To mark the one year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake, the Thomson Reuters Foundation has released “One Day in Port-au-Prince: Coping with the quake”, an interactive multimedia documentary that transports you to the streets and tent cities of Haiti's capital.
It puts you in the shoes of 14 ordinary Haitians with remarkable stories of the earthquake and its aftermath. Each tells their stories in their own words. The incredible people featured include:
• Evelyne, a young mother forced into prostitution by the quake
• Max, the chief Voodoo priest who takes a stand against mass burials
• Chanata, a famous female footballer who fears her dreams of becoming a coach are over
Get involved with One Day in Port-au-Prince:
• Watch
• Share your Haiti story
• Send a message to the people featured
• Spread the word to your friends and colleagues
The documentary is part of Thomson Reuters Foundation’s “Haiti in Focus” campaign, bringing together free legal, humanitarian and media programmes to provide support for Haiti throughout 2011. The campaign underlines our long-term commitment to Haiti, which began right after the earthquake with the launch of an Emergency Information Service for the affected population.
One part of the Haiti in Focus programme will work to protect women and strengthen Haiti’s anti-rape laws; another will provide overseas secondments for young lawyers; a third involves training local journalists in how to hold aid agencies and donors up to scrutiny after disasters.
Find out more:
• Rape in the camps - video documentary
We welcome your feedback on all the projects at foundation@reuters.com
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This press release is reprinted by Alanna Shaikh out of an obscure sense of guilt. It does not represent the opinions of Alanna Shaikh or any of her employers.
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