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(This article in the January/February 2013 edition of USAID Frontlines discusses Internews' program providing humanitarian information to Haitians after the 2010 earthquake.)

When the powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, resulting in more than 230,000 deaths and at least 300,000 injuries in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, communications infrastructure went critical. Read more »

Information matters, especially for individuals affected by severe crises like the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. But critically, new research shows that listening to audiences may be just as important. Read more »

In an effort to determine the effectiveness of a communication campaign on cholera, a team of Haitians trained in audience research methods by Internews’ Deputy Country Director, Jennifer Mandel, surveyed and conducted focus groups with Haitians in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps and in rural and urban areas, particularly in the parts of Haiti where the outbreak in December 2010 was most severe. Read more »

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The caller from Boston was desperate.

She had just received a text message Tuesday from a friend trapped in the rubble of a Port-au-Prince school and needed to get the news to rescuers, the Haitian government, the world.

She called the right place: Signal FM, the only radio station in the city that has broadcast nonstop during the earthquake. Its building, transmitting equipment and antennas escaped damage, and the station has been a key source of information since the magnitude-7 temblor wrecked Haiti a week ago. Read more »