Hatian relief

I beg you, know exactly where your money is going to go before you donate it to disaster relief in Haiti!
This should be a common thing for all donations, but i am stressing this particular event for two reasons.
1) Haiti is really good at using foreign aid for private interests rather than community aid.
2)Whenever a huge event like this occurs it is very easy for funds to "slip through the cracks" and get missused or wasted.

I saw many examples of "donations" that were sold to private enterprises rather than assissting the poor Haitians.
Know the overhead costs of the organizations you give to. Organizations like the Red Cross and United Way end up eating much of what is donated just in paying their staff.
When donating for big events, either extreme can be bad.
Some organizations that are too large waste your donation on overhead.
Some organizations that are too small have no clue how to handle such a large influx of cash. How do you think a business would react if one week they made 100 times more than they had ever made before?

This is just a friendly reminder to be wise with your money and to not let your emotions cloud your judgement.

My recomendation:
http://www.imb.org/main/news/details.asp?StoryID=8286&LanguageID=1709