Celebrities deliver aid to marooned Haitian city
Cries of adulation – and hunger – followed Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean and actor Matt Damon as they toured flood-ravaged Gonaives to call attention to widespread suffering in the marooned city.
Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike submerged the Haitian city and cut off roadways.
Damon and Jean encouraged help for the United Nations to raise more than $100m (€69.5m) for 800,000 Haitians in need after four tropical storms and hurricanes have struck the country since mid-August.
Jean’s Yele Haiti charity is helping the World Food Programme and the Organisation of American States-affiliated Pan American Development Foundation distribute food to 3,000 families.
The convoy visited a school shelter to hand out cooking oil and bags of beans.
