Upon hearing about Haiti's devastating earthquake many people reaction and my own were what can we do to help. Wyclef Jean of Fugee fame and a Haitian released this statement. With it he released a website that is taking donations. It is imperative that everyone who can help do so. Haiti is extremely poor and their infrastructure was not built to handle an earthquake of this magnitude so the country is really struggling even more so than they were before. I know I am donating what I can and I ask you do the same. Please pray for all of those impacted by this disaster and may God be with them.
From Wyclef Jean:
“Haiti today faced a natural disaster of unprecedented proportion, an earthquake unlike anything the country has ever experienced. The magnitude 7.0 earthquake – and several very strong aftershocks – struck only 10 miles from Port-au-Prince.
I cannot stress enough what a human disaster this is, and idle hands will only make this tragedy worse. The over 2 million people in Port-au-Prince tonight face catastrophe alone. We must act now.
President Obama has already said that the U.S. stands ready to assist’ the Haitian people. The U.S. Military is the only group trained and prepared to offer that assistance immediately. They must do so as soon as possible. The international community must also rise to the occasion and help the Haitian people in every way possible.”
Many people have already reached out to see what they can do right now. We are asking those interested to please do one of two things: Either you can use your cell phone to text “Yele” to 501501, which will automatically donate $5 to the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund (it will be charged to your cell phone bill), or you can visit Yele.org and click on DONATE.
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