Stars help Haitian hurricane victims

Matt Damon and Wyclef Jean have toured Haiti to highlight the havoc Hurricane Ike and Tropical Storm Hanna have wreaked on the Island.

Actor Damon joined the Haitian-born singer to hand out rice, beans and cooking oil in Cabaret, a town that saw 60 people die in flash floods last week.

Damon and Jean encouraged people to help the United Nations raise more than £56million for 800,000 Haitians in need.

"What I'm doing, I'm doing from the heart because I love Haiti," Jean told The Associated Press.

"Hopefully we can make enough noise that people will pay attention," Damon added.

In 2006, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt carried out a goodwill trip to give their support to the afflicted island.