Via: NewsOne.com // While Drew Brees is getting a lot of attention after winning the Super Bowl and has done the traditional Disney World commercial, New Orleans Saints defensive captain, Jonathan Vilma, has other plans. Vilma told reporters that he would go to Haiti after the Super Bowl to help out in earthquake relief. Here’s […]
Via: NewsOne.com // Jeff Paul, a Haitian student and president of the Haitian American Student Association at Medgar Evers College. NEW YORK – Every payday, Jeff Paul sent whatever dollars he could spare to his mother and little brother back home in Haiti. They’ve become even more desperate since the Jan. 12 earthquake, compounded by thieves, […]
Via: NewsOne.com // PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Ten members of a U.S. missionary group who said they were trying to rescue 33 child victims of Haiti’s devastating earthquake were charged with child kidnapping and criminal association on Thursday, their lawyer said. Edwin Coq said after a court hearing that a judge found sufficient evidence to charge […]
Via: NewsOne.com // From CNN: Los Angeles, California — Dozens of recording stars converged on a Hollywood studio on Monday evening to add their voices to a song they hope will raise millions of dollars for Haitian earthquake relief. The lyrics and music are an updated version of “We Are the World,” a song that […]
Via: Elev8.com // It was hours after the authorities had called off the search for survivors in Haiti, but a British woman helped rescue a man 11 days after the devastating earthquake. From DailyMail.co.uk http://video.theweek.com/video/Haitian-man-survives-for-11-day/player?title_height=31 Volunteer Carmen Michalska, from Aberdeen, managed to crawl into the tomb-like space where 24-year-old Haitian Wismond Exantus has been trapped […]
VIA NICK.COM: Never underestimate the power of a boy and his bicycle. A kid from West London, England, started out with a plan – a plan to raise money for kids in Haiti. “I want to do a sponsored bike ride,” said 7-year-old Charlie Simpson, in a message posted on a website, “because there was […]
Via: NewsOne.com // From 1800Gospel.com: Pastor Donnie McClurkin has decided to donate all funds from his 50th Jubilee Gala Celebration to the Haitian earthquake relief efforts of Feed The Children, WorldVision and Operation Compassion. http://cdn1.newsone.com/external/js/gallery/411062/ In the aftermath of the recent devastating earthquake in Haiti, Pastor McClurkin will donate funds specifically toward the organization’s international […]
Via: NewsOne.com // From the NY Times: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Maxi Extralien, a twig-thin 10-year-old in a SpongeBob pajama top, ate only a single bean from the heavy plate of food he received recently from a Haitian civic group. He had to make it last. “My mother has 12 kids but a lot of them […]
Via: NewsOne.com // PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Grieving families are watching workers recover the bodies of loved ones as Haiti’s death roll rises, while aid groups focusing on the living struggle to find tents and sites to erect them for all the people streaming out of Port-au-Prince. It could take experts weeks to search out sites […]
Via: NewsOne.com // From CNN: Los Angeles, California — Friday night’s star-studded “Hope for Haiti” telethon has raised a record-breaking $58 million, with more donations continuing to pour in from around the world, the benefit’s organizers announced Saturday. The preliminary figure is a record for donations made by the public through a disaster relief telethon, […]
Via: TheUrbanDaily.com // If you missed last night’s “Hope For Haiti” telethon, your television must have been turned off as it was on every channel. Check out some of the performance highlights from the telethon below! GIVE HAITI QUAKE RELIEF! Jay-Z, Rihanna, The Edge, Bono “Stranded” Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris “Hallelujah” Beyoncé “Halo” Jennifer […]
VIA THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Like at a lot of publications, Newsweek was forced to start its week over when the earthquake hit Haiti. Give the magazine credit for an artful recovery. The Washington Post Co.-owned publication has tapped President Barack Obama to pen a cover story on Haiti for the Jan. 25 issue hitting […]
