Hope continues to grow for the Haitian people as more and more individuals and groups continue to provide aid and donations to the people of Haiti. People from all over the world, from ordinary citizens to some of the most influential people, have chipped in and done their part in raising the hopes of the victims amidst all of the rubble and destruction surrounding them.

Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief, a telethon aimed to raise funds for Haiti and its people, was held recently and was participated in by many of Hollywood’s best and brightest celebrities. Filled with performances and appearances by some of today’s most popular stars, the telethon was one of the avenues where people came to show their support for the Haiti relief operations. Stars like George Clooney, Wyclef Jean, Jay-Z, Rihanna and U2 spearheaded the event and lent their talents to the show.

Some of the world’s biggest corporations also sent aid to the country. These include Cable News Network (CNN), Procter & Gamble, and some others who pledged generous amounts of money and sent their own teams of medical staff to reinforce the efforts in Haiti.

US President Barack Obama expressed his support and help to their neighboring country and deployed thousands of US Army personnel to provide stability in the earthquake-ravaged country.

Ben Stiller, founder of stillerstrong.org and Haitian Schools Initiative, and also a participant in the Hope for Haiti telethon, said that it is crucial for the world to help the victims in Haiti. He says that the more money people will raise, the more money there will be for building schools for the children of Haiti.

Since almost every infrastructure in the country was brought down by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit the country early in January 2010, food and shelter, among other things, are needed now more than ever by the thousands of victims left homeless by the devastating disaster.

The Haiti earthquake last January 12, 2010 provided the world with various pictures of human tragedy, devastation and death. Hit by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake, the people of the little island country of Haiti have been set up in temporary relocation camps outside of Port-au-Prince. The Haitian government is also focusing its efforts on finishing the building of temporary schools where the earthquake survivors and their families will eventually settle.

The tragedy has shown how people can join together to help their fellow humans. Several governments and powerful individuals, including Hollywood celebrities, have pledged wealth and utilities to the island nation to aid and somehow help Haitians recover from the traumatic tragedy.

Ben Stiller, one of the most recognizable Hollywood stars around the world, has launched the Haitian Schools Initiative that is aimed at providing Haitian children with temporary schools and places to learn while they clean up the rubble and repair everything that has been damaged by the earthquake.

“Our goal is to help kids get back in school as quickly as possible,” Stiller says of his initiative.

He adds that schools, for him, represent a safe haven for kids, especially in these times of crisis. Schools provide not only a place where children can learn but also a place where healthcare, nutrition and other important services can be conducted and given.

Through his start-up organization, stillerstrong.org, Stiller is partnering with the organization Architecture for Humanity in making sure that the constructions of these schools will not be delayed and will be done as soon as the Haitian government finalizes all of its relocation plans.

Already working in Haiti, even before the earthquake struck, Ben Stiller and Architecture for Humanity estimated that a temporary school would cost somewhere around $45,000-$75,000. Launching stillerstrong as a fun campaign in 2009, Ben Stiller has continued on his mission to rebuild hope for the children of Haiti.