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.
"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]
"I’m calling on all friends of Haiti and people who are listening to me to please come to our aid." − Raymond Joseph, Haiti’s ambassador to the U.S
A rapid response team from Internews that includes media specialists and radio technicians is deploying to assess the extent of damage to Haiti’s media infrastructure and bringing broadcast equipment that can quickly be used to broadcast emergency information.
Access to critical information is even more essential during emergencies to ensure humanitarian responses are effective and that the affected population has the means to be helped and help themselves. During these most challenging times, information can save lives and transform communities. Please consider supporting our efforts in bringing critical information to those most in need.
Your gift will make a real impact in Haiti and will be matched by private foundation funds.
"People need information as much as water, food, medicine or shelter. Information can save lives, livelihoods and resources."
—- The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, World Disasters Report
Radio links Haitian families to life-saving aid , UNICEF
Radio News Saves Lives in Haiti , Time Video
Haiti Radio Fills Information Void in Disaster, New York Times/AP
Knight Foundation Helps Fund Internews’ Rapid Response to Haiti’s Information Needs During Humanitarian Disaster
Making connections amid chaos: Learning loved ones’ fates, CNN Living
On the Media- Listen to Internews VP Mark Frohardt’s interview about Haiti Response
CGI Members on the Front Line of the Haiti Response, Clinton Global Initiative
Donations to Aid Haiti Exceed $97-Million, Chronicle of Philanthropy
Internews Helps in Haiti
Internews Kicks Off Three-Year Project to Support Community Radio in Haiti
Fabienne Viltis – A Young Radio Producer Shines from Haiti’s Most Dangerous Slum
Q&A with Jean Fedner Chéry – Strengthening Community Radio in Haiti