By now you’ve heard about the earthquake that hit Haiti yesterday. Maybe you’ve seen the pictures, heard from friends and family or are glued to the news coverage of it.  When stuff like this happens, its easy to start questioning – which, to be honest, is the first thing I did yesterday.  But we can’t question – we have to take action, however possible.  Fervant prayer, donations, time, supplies, whatever, let’s just not be passive because an earthquake rocking one part of the world, affects us all.

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Wyclef Jean has done a lot of work for his native Haiti, establishing the Yele Haiti Foundation in 2005, to provide scholarships for children in Port-au-Prince, Gonaïves, Les Cayes, Port-de-Paix, and Cap-Haïtien.  Since the earthquake, he’s urged everyone, his twitter fam, the hip hop community and the world at large to donate to Yele for relief efforts.  To participate – text “Yele” to 501501 to donate $5 via your cellphone.

You can also help immediately by donating to the Red Cross to assist the relief effort. Contribute online here, or donate $10 to be charged to your cell phone bill by texting “HAITI” to “90999.” As other mechanisms to get involved arise, I’ll keep you posted.

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*Families of Americans living in Haiti are encouraged to contact the State Department at 888-407-4747. For pics, click to continue.

An injured child in Port-Au-Prince, Yesterday

A woman being helped from the rubble.

People sleeping on the streets of Port-Au-Prince overnight after the quake.

Survivors.

For more pictures and coverages, click here and here.

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