Relief 2.0

Vinicio Mata, member of the first team of Firefighters for Christ to arrive at Port-au-Prince, shares his experience and the role of social media in supporting their actions.

Robert Munro explains the implementation of Mission4636, a free text messaging through mobile phones (SMS) field reporting solution connected to the web and the role of FrontlineSMS, USHAHIDI, CrowdFlower,  SamaSource and a vast network of volunteers to make it happen.

Margarita Quihuis, Fellow at Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University, presents the EPIC initiative at the Social Entrepreneurship panel of Relief 2.0 in Haiti @ Stanford.

EPIC (Earth-Wide Peace, Innovation and Collaboration) is a global incubator network with multi-million dollar awards to nurture ventures, create new markets, and employ people to work on the world's most epic problems.

Haitians helping Haitians. David Pierre-Louis journey back to Haiti from Seattle, in search for his mother in Port-au-Prince, and his reconnection with the people and non-stop efforts to enable recovery, reconstruction and change through the creation of the Strength through Unity initiative. Presented at Relief 2.0 in Haiti @ Stanford.

Andris Bjornson, engineer from Inveneo, shares their experience setting up a long distance wi-fi network to connect relief organizations in the field at Port-au-Prince.

A comprehensive documentary with interviews and visits to over 15 sites and university campuses. Coordinated by Patrick Attié, assisted by Carlos Miranda Levy and filmed and edited by Celestino González on the weekend of February 20-21, 2010 and presented at Relief 2.0 in Haiti @ Stanford.

Dorothy Davison, Director of Good Samaritan Hospital (ran by International Medical Alliance) on the Haitian border in Jimani, Dominican Republic tells their story as an unexpected major relief center for Haitian earthquake victims at Relief 2.0 in Haiti @ Stanford.

Carole Kerner, nurse from the Vermont Haiti Relief Team shares her experience in Haiti.

Presentation by Mme. Mirlande Manigat, Vice Rectrice, Université Quisqueya, Haïti at Relief 2.0 in Haiti @ Stanford.