A long list of Mac and iPhone application developers have teamed up through the Indie+Relief Web site to help raise funds for assistance in Haiti following the earthquake that devastated the country. All proceeds from the special one-day event on January 20 will go to organizations that are offering relief efforts in the country.
Haiti was struck by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake on January 12, causing extensive damage around the Port-au-Prince area. To date, over 70,000 victim's bodies have been recovered and estimates for the death toll are around 200,000.
The Indie+Relief Web site.
The groups the developers are donating to include Doctors Without Borders, Red Cross, UNICEF, Partners in Health, DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal, Non-Believers Giving Aid, Save the Children, CECI, AmeriCares, Oxfam, and more.
The list of developers generously offering up money to help Haiti is amazingly long. Here's just a sampling of the companies involved in the Indie+Relief effort:
- Acorn
- Open Reel Software
- Marketcircle
- System of Touch
- CoLocalization Research Software
- rocket
- scriptsoftware.com
- St. Clair Software
- Delicious Monster
- Fetch Softworks
- App Cubby
- Houdah Software
- Instapaper
- Outer Level
- Red Sweater Software
- SmileOnMyMac
- Zykloid Software
- Regular Rate and Rhythm
- Karelia Software
- Dejal
- TheCodingMonkeys
- Cultured Code
- Second Gear
- atebits
- Big Store Phone
- the iconfactory
- FutureTap
For Mac and iPhone users that don't want to buy any applications but still want to donate to the Haitian relief efforts, Indie+Relief is offering links to the Doctors Without Borders, Red Cross and UNICEF Web sites.
Indie+Relief runs on January 20 only, so be sure to visit the group's Web site today.