Naomi Osaka And Other Celebrities Are Calling For Help For Haiti

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Naomi Osaka, pictured playing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 26, is among the celebrities vowing support for the people of Haiti.





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Here’s How You Can Support Earthquake Relief Efforts In Haiti

And she’s not the only public figure now rallying support for earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.

Rapper Wyclef Jean, who is from Haiti (and once ran for president there), posted a video to Instagram calling on people to «please do your part so we can help the country.


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Meanwhile, rapper Cardi B tweeted that she has a «soft spot for Haiti and its people, and offered her prayers.

I got a soft spot for Haiti and it’s people.They my cousins.I pray for Haiti they go thru soo much????.God please cover that land and it’s people??

— iamcardib (@iamcardib) August 14, 2021

And chef José Andrés’s World Central Kitchen is on the ground in Haiti, preparing food at multiple kitchens in Port-au-Prince, Jeremie and Les Cayes to distribute to hospital staff and patients.

Chef Tim Kilcoyne, WCK’s director of relief special ops, said in a video posted to Twitter on Monday, «Lots going on, our teams are here on the ground, we’ll have more info to share later. But right now we’re getting as many meals out to people that are in need as possible.

? Scenes from WCK relief efforts across Haiti today. Preparing fresh sandwiches & hot, nourishing meals at our École des Chefs culinary school & from a second kitchen in Port-au-Prince, the team helicoptered food to Jeremie for hospitals working around the clock. #ChefsForHaiti pic.twitter.com/nfS0WSQpni

— World Central Kitchen (@WCKitchen) August 17, 2021

Writer Roxane Gay tweeted that she is donating to the microfinance institution Fonkoze as well as the nonprofit Hope for Haiti, and later shared a Google Doc listing other «trusted organizations for emergency earthquake response.

Actor and Hamilton creator Lin Manuel-Miranda wrote that he is donating to Fonkoze and the global response organization CORE, and encouraged his social media followers to do the same.

Here’s more on how you can help relief efforts in Haiti.

This piece first appeared on the Morning Edition live blog.