How will you feel if the sad incidence of Haiti fell on your birthday? If you wouldn’t feel right, then KOD (Kofi Okyere Darko) didn’t feel right either because the catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake that hit the people of Haiti on the 12 January was his birthday.
This necessitated him to gather some friends under the auspices of the Ministries of Information and Foreign Affairs to organize a musical ‘tribute’ concert dubbed “Ghana Loves Haiti”, which took place at the International Conference Centre last Saturday.
Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere has lost 90% of their properties as a result of the earthquake which damaged the Presidential Palace, the National Assembly building, the Port-au-Prince Cathedral, and the main jail. Several lives were lost, including that of the Archbishop of Port-au-Prince Monsignor Joseph Serge Miot and opposition leader Micha Gaillard.
Journalist Kwaku Sakyi Addo, the host of Kwaku One-ne-One, apparently one of the known Ghanaians to have touched down on the Haiti land narrated “life” in that country according to his short stay there. A story was told of a Ghanaian woman who was saved because she had come to Ghana for a wedding.
The concert which was to raise funds to support the Haitians saw most of the musicians such as Okyeame Kwame, Paapa Yankson, Kwaw Kese, Bradez, Wutah, D-Black, Yasmeen Helwani, Iwan, Kwabena Kwabena, Ohema Mercy, Bertha (Stars of the Future), Ruff-n-Smooth, Nii and Pat Thomas advocating in their performances for the need for each and everyone to support the Haitians.
Do you believe that in Ghana, you have to know somewhere to get somewhere?
Satirist KSM made the audience laugh out loud to forget the pain of coming to support the Haitians. Imagine being approached by a white woman to give her directions to the National Theatre. Definitely, she needs to know somewhere first to be able to direct her to the National Theatre.
The concert was produced by Blaqkaprikorn, with the help from Charter House and the venue was kindly sponsored by the Ministries of Information and Foreign Affairs. Though some of the artistes billed to perform didn’t perform, the programme was a success.
Though the show had ended fundraising activities for Haiti still continues. Interested individuals can Text "HAITI" to Kasapa, MTN and VODAFONE short code 1990 and donate GHc1.00 per text. Text as many times as you like. You can also donate into any GT Bank nationwide and make your donations directly to the HAITI EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUND - ACCOUNT NUMBER: 202 109097.
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