Our wind-up and solar-powered Lifeline radios will play an important role in Haiti’s rehabilitation efforts, by disseminating practical information on disaster preparedness efforts.
The 1,000 Lifeline radios are in Haiti and are ready for distribution to grassroots and municipal organizations, and other community-based groups. The radios will benefit an estimated 35,000 listeners, who are unlikely to have listening access. As months have passed since the devastating earthquake hit Haiti, the island remains in distress as 1.5 million citizens, including 300,000 children, remain displaced.
Communication is an essential tool for reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts, as a way of coordinating the delivery of aid and communicating what is needed in terms of food, water, shelter and medical supplies, among others.
The radios will provide on-demand information broadcast from local and international sources, thereby improving the quality of life and providing social support. The radios will be distributed with our partner the National Democratic Institute.
These radios will provide important assistance to the thousands of displaced people in Haiti. I will be traveling to Haiti shortly to help with the distribution.
- Chhavi Sharma, Project manager
Total Funding Received to Date: $1,162
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Project Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $1,162 . The original project funding goal was $70,000.
Combined with other sources of funding, this project raised enough money to fund the outlined activities and is no longer accepting donations.
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