Hesperian has assembled a Haiti Health Information wiki http://creole.hesperian.net/ on which, along with free downloads of emergency health materials in Creole, they have posted free downloads of Hesperian and MEDICC’s Health for All: 4-Language Glossary of Community Health Care Terms (Creole-Spanish-English-French). The glossary contains more than 4,000 entries and it is especially to anyone working in Haiti, since Creole is the most widely-spoken language there; Haitian medics are often instructed in Spanish; Haitian clinical records are written in French; and many volunteers speak English. ... - More

The Mashable article 5 Social Media Lessons From the Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort has been brought to our attention. It has some interesting observations related to social media in times of extreme emergency. Author Geoff Livingston argues these 5 lessons - with one or two paragraphs and images for each:

1. Haiti Represents the Maturation of Mobile Giving
2. Online Participants Did More Than Just Give Money
3. Integration of Social with Traditional Media
4. The Story Was Emotional, but Not Fully Told
5. Immediacy and Impact Are Not the Same

But these seem to come from a "helper" and "follower" perspective. How do you react to these?

And, from a development perspective what 5 lessons should we draw from this tragic event for the added value and role of social media? ... - More

Apologies for speaking out of context, but due to the current situation in Haiti, I hope you agree that this information is important.

**In the face of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Hesperian www.hesperian.org urges everyone to forward and distribute the following health materials in Haitian Creole and English to every relief worker, resident, and traveler already in or leaving for Haiti.
*HEALTH MATERIALS AVAILABLE IN HAITIAN CREOLE http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download.php:*

Here is a link to the pdf of the Haitian Creole edition of Where There is No Doctor http://www.hesperian.info/assets/Where_There_is_no_Doctor_Creole.pdf, also available as a printed book through our partners: 4 The World Resource Distributers www.4wrd.org
Tel: 417-862-4448
Fax: 417-863-9994
orders@4wrd.org
Pdf of the Haitian Creole edition of Where Women Have No Doctor http://www.hesperian.info/assets/hesperian_wwhnd_haitian%20creole_2000.pdf. ... - More