Sadly, since the L'Aquila earthquake struck in the early hours of Monday the death toll has now risen to 294. The number of homeless people in tent city who haven't been given a hotel room or have been unable to find family & friends to stay with stands at 17,000, there are another 1000 who are in the make-shift field hospitals. If you are looking to help the people of L'Aquila and the little hill villages where a lot of the elderly live these are the quickest ways to help those most affected by L'Aquila's earthquake.
Online Donations - Quick & Secure
Red Cross - The Italian Red Cross (CRI) have already requested help for those affected by the L'Aquila earthquake. If you would like to help and make an online donation to assist the victims of L'Aquila's earthquake please click on the links below - to the UK Red Cross & US/Canada Red Cross, both forms are in English.
UK - http://www.redcross.org.uk/donatesection.asp?id=93852&entrypoint=37220_m...
Northern America - https://american.redcross.org/site/Donation2?idb=514161456&df_id=1094&10...
NIAF - The National Italian American Foundation have created a Abruzzo Relief Fund & their online donation form is in English. Again here you can make a fast & easy online donation to assist in helping L'Aquila now and rebuild their lives, it's tax free for those in the US.
https://www.niaf.org/relief/Relief_info.asp
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