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Originally Posted by marketsmart
so what you are saying is that wyclef is going to take all the money collected and roll down to haiti and go to the store and load up on the things the people need and then personally hand them out?
if this isnt the case then wyclef's honesty or wealth has little to do with preventing fraud..  |
Not sure how he's going to go 'buy' the stuff - but he did 'roll down' to Haiti, with his wife and other family members and they are getting down and dirty helping with picking up the dead bodies off the street. His cry for help to the international community is to get them help fast because there are people in the collapsed buildings that may very well be alive, but they don't have the equipment or resources to get them out. While most media is reporting 100,000 dead or missing - he thinks is far more than that, more like 300-400k.
I know it's much easier to be skeptical in a case like this, in fact, most are going to try to benefit their own pockets, but I think he's always been in a class of his own when it comes to his loyalty to his roots.
I made my donation to the Canadian RedCross designating the funds to the Haiti Earthquake - here's the link
http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=000043&tid=016