Posts Tagged ‘crisis’

Volunteers turn out at Haitian Embassy

A week after a devastating earthquake rocked the small Carribbean nation and caused almost 200,000 in casualties, people from across the area have flocked to the Hatian embassy to offer donations and assistance.

Volunteers at a foldout table greeted visitors at the door, while men and women in suits strode purposefully throughout the building, talking into cell phones and clustering together in groups.

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Relief comes in code form for victims of Haiti earthquake

Paul Goodman decided to spend his Saturday helping the relief effort in Haiti – by donating his time and expertise to developing mapping software for relief agencies.

As the International Red Cross and other organizations have begun to offer help to victims of the earthquake in Haiti, a group of more than 130 programmers in Washington D.C. were working on their own form of relief – and it comes in code form.

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