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Canada Governor General Michaelle Jean to visit Jacmel Hometown

Canada Governor General Michaelle Jean

OTTAWA — Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean will make an emotional visit to her hometown of Jacmel, Haiti next week to bear witness to the devastation of January’s earthquake. Jean will arrive in the capital city of Port-au-Prince Monday and travel Tuesday to Jacmel, a town also ravaged by the quake that killed more than 200,000 and left thousands more homeless.

Prime Minister Stephen visited Haiti last month, surveying the devastation by helicopter, meeting with President Rene Preval and pledging Canada’s help for the long haul.

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Wyclef Jean for President of Haiti

Tonight on the SOS Save OurSelves – Help For Haiti telethon broadcast on BET, Sean Combs aka Diddy called on Wyclef Jean to run for president of Haiti.  Could it that Wyclef is thinking of upgrading his current position in Haiti to president?  hmmm…. Wyclef Jean for president, what qualifies him to be president? what would be do differently?

Wyclef Jean for president of Haiti - deal or no deal

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Supermodel Poses Nude for Haiti

The Supermodel NATICO help raise money by dropping her clothes.

Picture courtesy of Kompamagazine

Leonardo DiCaprio Donates $1 Million

Leonardo DiCaprio

On January 21, 2010,  actor Leonardo DiCaprio announced he was donating $1 million to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund, the relief effort led by former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush and one of the organizations benefiting from the telethon.

MTV’s “Hope for Haiti” Global Telethon

MTV’s “Hope for Haiti,” the two-hour global telethon to air commercial-free across ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, the CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, CMT, MTV Networks International and CNN International on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. 

The telethon will be hosted by journalist Anderson Cooper in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, musician Wyclef Jean in New York, and producer/director George Clooney in Los Angeles, California. Perfomances will be made by Beyonce and husband Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, Mary J. Blige, Coldplay, Alicia Keys and Christina Aguilera, Rihanna and U2’s Bono and The Edge in London. All donations from the telethon will benefit the not-for-profit organizations involved in the Haiti Earthquake relief effort.

WoW! With so many of your favorite celebrities and musicians, how could you miss this. Mark your calendar and cancel your date for this Friday night, the show starts at 8 p.m. The only way you’ll miss this is if you don’t have access to a television set, which is rare in 2010.

Ricky Martin Travel to Haiti in Support of Habitat for Humanity

Ricky Martin traveled to Haiti today with Habitat for Humanity and has set up a joint disaster recovery fund with the organization. Funds will go to clearing debris, building temporary shelters and rebuilding homes.

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