UNICEF: Radio links Haitian families to life-saving aid

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/haiti_52676.html

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 2 February 2010 A cacophony of songs and voices drifts from the tented camp as thousands of handheld radios transmit entertainment and, more important, information.

A UNICEF public service announcement on nutrition blares out of several radios tuned into Port-au-Prince's Radio One. The station is just one of more than 20 radio outlets in the Haitian capital that are working with Internews, a UNICEF partner and international media development organization providing news reports to hundreds of thousands of people affected by the 12 January earthquake.

The broadcasts are an important part of UNICEF's effort to ensure that life-saving aid reaches displaced children and families in Haiti, where nearly 40 per cent of the population is under 14 years of age. In this regard, the aftermath of the quake is very much a children's emergency.

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