Wyclef Jean’s organization to aid earthquake relief efforts is announcing substantial success after accepting donations for the cause. Continue…

With a pair of text messages, Stuart Johnson sent money to the American Red Cross and the Yele Haiti Foundation, both organizing donations through a newly empowered fundraising method called mobile giving.

Red Cross donations made by texting reach $5 million, as the campaign to raise money for Haiti relief efforts goes viral in an always-connected society

Remove the barriers to giving, and people will give. That seems to be the lesson many charities are learning in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti on Tuesday. Within 36 hours, mobile donations to relief efforts for Haiti have topped $7 million, according to the Mobile Giving Foundation.

After the Haiti earthquake, donations have poured into Wyclef Jean’s Yéle Haiti foundation. While the organization has been praised for good work, some experts say charitable giving should be focused on larger organizations with established emergency relief programs.

Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti organization has raised more than $1 million from mobile text donations since Tuesday's earthquake.