WASHINGTON — A US group that harnesses mobile phone technology to raise money for charities on Saturday launched text message campaigns to raise money for victims of the powerful quake in Chile.
By texting the word "Chile" to a five-digit number, Americans and Canadians can make micro-donations of five or 10 dollars to non-profit groups including Habitat for Humanity, the Salvation Army or World Vision to help Chileans recover from the 8.8-magnitude quake that rattled their country early Saturday.
"One-hundred percent of your donation goes to the recipient charity, and the donation appears as a charge on your carrier bill," Ginny Edwards, a spokeswoman for the Mobile Giving Foundation, which is coordinating the aid drive, said.
A similar text-messages-for-aid program set up by Mobile Giving after the devastating earthquake in Haiti last month has so far raised 41 million dollars, Edwards told AFP.
A huge 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile in the early hours of Saturday, killing at least 214 people, leaving a trail of twisted buildings and sending tsunami waves roaring at jetspeed across the vast Pacific Ocean.
Source:AFP
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