NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Today "Yele" is one of the most popular topics on Twitter. Micro-bloggers are tweeting and retweeting messages urging followers to donate $5 to singer Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti Foundation.
Word is quickly spreading that people can make the donation by simply texting the word "Yele" to the number 501501.
One of Jean's representative tweeted from his account yesterday saying, 'WARRIORS NEWS:::: Wyclef is currently in Haiti giving aid and assessing the situation::::: Keep him and the Haitian people in your prayers.'
He is also working closely with a company called Give On The Go in which he has asked people to send the word 'Yele' to 501501. The smses cost $5 and already over $400 000 has been raised. BIg up Wyclef! Among those appealing for aid: Stiller, Tyra Banks, Dr. Phil, Shaquille O'Neal, Lenny Kravitz, the Dixie Chicks, Steve Nash, Alyssa Milano, John Legend, Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore and Shakira.
"STATE OF EMERGENCY!!" said the musician P. Diddy to his 2.4 million Twitter followers.
"Come on people. Haiti needs us," wrote the rapper known as Fabulous to his 391,000 followers on Twitter.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected and who have lost loved ones in this disaster.
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake centred approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, which struck at 16:53:09 local time (21:53:09 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 kilometres (8.1 mi). The United States Geological Survey recorded a series of aftershocks, fourteen of them between magnitudes 5.0 and 5.9. The International Red Cross has stated that as many as 3 million people have been affected by the quake, with as many as 500,000 deaths likely, according to Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive.
Most of Port-au-Prince's major landmarks were significantly damaged or destroyed in the earthquake, including the Presidential Palace (though the President survived), the National Assembly building, the Port-au-Prince Cathedral, and the main jail. All hospitals were destroyed or so badly damaged that they have been abandoned. The United Nations reported that headquarters of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), located in the capital, collapsed and that a large number of UN personnel were unaccounted for.
The Mission's Chief, Hadi Annabi, was confirmed dead on 13 January by President Ren' Proval.
