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[25.01.10]‘Hope for Haiti Now’ Reaches Haitians Via Local Radio
Internews worked around the clock to establish the connection between the telethon and a nationwide radio station
based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. + more
[19.01.10]Coordination of media assistance in HaitiPort au Prince, Washington DC, Paris - UNOCHA, the global coordinator for Humanitarian response, delegated authority to Internews to be the lead media assistance agency in coordinating all international media assistance efforts to Haiti + more
[17.01.10]Rebuilding Haitian media infrastructure struck by the earthquakeParis - A team from Internews is arriving today in Port-au-Prince to assess the damage caused by the earthquake to Haiti’s media infrastructure, especially to the local radio network + more
[15.01.10]Deployment of Media Assistance in Support of Haiti’s Information Needs During Humanitarian Disaster
Washington DC and Paris : With communications crippled in Haiti after Tuesday’s devastating earthquake, Internews is responding to the urgent need for information during this humanitarian disaster. + more
[15.12.09]Climate Leaders Honor Reporters at Internews Earth Journalism Awards
COPENHAGEN (December 14, 2009) - Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri and Internews, the international media development organization, celebrated the best in climate change reporting at the Internews Earth Journalism Awards in Copenhagen. + more
HAITI CRISIS
Photos by: DdotC, GloboVision, Matthew Marek, Lisandro Suero and UNDP Global
"The radio station is the people’s life right now. Without the radio station, the country is dead. Without the radio station, we can’t communicate. We don’t have anything." - Roselaure Revil (56), Haïti [Source : NYT/AP]
With communications crippled in Haiti after Tuesday’s devastating earthquake, Internews is working with local partners on the urgent need for information during this humanitarian disaster. Haitians need information now: how to find food, shelter and water, how to connect to loved ones who survived, and eventually, how to rebuild.
Internews Europe organised a satellite link and public discussions between Tbilisi and Sukhumi to promote the dialogue and the conflict prevention in the region...