Haiti Telethons Raises Over $40 Million
Friday’s English Haiti telethon raised more than $13.5 million, add to that another $6.7 million raised in Quebec for the French telethon, and double it with federal matching funds, and the grand total raised is over $40 million for Haitian relief efforts.
For me, the highlight of the show was K’naan performing his hit song from Troubadour, ‘Waving Flag’.
Funds will go towards a coalition of Canadian NGOs, including Canadian Red Cross Society, Care Canada, Free the Children, Oxfam Canada, Oxfam Quebec, Plan Canada, Save the Children Canada, UNICEF Canada and World Vision Canada.
Over two million people tuned in.
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So beautiful and powerful.
You know you’ve witnessed something great when, for a moment, time stands still.