Disaster-relief-20-report.pdf (application/pdf-Objekt) Why We Need a Disaster 2.1 Report. The recent Disaster 2.0 Report published by the UN Foundation, OCHA and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) represents one of the most important policy documents to have been written in recent years.
The report acknowledges in no uncertain terms that the humanitarian space is moving towards a more multi-polar system and that this represents an unprecedented opportunity for the future of disaster relief, albeit one that presents clear challenges. We applaud and thank the authors of the report for bringing this to the attention of the policy community. We realize they were under a lot of pressure and had little time to produce this official policy document. Indeed, we understand that the authors and collaborating organizations were in a hurry to publish this report in time for the Dubai Conference to have maximum publicity. F156DD1E2F9D2D0085257815005DD82F-Full_Report.pdf (application/pdf-Objekt) CURRENTS - Taking Stock in the Testimony of the Crowd. SR252 - Crowdsourcing Crisis Information in Disaster-Affected Haiti.pdf (application/pdf-Objekt)
How Mapping, SMS Platforms Saved Lives in Haiti Earthquake. This article was co-authored by Mayur Patel Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the devastating earthquake that shook Haiti last January, killing more than 230,000 people and leaving several million inhabitants of the small island nation homeless.
Though natural disasters are common, the humanitarian response this time was different: New media and communications technologies were used in unprecedented ways to aid the recovery effort. A report released today by Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities, with support from Internews and funding from the Knight Foundation, takes a critical look at the role of communications in the crisis and recommends ways to improve the effectiveness of utilizing media in future disaster relief efforts.