How to help the Haitian cholera epidemic

&bul; Help buy water filtration kits through Addison-based Lutheran Church Charities. The kits cost $30 each, but donations of any amount are welcome. www.lutheranchurchcharities.org

&bul; Help buy antibiotics and oral rehydration supplies through Hoffman Estates-based Bright Hope, which has a church network set up in Haiti ready to deliver the supplies. brighthope.org

&bul; Donate to restorehaiti.org, run by Carpentersville mom Martha Walker, who frequently travels to Haiti to help impoverished schools.

&bul; Collect new or slightly used bars of soap and bottles of shampoo and donate them to Clean The World, which will distribute them in Haiti. cleantheworld.org

&bul; Help UNICEF buy soap, aquatabs for water purification, chorine for water system cleaning and portable latrines. UNICEF also is working with the World Health Organization and other groups to set up cholera treatment centers across the country and educate people about hygiene using posters and radio broadcasts. unicefusa.org

&bul; Donate to USAID, which is providing a wide range of supplies, including oral rehydration solution, soap, educational materials, chlorine and safe drinking water. usaid.gov

&bul; Donate to Doctors Without Borders, which is sending physicians to Haitian hospitals, many of which are reported to be overflowing with cholera patients. doctorswithoutborders.org