
President Michelle Bachelet declared a "state of catastrophe" after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile early Saturday morning. Chile's second-largest city, Concepción, was the hardest hit - located just 70 miles (115 kilometers) from the epicenter of the earthquake.
Read a resource guide to the earthquake prepared by AS/COA Online.
All of the below efforts have been approved by the Mobile Giving Foundation, which organized text message relief for Haiti.
Text "CHILE" to 20222 to donate $10 on behalf of World Vision.
Text "CHILE" to 52000 to donate $10 on behalf of the Salvation Army.
Text "SAVE" to 20222 to donate $10 on behalf of Save the Children Federation, Inc.
Text "CHILE" to 85944 to donate $10 on behalf of International Medical Corp.
Text "4CHILE" to 50555 to donate $10 on behalf of Convoy of Hope.
Text "CHILE" to 50555 to donate $10 on behalf of Friends of the World Program.
Text "REBUILD" to 50555 to donate $10 on behalf of Friends of the Operation USA.
Post your comment below on other efforts to assist Chileans.
(Photograph. From Dichato, Chile - one of the zones most affected by the earthquake. Courtesy of Ximena Valenzuela.)
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