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[HCDX] Voice of America Reaches Out to Haiti
Voice of America Reaches Out to Haiti
Posted January 20th, 2010 at 3:12pm in Ongoing Priorities with 2
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While television and new technologies like Internet and cell phones are the
focus of strategy at the Broadcasting Board of Governors that oversees the
U.S. government´s international broadcasting assets, shortwave radio
remains by far the most effective means of reaching audiences around the
world, particularly in the developing countries. It is far from an outdated
technology, as is sometimes allleged. A highly relevant case in point is
earthquake-stricken Haiti, the poorest and most underdeveloped country in
the Americas.
Since the earthquake on January 12, Voice of America has expanded its
broadcasts in creole to 10.5 hour a day during the week and 9.5 hour during
weekends. The international broadcaster reaches 45 different countries and
has a worldwide audience of more then 125 million with 1,500 hours of
news and programming weekly. The effort to reach out to Haiti is an
example of a desperate need for information being filled that is not related
to the Middle East or the war on terror, which has been the focus of efforts
of U.S. international broadcasting in recent years. To achieve this focus,
the BBG has been cutting important services (like Ukrainian, Georgian and
Russian) and broadcast hours in English to increase programming to the
Middle East. Yet as the case of Haiti shows, surge capacity remains critical
when catastrophic events elsewhere in the world demands it.
What listeners in Haiti will be able to hear on VOA, among other things, is
an interview with former President George W. Bush, assuring Haitians that
the world will not forget about them. As will be recalled, and as proposed by
the Heritage Foundation, Bush was tapped along with former President Bill
Clinton by President Obama to spearhead the earthquake relief efforts on
behalf of the administration. The Haiti Fund started by the two presidents
has so far raised $10 million.
"I fully understand the anguish that the people of Haiti feel," Bush told VOA
"I hope the people of Haiti know that our government is doing everything it
can with our military and USAID to get food, medicine and water to you as
quickly as possible."
"The first lesson, of course, is that aid never gets to the people fast
enough," Bush said. "I fully understand the frustrations and the anger. The
people of Haiti have just got to know we hear their cries of anguish." He
added, "The people of Haiti are not alone."
President Bush also stated that the commitment of the United States will
last beyond the earthquake relief. It will take a monumental efforts and
international coordination and cooperation to create a functioning society in
Haiti, a tough job to begin with and overwhelming at a time when some
200,000 people are believed to have perished. Including short wave radios
among the items that are distributed as aid in Haiti could be saving lives
now, and help rebuild Haitian society later.
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