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One Year Later: How Microsoft, NGOs and Technology are Helping to Rebuild Haiti
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One Year Later: How Microsoft, NGOs and Technology are Helping to Rebuild Haiti
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On January 12, 2010, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck near the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. Microsoft activated its Disaster Response Team to support response efforts and with its nonprofit partner NetHope, was able to establish a telecommunications infrastructure to allow humanitarian agencies to communicate and provide relief to the affected victims.
Now, one year later, learn how Microsoft and technology continues to help rebuild Haiti.
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 9:35am
A year ago today, Haiti was devastated by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake.
With millions of people still struggling to survive, the outbreak of cholera in the country and political tensions caused by the recent elections, Haiti remains in a state of crisis.
Microsoft is one of many companies and organizations involved in the relief effort in Haiti since day one. Our Disaster Response Team has responded to disasters for more than 25 years, with the goal of providing lead non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government organizations (GO) and inter-government organizations (IGO) such as the United Nations with technology to help them communicate and coordinate relief activities.
We’ve learned from each disaster, all of which vary in scale, impact and challenges. As we look back over the last year since the Haiti earthquake, from a technology perspective, we’ve had two key learnings that shape the way we approach disaster response.
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