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Learn How You Can Help Haiti Earthquake Relief Efforts Through eBay & PayPal

Learn How You Can Help Haiti Earthquake Relief Efforts Through eBay & PayPal Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images

On Tuesday, Jan. 12 shortly before 5 p.m., a 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. According to The Red Cross, about 3 million people were affected by the quake — one-third of Haiti’s population.

In the wake of the devastating quake, more than 100,000 people are feared dead with thousands of others injured or without homes. Reports from the scene say that getting aid to the injured is difficult because many hospitals have been destroyed and medical supplies and heavy equipment are desperately needed.

To help with relief efforts, early response from eBay Foundation includes a special gift-matching program for global eBay Inc. employees making charitable contributions to organizations providing rescue and relief efforts in Haiti.

eBay and PayPal are also responding to the disaster by providing our communities of users with easy methods of donating to the relief effort:

  1. Buy, sell and/or donate items via a dedicated landing page on eBay.com, with proceeds going to Save the Children, The American Red Cross, and other nonprofits involved in the relief effort.
  2. Donate to the Red Cross or Save the Children through Give@Checkout. For a limited time, when you purchase an item on eBay.com, you can donate to these charities during checkout.
  3. PayPal is waiving the payment processing fees for donations to Save the Children for the next 30 days. Links to make donations to Save the Children (which accepts PayPal for donation payments) will be featured on various PayPal onsite placements, including the PayPal home page. Note: A dedicated page for donations is currently under construction, I’ll update you with the link once it is available.

Based on the tragic reports I hear coming out of the area, I can’t imagine what people close to this disaster are going through right now, but my thoughts and prayers go out to all families and people involved. To find out more about how you can help, visit the eBay's dedicated disaster relief page.

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