Wyclef Jean leads charge to help his homeland Haiti

Wyclef Jean, the former Fugees star is urging people to donate $5 to his Haitian charity, Yéle Haiti, by texting “YELE” to 501501. (The donation will be automatically charged to your cellphone bill.)

“I cannot stress enough what a human disaster this is, and idle hands will only make this tragedy worse,” said Jean in a statement. “We must act now… Haiti needs your prayers and support.”

Jean said he is on his way to Haiti via the neighboring Dominican Republic and asked people to pray for Haiti and for him.

For more information on how to help, go to Jean's Yéle Haiti website, which crashed this morning due to the volume of traffic.

via Wyclef Jean Haiti earthquake: Singer leads charge to help through Yele Haiti charity – and Twitter / The Christian Science Monitor – CSMonitor.com.

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