As donations continue to cascade in from around the world, “Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief” appear on Saturday (January 23) that it has aloft added than $58 million to date — a new record for donations fabricated by the general accessible through a disaster-relief telethon. The preliminary figure includes donations fabricated via phone, online and mobile, and does does not include donations by corporations and large private donors, or iTunes sales figures, all of which are still being calculated.
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The after-effects are in and the numbers are outstanding! The Haiti telethon money aloft is a just over a whopping 9.4 million dollars reported Newsgone! The CBC has reported that the total amount of money that was aloft for the disastrous Haiti convulsion is a total of 16 million.and counting. Just how much money did Hope for Haiti raise? We should know already all of the lines have closed and donations are counted.
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There were around hundred superstars from across the world that participated in Hope for Haiti concert chipping in order to make it a abundant success. This earthquake has abashed Haiti and ruined the lives there. This telethon is not alone a fund raising concert but it is additionally for the awareness of the people about the pitiful conditions of the Haitians who have been devastated by the deadly earthquake which had the magnitude of 7. Last night Hope for Haiti Now telethon took abounding interesting musical moments with it. Hundreds of abundant artists were present there for abundant cause.
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The Dave Matthews Band was additionally there with Music for Relief and they donated some of their new and unreleased songs for those fans that donate to advice with the Haiti Relief Funds. Last night Hope for Haiti Now telethon took many absorbing musical moments with it. Many great artists were present there for great cause. The album can be downloaded from Music for Relief website. This is full of music from the artists who participated in the show. The Dave Matthews Band wasnt the only musical group that participated to advice relief in this project but there were several other groups and artists that includes Linkin Park, Slash, Peter Gabriel, Enrique Iglesias, Alanis Morissette, Kenna, The All-American Rejects,, Lupe Fiasco, Madonna, Shakira, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Christina Aguilera, Coldplay, Wyclef Jean, Sting, Beyonc, Stevie Wonder, Justin Timberlake and Hoobastank. This was additionally an effort by Dave Mattews Band to accession the funds for Haiti peoples help.
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Singer Wyclef Jean spoke of his journey to Haiti just after the convulsion and said: “To tell you the truth, I’m not no news reporter, so I was not there to take the news. I was looking at my country go through so much trauma. I was there to clear away concrete and cull my friends from the rubble.”.
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Blige and Justin Timberlake underlined the hope for the country that’s coming from around the world. The songs’ unplugged, often gentle renditions underscored the seriousness of the situation. The songs chosen by most of the artists had a thematic connection to the occasion, and the soaring lyrics delivered by the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Mary J.
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Stevie Wonder put together a medley of his own “A Time To Love” and Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” Madonna sang “Like a Prayer” with a choir singing and clapping behind her, and Beyoncé sang “Halo” with Chris Martin of Coldplay accompanying her on piano. She changed some of the lyrics, singing “Haiti, we can see your halo/I pray you won’t fade away.”.
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And with so many buildings flattened in the basic city of Port-au-Prince, many accouchement now are living abandoned on the streets. Aid groups say tens of thousands of accouchement were orphaned by the adverse 7.0 earthquake — so many that they won’t alike venture a assumption as to the exact number.
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Aid groups say tens of thousands of accouchement were orphaned by the cataclysmic 7.0 earthquake — so abounding that they won’t even venture a guess as to the exact number. And with so abounding buildings flattened in the capital city of Port-au-Prince, abounding accouchement now are living alone on the streets.
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Jan 23, 2010 by News Gatherer
