Hope for Haiti Now: The Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief is a charity telethon held on January 22, 2010 from 8 pm. until 10 pm Eastern Standard Time (January 23, 2010 from 1 to 3 am). Telethon is the most widely distributed telethon in history. The show is broadcast from Studio 36 on CBS Television City in Los Angeles, Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, New York and private club, The Hospital, in London. There are also direct reports from Haiti.
The preliminary plan for telethon was announced by MTV Networks on January 15, 2010, three days after the 2010 Haiti earthquake struck on 12 January which is assumed to have claimed the lives of some 200,000 people. This event is one of a number of humanitarian responses to earthquakes. Telethon donation processing is in the hands of Entertainment Industry Foundation. The telethon was patterned after the form started with the 2001 America: A Tribute to Heroes program and continued with 2005 Shelter from the Storm: Concert for the Gulf Coast .
Funds collected by telethon and from album and video sales - immediately available for pre-order on iTunes - will be distributed to seven nonprofit organizations that do relief work in Haiti.
Video Hope for Haiti Now
Recipient
Funds will be distributed to the following organizations with humanitarian operations in Haiti:
- Clinton Bush's Haiti Fund
- The UN World Food Program
- Oxfam America
- Health Partners
- Red Cross
- UNICEF
- YÃ © Ã © le Haiti's Foundation
Maps Hope for Haiti Now
Audience and results increased
This event drew an estimated audience of 83 million viewers in the United States between the initial broadcast and web and mobile stream over the weekend.
On January 23, it was reported that the telethon had collected more than US $ 58 million, excluding donors and private or corporate sales of albums and videos. This amount is a record of donations by the general public for a telethon for disaster relief. On January 25 that figure was revised to $ 61 million.
Viewers are encouraged to donate online, call toll-free (1-877-99-HAITI), by sending an SMS or by mail. Donations are accepted up to six months after the broadcast.
Participants
Wyclef Jean held a concert in New York City, with George Clooney in Los Angeles and Anderson Cooper in Haiti.
Rihanna revealed on January 21 that she will be performing a new song titled "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)", along with Jay-Z and The Edge and Bono U2 for telethon in London.
In San Francisco, Clint Eastwood and Matt Damon apply for donations.
Sequence of look
Telethon begins and ends with pictures of victims in Haiti. Presented in a format similar to 2001's America: A Tribute to Heroes, a two-hour intervention consisted of musical performances with speeches, reports from Haiti, and conversations between celebrity operators and calling donors.
Time in table is given from the start of the event (8 pm ET/1 AM UTC) and is based on CBS that airs in the US. The description mostly comes from the MTV blog.
Locations of players announced by USA Today :
- New York City: Jean Wyclef, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, and Sting
- Los Angeles: Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, Neil Young, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, Emeline Michel, and group performances by Keith Urban, Kid Rock, and Sheryl Crow
- London: BeyoncÃÆ'Â ©, Coldplay, Bono, Edge, Jay-Z, and Rihanna. Performances by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z, and Rihanna were recorded earlier that day.
Celebrity phone operators
Digital album Hope for Haiti Now set a record as the largest single-day pre-order album in iTunes history, and became the best-selling iTunes album in 18 countries. Digital albums are available on Amazon.com and Rhapsody. The album featured 19 live shows from the broadcast as well as a pre-recorded version of "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)" and priced $ 7.99. The full two hour video of the event is priced at $ 2.99.
Albums
Singles
See also
- Chile helps Chile
- Canada for Haiti
- Ensemble pours HaÃÆ'¯ti
- Everybody Hurts # Helps Haiti charity's charity
- We Are the World: 25 for Haiti
- Humanitarian response by non-governmental organizations for the 2010 Haiti earthquake
References
External links
- Youtube Videos
- Hope for Haiti Now on IMDb
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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