$10 Million Raised for Earthquake Relief in Two Days Via Facebook

In the first two days after a donate button for Nepal earthquake disaster relief efforts was placed atop Facebook pages, more than half-a-million people donated $10 million to the International Medical Corps, Mashable reports. The social networking giant also pledged to match up to $2 million in donations for relief efforts.

Social media tools such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Google have become essential to the coordination of relief and recovery efforts after major disasters, making it easier to share images from affected areas, no matter how remote, and to direct assistance to people in need.