by Alicia Cruz
Theblackurbantimes
Grammy Award winning Hip Hop artist and producer, Wyclef Jean, a native of Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti a northern suburb of the capital city, Port-Au-Prince, has started a mass movement of aid for his native country in the wake of the worst earthquake to hit the Caribbean nation in 25 years.
His tweets have been re-tweeted over and over again. Traffic to his Yele Haiti site was so overwhelming that it shut the site down for awhile today. Jean left the U.S. for the Dominican Republic sometime during the wee hours of this morning. Since the airport is Port-au-Prince has been shut down, direct flights into the ravaged nation are not available.
The Black Urban Times continues to follow the singer's tweets as he attempts to lend aid and muster support from fellow Haitians living in the states as well as all Americans to help get aid to the thousands who have been left homeless and dispossessed as a result of yesterday's 7.0 magnitude quake.
Donate $5 to Jean's Haitian charity, Yéle Haiti, by texting "YELE" to 501501.
Poet and musician, Nuage, a native Haitian now living in Gloucester, Ontario Canada emailed the Black Urban Times saying, "Since last night we are making progress. Tomorrow night we are having a fund raiser at the Babylon nightclub here which will be hosted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Thank you for the love and energy!"
This morning, President Barack Obama said Haitians will have the "full support" of the United States. During his speech, the president said, "This is a time when we are reminded of the common humanity we all share," Obama told reporters in the White House Diplomatic Reception Room. "With just a few hundred miles of ocean between us," he said, "Haitians are our neighbors in the Americas and here at home. We have to be with them in their hour of need." Stay tuned to the Black Urban Times for updates on this major story.
Click here to visit Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti charity.
Theblackurbantimes
His tweets have been re-tweeted over and over again. Traffic to his Yele Haiti site was so overwhelming that it shut the site down for awhile today. Jean left the U.S. for the Dominican Republic sometime during the wee hours of this morning. Since the airport is Port-au-Prince has been shut down, direct flights into the ravaged nation are not available.
The Black Urban Times continues to follow the singer's tweets as he attempts to lend aid and muster support from fellow Haitians living in the states as well as all Americans to help get aid to the thousands who have been left homeless and dispossessed as a result of yesterday's 7.0 magnitude quake.
Donate $5 to Jean's Haitian charity, Yéle Haiti, by texting "YELE" to 501501.
Poet and musician, Nuage, a native Haitian now living in Gloucester, Ontario Canada emailed the Black Urban Times saying, "Since last night we are making progress. Tomorrow night we are having a fund raiser at the Babylon nightclub here which will be hosted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Thank you for the love and energy!"
This morning, President Barack Obama said Haitians will have the "full support" of the United States. During his speech, the president said, "This is a time when we are reminded of the common humanity we all share," Obama told reporters in the White House Diplomatic Reception Room. "With just a few hundred miles of ocean between us," he said, "Haitians are our neighbors in the Americas and here at home. We have to be with them in their hour of need." Stay tuned to the Black Urban Times for updates on this major story.
Click here to visit Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti charity.
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