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Digicel Launches Text And Voice Donation Line To Support Relief Efforts In Haiti
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admin on 01/15/2010 00:20:00 Etc/GMT+1

-  Mobile operator encourages its 10 million plus customers worldwide to 'text a
helping hand' to support relief efforts in Haiti

Thursday, January 14th, 2009 - Kingston, Jamaica: Digicel Group today launched a
text and voice donation line to enable its 10 million plus customers worldwide
to donate money to the massive humanitarian relief effort that is urgently
needed in Haiti.
Audio File.
By texting the word “HELP” or calling a short code* (5151 in the OECS - see
table below for other regions), Digicel customers in any of its 32 markets
worldwide can make a difference to the people of Haiti by contributing directly
to the relief efforts following the earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince
and other parts of the country on Tuesday, January 12th, 2009.
Digicel will donate all funds it receives from the text and voice donation line
to the relief efforts in Haiti. Importantly, there is no restriction on the
number of texts or calls a customer can send or make, so people are free to
donate as much as they like.
Caribbean and Central American nationals living in the Diaspora can also take
part in the text donation. By simply topping up the Digicel number +1 876 295
0000 in select Digicel top up retail stores* in the US, UK, the Bahamas, Canada,
the French West Indies and Turks & Caicos or via Digicel Online Top Up on
www.digiceljamaica.com with the amount you wish to donate, Digicel will send the
money directly to its NGO partners in Haiti.
Colm Delves, Digicel Group CEO, said: “As a part of the Caribbean community,
we are committed to finding every possible way to help the people of Haiti in
their time of need. Digicel has already donated US$5 million to the emergency
relief efforts in the form of donations to NGOs in Haiti. We are now also
offering our 10 million customers the opportunity to join us in supporting our
neighbors in Haiti. Together, we can truly make a difference in the wake of this
terrible disaster.”
Market
Short/Long  Code
Agreed Rate
Aruba/Bonaire/Curacao
5151
NAF 1.00
Barbados
5151
BBD1.00
Bermuda
5151
USD1.00
Cayman
5151
CI 1.00
Guyana
1133
GYD 80
OECS
5151
XCD1.00
Suriname
2727
SRD1.00
Trinidad
5151
TTD3.00
Jamaica
162
JD25
TCI
5151
USD1.00
BVI
5151
USD1.00
FWI
999
E 1.00
El Salvador
2001
USD0.30
Panama
5151
USD0.50
Honduras
9090
L 5.60