Wyclef Jean Addresses His Commitment To Yele Haiti Foundation
When news of the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti began to spread across the world of Hip-Hop, Rap, and R&B, on Monday, January 11, 2010… fans immediately began to turn to Wyclef Jean’s Foundation which is now known as the Yele Haiti Foundation to make sense of this devastating situation.
Wyclef’s foundation was established way before this disaster struck, and his fans know just how hard he has continued to work to support the efforts of his non-profit. However, some have begun to scrutinize his organization and his commitment to the Yele Haiti Foundation. In personal message to his followers, Wyclef addresses the nay sayers and skeptics that question his dedication to Haiti now more than ever.
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As a side note to all you folks that decided to donated money… the TEXT donations that are raising money for YELE and The Red Cross are a wonderful way to give easily. However, it takes weeks to process these donations and the organizations don’t get that money so quickly. If you can take 5 extra minutes to visit their websites (www.yele.org AND/OR www.redcross.org) and a make a donation that way, the organizations will get the money right away like you intended.
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I have no words or tolerance for the ignorance of mankind!
Thank you Dana for guiding me to Wyclef’s website. Your post stated to text a donation to Yele, since I couldn’t do that I proceeded to the website.
Everything was spelled out very professionally, in laymans terms…this does not happen overnight. At the end of the transaction a receipt is available with the suggestion that you print it out for your records. In addition the receipt is also sent to your email. I have to say that I did check with my bank and the funds were withdrawn within 2-3 days. I was happy to know that I was able to shed a little light in the midst of this catastrophe.
The nay sayers are there to try and discourage anyone that may be skeptical. I felt the pain as Wyclef spoke in his personal message, and the power of his determination rang loud and clear. His committment was evident with every dead body that he picked up and helped bury. I continue to be in deep thoughts and prayers for my Hatian brother and sisters.
I too decided to go to Wyclef’s website and donate money. I had the same positive experience that you did. I trust his organization to do the right thing, despite the negative rumors that are going around to try to persuade people from donating money to Yele. I’m not falling for it! Glad to hear that you didn’t either.