FRITZI BODENHEIMER:
Organizers said the two-hour broadcast raised more than fifty-seven million dollars in the first day through telephone, online and text. They were still adding up amounts like donations from companies and online music sales on iTunes.
Some of the money raised in the telethon will go to Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti Foundation. Other charities that will receive money are Oxfam America, the Red Cross, UNICEF, the United Nations World Food Program and the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.
After the earthquake, President Obama asked former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to raise money for Haiti. The money is for immediate relief and long-term recovery efforts.
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MARIO RITTER:
An estimated one hundred thousand Haitian-Americans live in New York City. Many live in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn, including Ruth Lucie. She said that she lost seventeen family members in the quake.
Groups across New York City have been collecting donations for quake victims. At the Bedford Haitian Community Center, American-born Shamir Henri got his own bad news.
SHAMIR HENRI: "I just found out my aunt and her family over there, her kids and her husband, they're homeless. Their house crashed. As for everyone else, I really don't know what's going on. It's crazy, so it's not good. So far we've been collecting food, water, medical supplies, clothing."
Alex Pierre gave money to the relief effort, but says that does not feel like enough.
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