ICT4Peace Inventorisation Wiki / Haiti Earthquake - January 2010

On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. The ICT4Peace Foundation presents the following resources as those that contain, or in turn point to, resources including datasets, emergency numbers, helplines and updates, vital to aid efforts.

Information from the ground / Haiti

Twitter feeds

1. http://twitter.com/cnnbrk/haiti (from CNN / requires manual refresh)
2. http://spy.appspot.com/find/%23haiti?latest=100 (aggregation from a number of sites / works best on Firefox / automatic refresh)
3. Twitter lists: @NYTimes/haiti-earthquake; @BreakingNews/haiti-quake; @nprnews/haiti-earthquake;
4. Alertnet Haiti Earthquake Live blog (now archived, with text, audio, photos and video)

Citizen media (including on the ground reporting and updates)

Haiti earthquake and citizen media response

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake (refresh often for more updates and edits)

Google social media updates

Google’s own social media search, which is updated every second automatically)

News services

1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8456322.stm (live updates from the BBC)
2. YouTube video updates (for videos from news services and citizen journalism)
3. Google News aggregation of news updates on earthquake (refresh for updates)
4. http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2010/haiti.quake/ (CNN special page to cover earthquake)

Local media websites (recommended by Google)

TNH, Le Nouvelliste, Radio Metropole Haiti, Radio Galaxie, Radio Ginen

Videos on the earthquake and its aftermath

A collection of videos on YouTube curated by Citizen Tube.

UN + Reliefweb

1. http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/missions/minustah/index.shtml (MINUSTAH page)
2. http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/doc106?OpenForm&rc=2&cc=hti (Latest updates from Haiti / response times slow on account of traffic)

Blog updates

Google blog search (refresh for updated blog posts, aggregated by Google)

Crisis Information Management (Actors & situation reports)

1. http://haiti.ushahidi.com (Ushahidi implementation has vital information up)
2. http://haiti-orgs.sahanafoundation.org/prod (Haiti 2010 Sahana Disaster Response Portal, which includes a list of NGOs on the ground)
3. http://wiki.sahana.lk/doku.php/haiti:start (wiki to help set up Sahana in Haiti)
4. InSTEDD Situation Report 14 January 2010 (courtesy Ushahidi Situation Room. Direct download here as Word doc.)
5. InSTEDD Situation Report 15 January 2010 (courtesy Ushahidi Situation Room. Direct download here as Word doc.)

Crisis Information Management (Blogs by key actors)

1. http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2010/01/13/haiti-earthquake/ (Ushahidi’s efforts to respond to the earthquake)
2. Ushahidi Situation Room (linked to Ushahidi deployment in Haiti)
3. http://wiki.sahana.lk/doku.php/haiti:start (wiki to help set up Sahana in Haiti)

Missing persons registries

1. Haitian Earthquake Registry (a site to share information about people you know who are affected by the Earthquake in Haiti)
2. Family News Network of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Haiti - Earthquake 2010 (available in French and English)
3. Haiti Situation Tracking Form by Google (available in French and English. This is now replaced by entry / initiative below.)
4. Person Finder by Google (updated with over 3,000 names at the time of writing)

DPKO Support for UN staff and families

1. DPKO Support Page for UN Staff in Haiti on Facebook
2. Twitter feed by DPKO on Haiti

Wikis for aggregation ground info and help

1. http://mobileactive.org/earthquake-haiti-how-you-can-help-and-learn-more (by MobileActive.org, well populated)
2. http://globalvoicesonline.org/specialcoverage/haiti-earthquake-2010/ (by the hugely respected Global Voices, updated regularly)

Mapping data / Imagery etc

http://crisiscommons.org/wiki/index.php?title=Haiti/2010_Earthquake (set up by Crisis Commons)

Wikis for aggregation ground info and help

1. http://mobileactive.org/earthquake-haiti-how-you-can-help-and-learn-more (by MobileActive.org, well populated)
2. http://globalvoicesonline.org/specialcoverage/haiti-earthquake-2010/ (by the hugely respected Global Voices, updated regularly)

Mapping data / Imagery / GIS

1. Google Maps with post-earthquake satellite imagery overlays
2. Google Earth KML file, also with post-earthquake satellite imagery overlays
3. http://crisiscommons.org/wiki/index.php?title=Haiti/2010_Earthquake (set up by Crisis Commons)
4. Wikiproject Haiti (has a good list of GIS datasets on Haiti)
5. The UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) has produced a map identifying road and bridge obstacles in Port-au-Prince to support the international humanitarian relief effort in Haiti: Satellite-Identified IDP Concentrations, Road & Bridge Obstacles in Central Port-au-Prince, Haiti
6. Maps from Reliefweb on the crisis

Logistics and infrastructure

1. UN Logistics Cluster Haiti Earthquake Update webpage
2. Medical facilities (as of 15th January, information unconfirmed since media reports suggest many were hit bad by earthquake and have been rendered useless.)
3. OCHA Map of Haiti Quake Epicenter

Photos from Haiti

1. Photo collection from Doctors Without Borders
2. Large photo collection from the Denver News (contains graphic content)
3. Port au Prince destruction by the New York Times (excellent visualisation of pre and post earthquake imagery)

Ways to help

The ICT4Peace Foundation is, unless specifically noted, not in any way associated with or part of the initiatives mentioned below. We cannot therefore vouch for their work, but have pointed to reliable sources such as Google who have first flagged the initiatives.

1. Google Crisis Response on Haiti lists a number of aid agencies that have set up helplines and ways to deliver aid.
2. The Lede by the New York Times on how to contribute to aid.
3. Aidwatch publishes the following ways to help:
   1. Philanthropy Action Advice for Donors to Haiti
   2. Chris Blattman suggests Haiti Partners
   3. Tyler Cowen and many others recommend Paul Farmer’s organization, Partners in Health
   4. GlobalGiving has a list of 20 organizations already working in Haiti and has set up a Relief Fund for Haiti Earthquake
4. Donate using Apple iTunes (only confirmed for those in the US)

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