Yele Haiti. This not only represents the name of Wyclef’s Jean’s organization but also the word means so much more. The word yéle is actually a Creole word, and the right way to say it is lee-lay. And yéle means to scream. So when I say yéle, it means I’m screaming for freedom. Freedom of the mind.There’s a lot of things to be said about this day. For majority of us, it was just a regular Thursday and I bet most of you went about your day without remembering what today marked for some of your brothers and sisters. Today marks the 2-year anniversary of the Haiti quake.The Caribbean state was hit by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake on January 12, 2010, which led to more than 220,000 deaths and left 1.5 million homeless. The government has said the disaster killed 316,000 people and displaced 1.5 million. More than 500,000 are still in temporary settlement camps.  Thousands are still living in tents up until today. What makes this even more tragic is that nearly half the rubble littering the country remains and disease is rife – a cholera outbreak in 2010 killed over 6,700 people.

Even thought there have been huge donations worldwide ,recovery is still slow and half a million people still live in tented villages throughout Port-au-Prince, according to the Red Cross. Just like a lot of Americans over here, unemployment is another major problem. Approximately 300,000 have found some hope with the rubble that’s surrounding the nation and have found work in construction and clearing the rubble.

Yele Haiti. If you want to do something for your Haitian brothers and sisters, you are more than welcome to go to Wyclef Jean’s website at http://www.yele.org/ and as always please keep Haiti in your prayers.