PHILADELPHIA – Typhoon Haiyan ###### one of the largest ###### storms ever recorded. It ###### the Philippines on Nov. ######. Thousands of people died ###### more than 600,000 lost ###### homes. The full damage ###### not yet known. Telephone ###### Internet service aren't fully ###### up yet. It's hard ###### travel on some roads.

###### aid has been slow ###### reach victims in faraway ###### of the country.

Could this disaster mark a change in the way aid is given? A chance for young people to give money in their own way? A moment for the millennial generation, those born after 1982, to become leaders?

Digital ###### has changed the face ###### giving, for both aid ###### and people who donate ###### to help out.]]>
Aid Requests On The Web

The Web is ready ###### accept people's donations. Google "######" and "aid," and about ###### dozen aid group websites ###### up above and to ###### right of your search ######. You'll see ads from ###### International Rescue Committee and ###### Without Borders.

If you've ###### Facebook this week, you've ###### an ad for "Emergency ###### Donation." It says: "This ###### to the American Red ###### will help those affected ###### the typhoon in the ######."

Apple even has created ###### way to give money ###### the iTunes store.]]>
That makes it perfect ###### millennials. They move around ###### lot and are often ###### their smart phones and ######. Digital giving has increased ###### popularity. The Pew Research ###### is a group that ###### people about big things ###### in the U.S. Its ###### survey found that people ###### 40 were just as ###### to give money digitally ###### over the phone or ###### the mail.

Helping Haiti And Japan

Millennials gave ###### during the Haiti earthquake ###### 2010. And they gave ###### again during the Japanese ###### disaster of 2011 which ###### giant waves of water ###### wrecked many towns. Large ###### responded to the call ###### aid.]]>
###### says that the Haiti ###### worked because the coverage ###### TV and the Internet ###### how bad the disaster ######. And millennials were ready ###### act.

Can the suffering in the Philippines be brought alive like that?

Feldmann says millennials ###### money based on their ######. "They see something on ######, the Web, their mobile ######, and they decide to ###### some money," he said.

###### they are very sharp, ###### adds. "They know exactly ###### digital tools to use, ###### find out more about ###### cause and 'where my ###### is going.'" Then they ###### money.

Instant Images Of Disasters

A 2012 survey ###### millennials asked 6,522 people ###### 20 to 35 about ###### giving patterns. Three-quarters said ###### had donated to a ###### cause in the last ######, and almost two-thirds said ###### had volunteered.]]>
###### say they like to ###### locally. But, the numbers ###### that they give to ###### causes in other countries. ###### of this is that ######, Facebook and Twitter are ######. Human suffering is all ###### the world, and now ###### can be brought very ######.

Aaron Smith works for ###### Pew Research Center's Internet ######. He says millennials decide ###### give based on photos, ###### and calls to action ###### TV - and their ###### of friends.

"We now ###### information within a network, ###### of people we listen ###### or of the Web," ###### says.]]>
And most of ###### time, we can.]]>