Command & Control, Communications Unit available at IOM (International Organization for Migration - U.N.) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake

Haiti - IOM is employing a range of multimedia tools as well as a team of national community liaison officers to ensure that affected populations have access to critical information which allows them to make informed decisions about their well-being.

IOM's outreach activities in support of humanitarian efforts in Haiti include the placing of safety, public health, shelter, and other key messages into a weekly soap opera aired in Creole in camps and the publication of a cartoon strip based on the show in Haiti's largest daily newspaper, Le Nouvelliste.

For the past two months, IOM's team of local community liaison officers has been conducting Prince to establish a two-way flow of information between disaster-affected communities, humanitarian actors, and service providers.

By providing displaced communities with regular and up-to-date information on humanitarian services and assistance, community liaison officers mitigate potential tensions based on misinformation and rumour. They also provide much-needed feedback from affected communities to humanitarian agencies and the Government to inform their operations.

IOM is planning to expand its outreach efforts to include displaced communities and other vulnerable groups to the towns of Léogane, Jacmel and Petit Goave.

For more information, please contact:

Leonard Doyle
Media and Communication Officer
Tel: (509) 3702.5066
E-mail: ldoyle @iom.int

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