Costa Ricans donate to Haiti via text messages

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 | Filed under Costa Rica Headlines

by TCRN Staff

The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) said it has raised ¢ 125 million for Haitian relief through a donation program via cellular text messages.

Those interested in donating through text messages must send a text message to the number 5201 in order to donate ¢ 1.000, 5205 to donate ¢ 5,000  or 5210 to pledge ¢10,000.

The Costa Rican Red Cross will be responsible for administering the funds.

In addition, ICE does not keep a single colon of the donation.


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