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Useful information about Earthquake Chile

By Miguel Paz ⋅ March 1, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

If you have any information that could help to improve this database, please write to ohmyblog (at) gmail.com or use the comments section below. There is a lot of “noise” in the internet right now. The idea is to filter and refine the list with useful resources for all those who need help or those who are willing to help.

-EMERGENCY PHONES

(02) 568 1290 / (02) 568 1295 / 131 (Samu, ambulances)

PHONE CALLS AND SMS

-Entel offers to 1 million prepaid mobile users in the regions OHiggins, Maule and Biobío, 20 free minutes in calls and 80 free sms.

-Carrier 188: Long distance calls made through 188 to Chile will be free

AID MAPS (Public, you can add more information)

-Map of places where you can get aid and donate blood http://bit.ly/ceOPe5

-Map of closed/blocked roads http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=113716870702282583875.000480af8bc480bc2b82c

TWITTER (users and useful hashtags)

@CruzRojaInforma informs in a very serious and efficient way

@Ejercito_Chile informs about aiding troops

@AyudaChile centralizes requests for searching people, offers all kind of help

If you want to search for family and/or friends in Twitter, please use hashtag #buscapersonas

If you found someone you were searching for, please use hashtag #encontrada

To inform about blocked/closed roads, streets, routes, please use hashtag #caminoschile telling route, Km and description .

WEBSITES TO SEARCH PEOPLE

Person finder. Chile Earthquake (Site in Spanish and English)

http://chilepersonfinder.appspot.com/?lang=es

http://www.tconnections.net/chile/

FB Group Chile Earthquake http://www.facebook.com/terremotochile

http://w2.chileayuda.com/

Missing twitters (you can add names or advise they are ok)
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ak7Hv61u9JsfdFFaTG1wZkZmeFBzSWRHZWRUM1ZYX2c&hl=es#

AID CENTERS, FOOD COLLECTION, DONATIONS OF FOOD AND MONEY

-Parish churches in Santiago: Collect non-perishable food (pasta, rice, powder milk, sugar and oil). You can give food also in: Isabel La Católica School in Ricardo Lyon, Sagrados Corazones de Alameda.

-Cruz Roja receives money donations:

Current Accounts:

In Chile:

Banco Estado
Account Nº 362883
Cruz Roja Chilena
Rut: 70.512.100-1
e-mail: finanzas@cruzroja.cl

Abroad:
Citibank
Account Nº 9941973331
Código ABA:021000089

Address: 153 east 53 Rd. Street 4th floor. New York, Ny 10022

More info: http://www.cruzroja.cl

-Caritas Chile:

Holder : Caritas Chile
Banco Santander
Account Nº 0-082-18-00080-1
R.U.T. de CARITAS CHILE es 70.020.800-1
Email: culloa@caritaschile.org
More Info: http://www.caritaschile.org

-Unicef and Direct Relief International. You can donate at: http://www.google.com/intl/es/relief/chileearthquake/ (Spanish) and http://www.google.com/intl/es/relief/chileearthquake

-Iquique: Iquique municipality collects at Estadio Viejo (in front of Cavancha, enter by Avenida Prat): diapers, powder milk, non-perishable food, liquids (water and milk) and blankets. For more information, please call 057514736.

-La Serena: From Monday, March, 1st. At plaza Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Squire), collects food and clothes.

-Puerto Montt: Collects milk, water and diapers at Escuela (School) 6 (Escuela España) to send donations to Concepción.

-Federación de Estudiantes Universidad de Chile: FECH is calling for volunteers and collecting donations. All donations will be stored at FECH home and afterwards given to Cruz Roja (Red Cross) or directly to the affected people. Address: Periodista José Carrasco Tapia número 9. If you want to be volunteer, please send your data to ayuda@fech.cl or call 9771932. More info: http://webfech.blogspot.com/

-Federación de Estudiantes de la PUC: Collects non-perishable food, hygiene products, diapers, clothes, bottled drinking water at its campus San Joaquín and Lo Contador from March, 1^st at 9:oo am.

