Wyclef Jean Seeks Earthquake Support for Haiti

Mr. Wyclef, we are doing all that we can to help in South Georgia. Many Artist will be coming from Underground, I'm sure only Harriet Tubman could be proud of, volunteering to help US with our fund raiser for Haiti. I'm told that every little bit will help and I would like to thank Mr. Thomas Swain from X-Tratainment Inc and all the sponsors in Albany Georgia for supporting US...The Artist Against Hunger, DJ, MC and everyone, including one of my Producers, K-Eastwood whose family is from Haiti. The song produced for me is great, U Can Follow Me, and I will donate all funds from that song also to Mr. Wyclef for Haiti.

We have no Major HEADLINER Yet, and pray that one will look our way, even the crumbs from the table, the dogs will eat for this great cause. Therefore, on March 13, 2010, mark you calendar, starting at 1 O'clock, we will be performing in the Park, Albany, Georgia at the Amphitheater.

It takes a heart to be a humanitarian, and I am very sure that there are other children like myself that would love to help, doing anything can make you feel better concerning Haiti. And we welcome you, Call 229-643-1863 if you would like to perform. We can work together, even if we are only able to lay the corner stone, it is a start! If you are a HeadLiner and you would like to help us...help US...please call!

Katie Knocka

the phrase "f--- Haiti" and calling the possible death of 200,000 Haitians in an earthquake's aftermath a "cleanse" probably wasn't a good idea.

But Tampa shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge Clem won't budge on one idea: That all the efforts to raise money for disaster relief in Haiti are misguided and that the funds may be better spent in the United States.

"I didn't want any death and destruction, but I'm a little Haiti-ed out, I gotta say," said Clem, who first sent his Twitter post Jan. 14, making similar comments that day on his morning show, broadcast locally on WHPT-FM 102.5 (The Bone). "This seems to be a celebrity shakedown, with every Bruce Springsteen wannabe going on TV for a telethon."

By Monday, Clem released an apology on Twitter. But that didn't stop TV stations in Tampa and Miami from reporting on his words, which included suggesting Haiti develop a prostitution trade to build its economy.

Clem's criticism stands in contrast to the response by other area broadcasters, which have collected donations for relief in Haiti totaling over $250,000.

Working with almost 60 volunteers from the Red Cross, Tampa ABC affiliate WFTS-Ch. 28 raised more than $126,000 in days, asking for donations on air Tuesday and last Friday while also collecting at Westfield Mall locations across the market. The effort was part of a companywide initiative by WFTS owner E. W. Scripps Co., which raised $1.1 million at nine stations nationwide.

"Thank God the people who donated the $126,000 don't believe the way (Clem) does," said Rich Pegram, WFTS general manager. "We can't be so cynical that we sit on our hands."

At Tampa community radio station WMNF-FM 88.5, listeners have given $105,000 since a 12-hour call-in fundraiser Jan. 15, with $93,000 coming in during the first dozen hours. The proceeds will be split evenly between four relief organizations: Doctors Without Borders, Mercy Corps., Partners in Health, and pop star Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti.

"I can't believe (Clem) said that," said Rob Lorei, news and public affairs director for WMNF. "I don't think you have to choose between caring for people here and people there — you can care about both."

Other efforts yielded similar results: WFLA-Ch. 8 raised $40,000 through a call-in telethon Jan. 15; WTSP-Ch. 10 raised $7,000 on Jan. 14; and WTVT-Ch. 13 helped Sweetbay Supermarkets raise $165,000 since Jan. 15.

The impulse goes national at 8 tonight, as all the major broadcast networks, local PBS stations and cable channels such as CNN, HBO and VH1 team up to air the two-hour Hope for Haiti global telethon. Hosted by George Clooney in Los Angeles, Wyclef Jean in New York and CNN's Anderson Cooper in Haiti, the event feature performers such as Bruce Springteen, Jay-Z and Coldplay.

Clem points to his own work donating money to the families of fallen police officers. "I think there's a lot of issues here that should have a priority," he said. "I think I'm speaking common sense; saying what a lot of people want to say

A request from Katie Knocka, the youngest humanitarian! Please help in Haiti.

For all my friends with Artist Against Hunger, we have been given another important job, it is to help Wyclef Jean with Haiti, and relief for that country! Please call us about fundraising to be sent directly to Wyclef.
We can do this...I am ready with anything that I can do to help. The need is great, almost an impossible case and a feeling of helplessly with so much devastation at hand. Prayers are needed, and so much more if one can do! Even a penny givenup can also adds up... My dream was to go to Haiti and build a Village, Kuumba as my own for children. They need so much more now, food, water, clothing? I pray this message go not unnoticed, it is a must that we do something.

Katie Knocka
Caitlan Ede' Holmes
and family
Ewi8901@aol.com

Please donate. It's just 5$. I dont know anyone in that country but we are are human and should look out for one another. Please donate.

Help and support is needed in times of crisis .We can all still be effective from anywhere we live on this globe. No matter how we look at life we are all one.