Entire program – January 14, 2010

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Today on The World: International aid is just starting to trickle into Haiti — 2 days after the devastating earthquake there; Also, recollections from one reporter who covered Haiti’s promising economic recovery before the quake hit; Ukrainians vote again, five years after the dramatic Orange Revolution there.

Search for Haiti earthquake survivors continues

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The search for survivors after the devastating earthquake in Haiti continues but rescuers have little lifting equipment and are often using their bare hands.Tens of thousands are feared dead and up to 3 million affected. We get an update from the BBC’s Andy Gallacher, who is in Port-au-Prince. Download MP3

• Live updates from the BBC
• Pictures from Haiti
• LA Times audio slideshow: triage at the airport
• Coverage on The World
• Video: sleeping among the dead
• You can help through these aid organizations

Haiti aid on the way

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The US says it will send thousands of troops to Haiti to help rescue efforts in the wake of the devastating earthquake. President Barack Obama pledged one of the biggest relief efforts in recent US history and said Haiti would “not be forgotten” in its hour of need. One critical need in these early days after the earthquake is clean drinking water, as The World’s Matthew Bell reports. Download MP3

• BBC coverage
• White House blog on Haiti aid effort
• Red Cross Flickr gallery

Telecommunications critical in Haiti relief effort

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“Telecommunications isn’t a luxury in emergency response. It’s core to the mission,” says Paul Margie (not pictured), US representative for the group Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF). TSF volunteers are currently on the ground in Haiti, trying to set up internet and phone access for humanitarian workers, and for locals. The World’s technology correspondent Clark Boyd speaks with anchor Jeb Sharp. Download MP3 (Photo courtesy of TSF)

• Télécoms Sans Frontières
• Ushahidi: Mapping the Crisis in Haiti
• Latest on Haiti logistics from the World Food Program
• Frontline/World: An interview with head of Haiti’s Multilink Internet Service

Hope for Haiti?

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The horrific images coming out of Haiti since the earthquake aren’t altogether unfamiliar. The deeply impoverished country was nearly synonymous with tragedy for many years. But last year optimism was beginning to blossom for some Haiti watchers and it almost seemed as if the country wasn’t doomed to eternal misery. Amy Bracken has this reporter’s notebook. Download MP3

• BBC coverage of the earthquake
• Haiti’s history of misery

Audio slideshow: Triage at the airport

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Photojournalist Rick Loomis arrived in Port-au-Prince yesterday with a triage unit from Miami. He’s put together a narrated slide show of the sights and sounds as emergency workers try to help victims of the earthquake. Download MP3 (Photo: Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times Copyright © 2010)

• Click here to see “Triage at the airport”

Five years after Ukraine’s orange revolution

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Correspondent Brigid McCarthy reports on the mood in Ukraine as citizens cast their presidential vote for the first time since the Orange Revolution five years ago.

Plumbing woes in space

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Anchor Jeb Sharp has news of a plumbing problem on the International Space Station.

Geo Quiz

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Where in the world will we go today?

Aid for Haiti

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Anchor Jeb Sharp speaks with Bob Poff, the disaster coordinator for Salvation Army. He was in Haiti at the time of the earthquake. He discusses what he and his team have been seeing as they struggle to get help to earthquake victims.

Haitian writer’s near miss with quake

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Haitian-born writer Stanley Pean was heading back to Port au Prince for a literary festival when the earthquake hit. He speaks with anchor Jeb Sharp.

Geo answer

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For today’s Geo Quiz, we were looking for a Baltic country where the government says it’s declaring war on tobacco. The answer is Finland. But as the BBC’s Paul Henley reports from Helsinki, not everyone there appreciates the government’s actions.

Manze Dayila & The Nago Nation

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Host Jeb Sharp speaks with Manze Diyala, a Haitian musician who lives in New York City.