Sun 24 Jan 2010
Crying For Haiti – With A Bit of Hope
Posted by admin under Celebrities, Earth in Crisis, Haiti Earthquake, Musicians, green building
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It’s been almost two weeks since the catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti. I watch the news, mostly CNN, everyday and it’s hard to have hope, when I see the destruction, damage and the Haitian people on the edge. For them to still be finding people is utterly amazing. I cannot imagine anything worse than being buried alive, and someone was pulled out yesterday after 11 days.
I am doing what I can as a citizen of the world, which is to donate money. I donated right after it happened, to Doctors Without Borders, then to the “Hope For Haiti Now” fund. This morning, I downloaded the album “Hope For Haiti Now” from itunes, which gives 100% of the proceeds to the fund. Listening to the album today, twice so far, these artists take my breath away. You can really hear the anguish and sadness from these musicians and you know they care. Thanks to George Clooney and all the celebrities for doing their part. Hopefully the telethon will replay soon, however tonight at 8PM, on CNN, if you didn’t see it, watch Larry King Live “How You Can Help Haiti”, and donate whatever you can, every little bit adds up.
I’ve learned so much these past 2 weeks about the Haitian people and as I see each reporter’s story unfold, I cannot thank Anderson Cooper 360, Dr. Sanjay Gupta (my new HERO) and the rest of the CNN staff for bringing it to us. The Haitian people have strong faith and an unbelievable will. To see them singing in spite of their situation and yelling their love for family members, children or spouses, while still pinned under rubble, just made me cry, sometimes with hope and sometimes with sadness. Let’s hope CNN will continue to report from Haiti for a long time to come, so the people of the world don’t forget. CNN can keep us informed and we can continue to help these people.
What will become of the tens of thousands of orphaned children, and the homeless? Haiti has a long road of rebuilding ahead. Hopefully we can help them rebuild stronger, perhaps greener and let’s get it under way very, very soon. Once the rain comes, it will make a dire situation, so much worse.

great list of links–I didn’t know about itunes album (I love that song Halleluiah)
The heartfelt performances by all were just amazing, wait till you listen to Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Mary J. Blige, and collaborations of Jay-Z, Bono, The Edge and Rihanna, and others!
Beautiful! Thanks for the interesting post