Tonight on pretty much every major TV channel the ‘Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief’ telecast will be airing to raise money for the Haiti relief effort. It airs tonight from 8-10pm EST.
Confirmed performers include Madonna, Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, and Sting in New York City; Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift and a group performance by Keith Urban, Kid Rock, Sheryl Crow and Haitian artist Emeline Michel in Los Angeles; and Beyoncé, Coldplay, and a group performance by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z, and Rihanna in London.
In addition to musical performances, Wyclef Jean in New York City, George Clooney in Los Angeles, and CNN’s Anderson Cooper reporting from Haiti, “Hope for Haiti Now” will feature President Bill Clinton, Ben Stiller, Brad Pitt, Chris Rock, Clint Eastwood, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Jon Stewart, Julia Roberts, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman, Nicole Kidman, Robert Pattinson, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hanks, Will Smith with Muhammad Ali, among many others.
If you can’t tune in, “Hope for Haiti Now” is accepting donations online at hopeforhaitinow.org.
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this type of program helps lot of people in halti. thanks for the good hearts conducting the program
Listening to Bill Gates on NPR right now. He is talking about young people can make a difference in Haiti by using social media.
I’m curious to see how the donations fall in terms of ratio donated through marketing mediums, like TV, Twitter, Online, Texting etc…