-Estudiantes U del Desarrollo, San Carlos de Apoquindo. Collects help for Cruz Roja (Red Cross). Water, non-perishable food, clothes, blankets, shoes. Address: Av. La Plaza 680, Las Condes. Monday to Friday from 10 to 20 hours. More info: http://www.facebook.com/pages/SantiagoConcepcion/UDD/58100719113?ref=ss

-Juventud de Renovación Nacional: Collects donations at: Calle Antonio Varas 454, Providencia. Phone: 7994200.

-Jóvenes Líderes y Supermercados Jumbo: Campaign to send food to the South. Volunteers should be at Jumbo Alto Las Condes this Monday at 11am. From there, there would be buses to Central Distribución de Jumbo in Pudahuel. More info: Giampiero Giaretti: contacto@joveneslideres.cl Mobile: 98270968.

-Un Techo Para Chile. Asks for volunteers to go to regions 7a and 8a to build houses. Please send e-mail to iabbott@untechoparachile.cl with name, e-mail address, home phone and mobile phone. More info (including how to donate money) www.untechoparachile.cl

-Rancagua: Monday at 8:30am at plaza de Rancagua. Asks for volunteers. Please bring shovels and picks.

-Help for Tirúa: From Monday on, collects milk, diapers, flour, non-perishable food, blankets and clothes at Casa CVX (María Luisa Santander 0290, Providencia, Phone 4217630). They are also coordinating, with Hogar de Cristo and Un Techo para Chile, buying building material and direct help. For this, they are collecting money donations in the current account of economato de la Compañía de Jesús:

Holder: Orden Religiosa Compañía de Jesús

RUT: 70.072.300-3

Account nº 27959-05 del Banco de Chile.

Please send info of your donation to Carlos Bresciani sj to his e-mail carlosbriescianisj@gmail.com

Also at Casa de CVX they collect help for Michaihue community, close to Concepción, which is isolated and without supplies.

-Colegio San Ignacio de Alonso de Ovalle 1452: From8:00am asks for volunteers to make lists of people (census) and prepare help for immigrants (mostly Peruvians) who are sleeping in the street at barrio Yungay. They also collect donations for Provincia de Arauco. The same at Colegio (School) San Ignacio El Bosque (Av. Pocuro 2801) and Hogar de Cristo (Hogar de Cristo 3812, Estación Central).

BLOOD DONATIONS (via http://todosporunmundomejor.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/terremoto-en-chile-aprende-como-puedes-ayudar-tu/):

-Health Department (Minsal) asks for blood donations due to the big amount of injured people. Specially needed blood type O Rh-.

-Valparaíso: Blood center Valparaíso

-San Fernando: Blood bank at Hospital de San Fernando, en Negrete 1401

-Talca: Centro de Diagnóstico Terapéutico, near hospital Regional de Talca

-Puerto Montt: Escuela (School) Nº 6 de Puerto Montt

-Región Metropolitana: Blood center Metropolitano, Avda. Vitacura (Ex Hospital Militar) and at Posta Central

-Requirements to donate blood: 18 to 65 years old– Not have had hepatitis – Weight over 50 kilos – Last donation made before the last 3 months.

-Donation hours: 09:00 to 17:00 Hrs. In other cities you can donate at the hospitals (blood banks).

SUPERMARKETS, GAS STATIONS, PHARMACIES

-List of pharmacies open: http://bit.ly/cqRbEb

-Open supermarkets http://maps.google.cl/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=es&t=h&source=embed&msa=0&msid=104556930845228125889.000480a98ae40597221b4&ll=-33.742613,-71.246338&spn=1.598699,3.131104&z=8

FIREMAN

-Fire departments all over Chile http://www.bomberos.cl/links.php

FLIGHTS

-600 526 2000: Information about flights. Attends 24 hours/day.