A stroll through Forever 21 boutiques reveal baskets, upon racks, upon displays chock full of cute accessories that are as adorable and versatile as they are affordable. Just in stock for the busiest season of the year is the result of the brand’s most recent partnership with the United Nations World Food Program.

Beginning today you can find an array of these colorful, beaded $5 bracelets that are hand-made in Guatemala. The trendy wrist wear is part of Forever 21’s charitable participation in helping world hunger.

Children from all over the world go to bed hungry every night and Forever 21 knows they can help. The six colors of  the bracelets represent a different country: Swaziland, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Honduras, Haiti and Pakistan. The sale of one bracelet sends two meals to children suffering from hunger in those countries. {Fab Sugar}

The perfect stocking stuffer for you or someone you love and a warm meal for a child in need. What more could you ask for?

Buried alive under tons of wreckage, one man lived to tell the tale.

All thanks to an iPhone App.

Dan Woolley had arrived in Haiti to film the poverty-stricken nation for the mission organization Compassion International. He and his colleague were at their hotel in Port-Au-Prince when the earthquake struck.

Taking cover in an elevator shaft and sustaining a broken leg and a cut head, the situation was so dire that Woolley, fearing the worst, wrote his final goodbyes to his family in a blood-stained notebook.

Miraculously, however, Woolley was able to survive his 65-hour ordeal by following the advice of a First-Aid App on his iPhone, which taught him how to create a bandage and tourniquet for his leg. The App also advised against falling asleep should he be in shock – and so Woolley set his iPhone alarm to go off continuously every 20 minutes.

It’s striking to us how lucky Woolley was to have an Internet connection, the right App, and a functioning iPhone in that moment of need. We’re just thankful that Woolley had the right technology and the human strength to get home to his family alive.

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Of course, donations to charitable organizations are desperately needed – but if you can find it in your heart to open your pocketbook even a little wider, there are many ways to give more and get a little something in return.

SFGirlbythebay is donating $5 from every purchase (including some fabulous Keep Calm & Carry On Posters) on her Etsy site to Haiti; AphroChic and StyleTure have joined 13 other bloggers in a Bloggers Day of Action for Haiti and are auctioning off some great design pieces with full proceeds going to either the Red Cross, UNICEF, or Yele Haiti; and Fashion Philanthropy is offering 100% of its profits to Haiti.

So, if you’re a reader – keep tweeting, keep texting, and get buying! If you’re a blogger – keep posting (and add a banner to a charity – like this one for the World Food Programme – to your site)!

The least we all can do is spread awareness and give what we can to the people of Haiti at this devastating time.

Help Now {Red Cross}

Help Now {UNICEF}

Help Now {Yele Haiti}

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