Social Media has played an important role in Haiti. There have been people who are trapped who are using Twitter to “cry” for help and to let relatives know they were alive. Whole blogs have been set up to keep people informed as to what is needed in Haiti and what certain groups have already sent.

And the fundraising will be charged to your cellphone, just text “90999” for the Red Cross’ Haiti fundraising effort, “QUAKE” to 20222 for the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, “GIVE” to 25283 for the MTV telethon, “YELE” to 501501 for the Yele Haiti Foundation, “HAITI” to 52000″ for the Salvation Army, “HOPE10” to 20222 for Unicef, “HABITAT” to 25835 for Oxfam America, Inc., “HAITI” to 40579 for the National Religious Broadcaster, “SAVE” or “SAFE” to 20222 for Save the Children Federation, Inc., “GIVE” or “World” to 20222 for the World Vision, Inc., “CARE” to 24383 for Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc., “AJWS” to 25383 for the American Jewish World Service, “LIVE” to 25383 for Americares, Inc., “LWR” to 40579 for Lutheran World Relief.

According to MSNBC over $30 million has been pledged using cellphone text messages. That 3 million pledges of $10 each have been made. The power of the cellphone, think how powerful that is.

There is even a story on wired.com about how U.S. filmmaker Dan Wooley, in Haiti filming a documentary, survived with the help of an iPhone first-aid app! The app in question was Pocket First Aid and CPR by Jive Media LLC. You know what they say, there’s an app for that!