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Wyclef Jean: “Evacuate Haiti’s Capital”

Shoq — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:01:40 +0000

Wyclef Jean calls for evacuating Haiti's capital, speaks out in defense of his foundation http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9596076

Perhaps his executive director just made him look good, and this was certainly an odd press conference (video), but my gut tells me Wyclef is sincere; just sloppy with details.

Since he won't stop trying to raise big text dollars,

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Wyclef Jean Responds to Controversy

Shoq — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:12:23 +0000

Wyclef Jean responds to some questions raised by TheSmokingGun, the AP, and others:

I had expected that they would arrange some event in Haiti to answer some of the many questions raised. I never thought he was a "crook," ever. I don't think anyone else said he was, either. Only that there was some sloppy IRS

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About Wyclef Jean and Yele Haiti

Shoq — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:43:26 +0000

I had started out referring Yele.org, but after just a few minutes of research, I thought better of it. What follows were my first posts and updates on it, which just outgrew my Haiti Links page. Sorry if prose is a bit ragged; the result of too many incremental updates.

Note: I want to

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Haiti Links and Resources

Shoq — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:17:20 +0000

Donate to the Relief Effort

Many relief efforts online are scams. I'm not a fan of endless lists of relief agencies you might throw money at. I think most people just want to donate where they know it will do some good.

I don't think you can go wrong by giving money to any of these, but

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