Hope for Haiti Now

Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief was a charity telethon held on January 22, 2010, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The telethon was the most widely distributed telethon in history. The event was broadcast from Studio 36 at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, New York and a private club, The Hospital, in London. There were also live reports from Haiti.
Initial plans for the telethon were announced by MTV Networks on January 15, 2010, three days after the 2010 [Haiti earthquake] struck on January 12 that is assumed to have claimed the lives of about 200,000 people. The event was one of a number of humanitarian responses to the earthquake. Processing of the telethon's donations was in the hands of the Entertainment Industry Foundation. The telethon was patterned after the form begun with the 2001 America: A Tribute to Heroes program and continued with the 2005 Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast.
Funds raised by the telethon and from the sale of an accompanying album and video, which was immediately made available for pre-order on iTunes, were distributed to seven non-profit organizations doing relief work in Haiti.

Recipients

Funds were distributed to the following organizations with humanitarian operations in Haiti:

In 2012 The New York Times reported that a forensic audit conducted by the New York Attorney General's office found that much of the money distributed to the Yéle Haiti organization from the telethon was retained by founder Wyclef Jean and his associates for their own benefit.

Audience and proceeds raised

The event drew an estimated audience of 83 million viewers in the United States between the initial broadcast and web and mobile streams throughout the weekend.
On January 23, it was reported that the telethon had raised over 58 million, not including corporate and large private donors or sales of the album and video. The amount is a record for donations by the general public to a telethon for disaster-relief. On January 25 the figure was revised to $61 million.
Viewers were encouraged to donate online, calling toll-free, by texting or by mail. Donations were accepted up to six months after the broadcast.

Participants

Wyclef Jean hosted the concert in New York City, with George Clooney in Los Angeles and Anderson Cooper in Haiti.
Rihanna performed a song titled "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)", together with Jay-Z and U2's The Edge and Bono from London.
In San Francisco, Clint Eastwood and Matt Damon appealed for donations.

Appearance order

The telethon began and ended with images of victims in Haiti. Presented in a format similar to 2001's America: A Tribute to Heroes, the two-hour broadcast consisted of musical performances with speeches, reports from Haiti, and conversations between celebrity operators and donors calling in.
Times in the table are given from the beginning of the show and are based on the CBS airing in the US.
Descriptions are mostly from the MTV blog.

Time	Location	People	Description
	Los Angeles		"Prelude to a Kiss"
	Los Angeles		speech: introduction
	London	Coldplay	"A Message 2010"
	Los Angeles		speech: story of Monley Elize
	New York	with some members of The Sessions Band	"We Shall Overcome"
			phone bank: slow pan
	Haiti		report
	Los Angeles		speech: doctor's setbacks
	Los Angeles	with choir	"A Time 2 Love" / "Bridge over Troubled Water"
	New York		speech: in English and Haitian Creole
	New York	Shakira with The Roots	"I'll Stand by You"
			phone bank: call
	Haiti	Anderson Cooper	report: orphanage director
	Los Angeles		"Motherless Child"
	New York		speech: survivors from the rubble
	New York		"Hard Times Come Again No More"
			speech: in front of phone bank
	Haiti		photos and short clips
	Los Angeles		speech: by a Haitian citizen
	Los Angeles		"Breathless"
	Haiti		clip: Day 1; Day 6
	Los Angeles		speech: story of Jeannette and Roger
	Los Angeles		"Lift Me Up"
			phone bank: call
	Haiti		clip: streets of downtown Port-au-Prince
			phone bank
	London		speech: on Maxine Fallon
	New York	Sting with The Roots and Chris Botti on trumpet	"Driven to Tears"
	San Francisco	and Clint Eastwood	speech: peacekeepers who lost their lives
	London	Beyoncé with Chris Martin on acoustic guitar	"Halo"
			phone bank: call with Presbyterian pastor
	Los Angeles		speech: poem by Kalamu ya Salaam;
	Los Angeles		"Lean on Me"
	Haiti		report: interview with teenage girl rescued the first day
	New York		speech: special envoy/Clinton Bush Haiti Fund
	New York	Madonna with choir	"Like a Prayer"
	Los Angeles		speech: schools in Haiti
	Haiti		clip: makeshift medical facilities
	Haiti	with Anderson Cooper	report: lack of basic antibiotics
	Los Angeles		Speech: A Haitian-American woman talks about her planned adoption of 2 year old Amalia
	Los Angeles	and Matt Morris featuring Charlie Sexton	"Hallelujah"
			phone bank: call
	Los Angeles	and Chris Rock	speech: Chris reads message by Ali
	New York	with The Roots	"Let It Be"
	Haiti		report: interview with boy Monley Elize and International Medical Corps nurse
	Los Angeles		speech: intro for Haitian singer Emeline Michel
	Los Angeles		"Many Rivers to Cross"
	Los Angeles		speech: Farina L'Enjou, who spent 60 hours looking for his family
	London	Jay-Z, Rihanna, The Edge, and Bono	"Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)"
			phone bank: call
	Los Angeles		speech: Daphne's baby
	Los Angeles	and Neil Young	"Alone and Forsaken"
	Los Angeles		speech: long but possible; Martin Luther King quote
	New York		"Rivers of Babylon" / "Yéle"; Wyclef & Melky Jean duet
	Haiti		photo

Locations of performers announced by USA Today:

New York City: Wyclef Jean, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, and Sting
Los Angeles: Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, Neil Young, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, Emeline Michel, and a group performance by Keith Urban, Kid Rock, and Sheryl Crow
London: Beyoncé, Coldplay, Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z, and Rihanna. Performances by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z, and Rihanna were pre-recorded earlier in the day.

