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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
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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) 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.
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
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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)
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The extent of the devastation from a huge quake in Haiti is slowly emerging, with a number of UN peacekeepers among thousands of people feared dead. The 7.0-magnitude quake, Haiti’s worst in two centuries, struck south of the capital, Port-au-Prince, on Tuesday. The Red Cross says up to three million people have been affected. Jeb Sharp gets the latest from Bob Poff, disaster coordinator for The Salvation Army in Haiti. Download MP3 
International efforts to help Haiti in the wake of Tuesday’s earthquake are picking up speed, as governments around the world and aid agencies mobilize search and rescue teams and aid supplies. While the full scale of the disaster has yet to emerge, it is clear it represents a huge challenge.
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Alan Lomax made an impressive career out of recording folk music all over the world; bringing it to American audiences, and preserving it for posterity. But few people heard the recordings that Lomax made in Haiti in the 1930′s. This month those Haiti recordings will be released to the public for the first time in a box set. Ruxandra Guidi has the story. 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.
Download MP3More than a quarter of the Haitian populations lives outside Haiti. Now there are growing efforts to unify and strengthen that diaspora. Haitian leaders in the US are getting some advice from another more established diaspora… The American Jewish community. Amy Bracken reports.
