China’s President joined relief effort

Hu Jintao, China’s President flew to a remote area and visited the victims or the earthquake that killed an estimated 1,706 people. This is to speed up relief distribution in the said area. Hu Jintao took a cut short South American trip to immediately arrive at the area. “Saving life remains the first priority. We [...]

Obama to give away $1.4m Nobel Prize

U.S. President Barack Obama plans on donating the $1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize. He aims on giving it to the students, veteran’s families and survivors of Haiti’s earthquake through organizations doing “extraordinary work.” The President is giving a total of $750,000 to six groups that help children go to college. The White house added on [...]

More than 80 million people watch Haiti aid telethon

Over 80 million people tuned in to watch last week’s all-star “Hope for Haiti Now:  A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief” telethon. The Nielsen Co. said Monday that an estimated 83 million people saw at least a brief part of the fundraiser carried Friday on 33 TV networks. The audience watching the two-hour event at [...]

Haiti telethon raises $61 million charity

Organizers for last week’s “Hoper for Haiti Now” telethon announced they had raised an estimated amount of $61 million on Monday. Backed by George Clooney and Haiti-born rapper Wyclef Jean, the two-hour telethon which aired on Friday, drew an average audience of 24 million viewers in the United States to watch celebrities performing, telling tales [...]

Haiti earthquake death toll reaches 150,000

The confirmed death toll from Haiti’s devastating earthquake had risen above 150,000 in the Port-au-Prince area alone, a government minister had said. Communications Minister Jocelyn Lassegue said the count was based on bodies collected in and around the capital by state company CNE. Many more bodies remain uncounted under rubble in the capital, including the [...]

Safety Precautions for Earthquakes

After the catastrophe that had happened to Haiti just last week because of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit the island leaving more than 110,000 people dead, devastated buildings and houses and more than 70,000 people injured, most of us are seeking for some safety measures when an earthquake is happening. These are some safety [...]

“Hope for Haiti Now” telethon collects $57 million so far

Organizers for the all-star “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon say that the event has raised $57 million so far. “The public has set a new standard of giving for a relief telethon with ‘Hope for Haiti Now,’ and the donations continue to come in,” Lisa Paulsen, president and CEO of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, said in [...]

Banks reopen in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Many bank branches collapsed in the earthquake after the Haiti quake last January 12 and won’t be reopening soon, if ever. But banks that had doors to open did so Saturday, attracting long lines of anxious and sometimes desperate people in a city where ATMs haven’t been working since the earthquake. United Nations troops keep [...]

Telethon raises $57 million for Haiti

The “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon, a US telethon to help raise funds for Haiti earthquake victims, which led by George Clooney and Haiti-born rapper Wyclef Jean, has raised more than $57 million for relief to the earthquake-ravaged country, organizers said on Saturday. They called the $57 million a record for public donations in a [...]

110,000 Confirmed dead in Haiti quake

More than 110, 000 people have been confirmed dead in the Haiti earthquake which struck January 12, with Reichter scale magnitude of 7.0. Nearly twice as much as the government’s previous estimate of 75,000 killed. The government has put the death toll from the devastating earthquake at 11,499, with an estimated 193,691 people injured and [...]

Haiti rescuers still hoping to save lives

Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Still holding on hopes as they race against time and terrifying aftershocks, rescue teams scouring Haiti earthquake-hit capital are awarded with small miracles as they have found two survivors in search for possible lives almost nine days. Two children were pulled from the wreckage of collapsed buildings in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, eight full [...]

Credit card companies profits on Haiti

As wallets are open for Haiti donations, credit card companies take a big cut and are now profiting from clients.  Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover have now all announced they they will have waive fees for some donations related on the crisis in Haiti. As a massive human tragedy unfolds in Haiti due to [...]

Americans in Haiti says it’s a never ending nightmare

Thousands of Haitians died in crumbled buildings and establishments after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake which struck the island just last week.  But there were also more than 45,000 United States citizens on the island when the catastrophe occurred, from missionaries and aid workers to businessman and tourists. At least 16 Americans have been confirmed dead [...]

Briton confirmed dead in Haiti earthquake

United Nations worker Frederick Wooldridge has been confirmed as the first British man who have died in the Haiti earthquake which hit last Tuesday. His family paid tribute to him saying he “loved” his work with the UN where he was  a Senior Political Affairs and Planning officer. They said, “Frederick was a much-loved member [...]

Their stories on Haiti earthquake

This 7.0 magnitude earthquake which struck Haiti last Tuesday, January 12th, has been all over the headlines and also internet websites for less than a week now.  CNN News has compiled stories of their website readers and they told stories about how this tragedy affected their lives. SUSAN WESTWOOD, Port-au-Prince, Haiti She is a pediatric [...]

Extreme destruction of Haiti earthquake

Firsts reports from the epicentre of Tuesday’s 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti suggest the damage is even more dramatic than in Port-au-Prince, as said in the reports. They said the scene in Leogane, west of the capital city of Haiti, has the extreme damage more than in Port-au-Prince, with thousands left homeless and almost very [...]

Haitians searching for missing loved ones

Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haitians are desperately waiting outside crumbled schools, devastated buildings, or shattered markets, in search for their parents, children, siblings or lovers.  They stand waiting at smashed buildings asking for latest recovered dead bodies or survivors, where they thought their relatives was last known to visit or at establishments where they remembered their mothers [...]

Sandra Bullock donates $1 million to Haiti earthquake relief

Famous Hollywood actress Sandra Bullock joined the bandwagon of Hollywood stars and music artists in donations on Friday as the actress donated $1 million towards the Haiti earthquake relief. Bullock’s contribution went to Doctors Without Borders’ emergency operations in Port-Au-Prince, where three of the organization’s existing facilities were damaged by the magnitude 7.0 quake. “I [...]

UK searching for Haiti earthquake survivors

The first British search and rescue workers to enter earthquake-ravaged Haiti are beginning to scour the rubble for survivors as logistical problems continue the massive international relief effort. Around 50,000 people are feared dead after Tuesday’s earthquake, with millions more injured, orphaned or homeless in the stricken Caribbean country.  Disasters Emergency Committee  (DEC) launched televisions [...]

U.S. texting raises $11 million for Haitian earthquake relief

The cell phone users of the U.S. have contributed more than $11 million to Haitian earthquake relief through text messages. The Mobile Giving Foundation calls this mobile response to a natural disaster as a ‘mobile-giving record’ for funds raised for a single cause. Donations are rising swiftly, it said, as former President Bill Clinton and [...]

Haiti donations breaking all records

As of this moment, Haiti’s tragedy donations is considered the record-breaking of all compare to the previous Hurricane Katrina and the 2004 Asian tsunami. It was a 7.0-magnitude quake that struck in Haiti last Tuesday, January 12th, year 2010. It has been reported that more than 100, 000 people died and still a lot are [...]

Hollywood stars lead Haitian quake charity rally

The devastating earthquake that has killed thousands in Haiti has moved the Hollywood actors and pop music stars to lead a rally for disaster relief donations. Most of them are even paying from their own personal accounts. The first actors to reach out to Haiti was Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who donated $1 million [...]