile.  The admin over there asked me (this week) to post this: 


As you probably know, Chile was recently hit by a 8.8 magnitude earthquake. Chile is home to over 16 million people who have been severely shaken up by the quake. As Wicked Lovely reader and Chilean Dani described it: 

I have been watching my country descend into chaos. Yes, my apartment had damage: mostly, broken stuff. However, this doesn't compare to what people are going through further South: death of loved ones,  homes destroyed entirely, cold, hunger, looting, robbery, incommunication, and other things that I can't even imagine.

 

For a better understanding of the destruction, watch a video of the aftermath: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xchv7n_chile-earthquake-relief_news 

The people of Chile are going through unimaginable horrors right now, with death, disease,  lost homes and missing people. So, on behalf of Dani and the Chilean people, I would like to ask you to consider donating to the relief effort, with whatever means you have. 

To donate via text: Donate $10 to the American Red Cross Relief Efforts by texting “Chile” to 90999.

To donate via credit card: Direct Relief International is one of many charities accepting donations to help relief of the Chilean earthquake: http://www.directrelief.org/EmergencyResponse/2010/EarthquakeChile.aspx

To make a direct deposit to the Chilean bank account:

Citibank
Account number: Nº 9941973331
ABA Code:021000089
Address: 153 east 53 Rd. Street 4th floor. New York, Ny 10022


More ways to donate: Google crisis response has a multitude of quick and easy ways to donate to your favorite relief organizations (including UNICEF, International Medical Corps and Habitat for Humanity), as well as information on the quake, live streaming news,  and Spanish resources. To check out their site, go here:http://www.google.com/relief/chileearthquake/

 

 As I'm not doing the research on the links they've shared, I will add a note that in any charity, you should always trust your own judgment, but their links look legit to me.