Celebrity phone operators

Celebrity phone bank operators in alphabetical order :

Coverage

Online Internationally: live on YouTube, MSN.com, Comedycentral.com, CNN.com Live, Bebo and the CNN iPhone app. The program was also streamed on delay on Sacramento Fox affiliate KTXL's website, FOX40.com, during the Pacific Time Zone airing of the telethon.Online Domestic : live on HuluLatin America: The show aired live on CNN en Español, CNN International, MTV Latin America, VH1 Latin America, National Geographic Channel, MuchMusic, Warner Channel, People and Arts, Discovery Home and Health, E!, Animax, Cartoon Network and Boomerang. CNN en Español. C5N aired the program with voiceovers translating reports, phone conversations and introductions to the musical presentations in Spanish.Australia : live at noon on MTV Australia, VH1 Australia, CNN, and Network Ten; and repeated at 8:30 p.m. on National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m. on E! and 10 p.m. on Style Network.Austria: The show aired live on ORF 1, MTV Austria and VIVA Austria.Belgium: The show was broadcast live at 2:00 CET on CNN International, National Geographic Channel, MTV, TMF.Brazil: The show aired live on MTV Brasil, National Geographic Channel, People+Arts, E!, Discovery Home&Health, CNN International and Warner Channel. Also, Cartoon Network and sister channels borrowed the signal from MTV Brasil.Bulgaria: The show was broadcast at 8:40 CET on BNT 1.Canada: The show aired on CTV, CBC Television, Global, Citytv, MuchMusic, CP24 and MTV Canada, simulcasting with the American airing. Depending on time zone, this was preceded or followed by Canada for Haiti. The show was also streamed live via CTV.ca, GlobalTv.com, Citytv.com and CP24.com.Czech Republic: The show was broadcast at 2:00 p.m. CET on ČT24, January 23.Croatia: The show aired on Croatian Radiotelevision and MTV AdriaDenmark: The show aired on TV2 Denmark, National Geographic Channel CNN and MTV between 2:00 and 4:00 a.m. and on TV3 the 23rd between 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. local time Finland: The show aired on YLE Teema.France: The show aired on BFM TV and MTV France.Germany: The show aired live on MTV Germany, VIVA Germany, TNT Serie and National Geographic Channel.Greece: The show aired live on MTV Greece.Hong Kong: The show aired live and repeated at 9:00 p.m. on MTV Asia and at 8:00 p.m. on TVB Pearl with Chinese subtitles. Hungary: The show aired on MTV Hungary, Viva Hungary and National Geographic Channel.India: The show aired on VH1 India.Indonesia: The show aired on Global TV (Indonesia).Ireland: The show aired live on TV3 and on MTV UK & Ireland and VH1 UK, Viva, CNN International, BET, National Geographic, Style Network and E!Israel: The show aired at 3 a.m. on Channel 10, as well as MTV, National Geographic Channel, VH1 and CNN International.Italy: The show aired at 2 a.m. on MTV Italia.Macedonia: The show aired on several broadcasters, including MRTV, A1, Kanal 5, Alfa TV.Netherlands: The show was broadcast live at 2:00 CET on Nederland 3, CNN International, National Geographic Channel Nederland, MTV NL, TMF Nederland, VH1 Europe and VH1 Classic Europe.Norway: The show aired live on TVNorge and National Geographic Channel. It will also be repeated on NRK3 at 9:30 p.m. CET on January 23.Poland: The show aired live on MTV Poland, VH1 Poland, National Geographic Polska and VIVA Polska.Portugal: The show aired live on MTV Portugal at 1:00 a.m. local time on January 23.Romania: The show aired live on Antena 3, at local time 3 a.m.Russia: The show aired live on MTV Russia.Serbia:The show aired live on B92 Info.Slovakia: The show repeated on TV Doma at 10:30 a.m. on January 23.Slovenia: The show aired live on TV Slo 1 and TV3.Sweden: The show aired live on MTV Sweden, TV4 and Kanal 5. It was repeated on SVT1, TV3, and MTV the following day.Turkey: The show aired live on MTV Turkey, TNT, National Geographic Channel, CNN Türk.Ukraine: The show aired live on MTV Ukraine.United Kingdom: The show was broadcast live at 1 a.m. GMT on all MTV UK & Ireland and VH1 UK, Viva, CNN International, BET, National Geographic Channel (UK), Style Network and E!. News channels were allowed to opt in to show coverage. The show was repeated on January 24 at 9 a.m. UTC on MTV and Viva.United States: The program aired live at 8 p.m. ET and tape-delayed in the PT at 8 p.m. on the MTV group of channels, as well as on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, PBS, The CW, BET, CNN, CNN International, MSNBC, TNT, Comedy Central, Bravo, Oxygen, E!, Style Network, G4, Fuse TV, ReelzChannel, MLB Network, Current TV, Discovery Health, HBO and Showtime, National Geographic Channel, Soapnet, Centric, Smithsonian Channel, Planet Green, and The Weather Channel. On channels that had only one national feed, such as CNN, the program was televised live coast-co-coast on these channels, at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. The program was also streamed on delay by FOX40.com.Uruguay: The program aired live on Monte Carlo TVSouth East Asia: The program was aired live on MTV Asia and CNN International at 8 a.m..

Discography

The digital album Hope for Haiti Now set a record as the largest one-day album pre-order in iTunes history, and became the top-selling iTunes album in 18 countries. The digital album has since become available at Amazon.com and Rhapsody. The album features 19 live performances from the broadcast as well as a pre-recorded version of "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)" and is priced at $7.99. The full two-hour video of the event is priced at $2.99.