Chile ayuda a Chile

Chile ayuda a Chile was a charity telethon being held from March 5 to March 6, 2010. The event was broadcast from Teatro Teletón in Santiago, Chile. The telethon's aim was to raise money to help those affected by the 2010 Chile earthquake that struck the central-southern Chile on 27 February of that year. The event was organized by the Telethon Foundation and the Government of Chile, in coordination with Hogar de Cristo, Un Techo para Chile, the Fundación para la Superación de la Pobreza and Caritas, and was broadcast by all television stations affiliated with National Association of Television on national TV. The goal of the charity was to raise $15,000,000,000 for the construction of 30,000 emergency homes in the disaster area. Donations were to be deposited in account N° 2702 at Banco de Chile and Banco Santander. During the event, over 46 billion pesos were collected, and on March 9, 2010, Mario Kreutzberger said the event raised in total cash and species over $50,000,000,000, thus surpassing the money raised by the Hope for Haiti Now event held in the United States in relief of the also earthquake-struck Caribbean country earlier that year.