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The earthquake in Haiti happened more than two weeks ago. Yet aid organizations continue to struggle with basic questions there. Americans who want to help have been urged to give money but we’ve also heard of some organizations collecting things like tents or food. So, should you donate items, or is money still the best way to go? David Case is an editor with the online news website Global Post.Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Haitian President Rene Preval has made an urgent appeal for more tents to house up to a million people left homeless by the quake two weeks ago. His call came as donor nations and international organizations met in Montreal to assess the aid effort and plan the next steps. However not all Haitians are simply waiting for help from the outside, as WAMU’s Sabri Ben Achour reports. Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Hundreds of thousands of Haitians are attempting to leave the capital, Port au Prince, devastated by last week’s earthquake. Aid officials have started to put up tent cities on the outskirts for up to 400,000 people, to try to halt the spread of disease. The aid effort in Haiti has been frustratingly slow by some accounts. The World’s Matthew Bell looks into how aid agencies might do better. Download MP3 (Photo:Olivier Laban Mattei/AFP/Getty Images)Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
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US troops are fanning out across Haiti as aid operations gather momentum, a week after the devastating earthquake. UN officials said aid distribution points were being set up in the capital and UN security forces would accompany US troops as they delivered supplies. Helicopters dropped scores of US troops at the presidential palace grounds, who then moved to secure a nearby hospital. Marco Werman talks with The World’s Amy Bracken who is in Haiti. Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Haiti’s infrastructure for things like clean water and sewage disposal was primitive before last week’s earthquake. Now, out of tragedy arises the opportunity to rebuild it up to modern standards. But will the country be able to take advantage of the opportunity? Marina Giovannelli has our story. Download MP3
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Haitians living abroad have been struggling to get in touch with relatives as communication systems in Haiti were badly damaged by this week’s earthquake. Haitians in New York has been donating money and putting together food packets. The World’s Alex Gallafent visits the Haitian community in Brooklyn, New York. Download MP3 (Photo: Alex Gallafent)
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The World’s Jeb Sharp reports on who’s in charge of coordinating the relief effort in Haiti. Download MP3 (Photo: Patrice Coppee/AFP/Getty Images)
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Correspondent Eliza Barclay reports from Nicaragua how two American brothers tried a technological fix to alleviate poverty in that Central American country, and our Science Forum invites you discuss aid projects online with environmental engineer Anu Ramaswami of the University of Colorado in Denver. Download MP3
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The World’s Andrea Crossan is currently on assignment in Kenya. Follow along as she meets President Obama’s step-grandmother, and hears about the problems facing Kenyans today.
