Brief

Still left in the dark? How people in emergencies use communication to survive – and how humanitarian agencies can help

author(s) Wall, I.. - Robinson, L.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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themes
regions
  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
  • Western Africa
  • South-Eastern Asia
  • Asia
  • Caribbean
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Americas
  • Middle Africa
citation

Wall, I.; Robinson, L. Still left in the dark? How people in emergencies use communication tosurvive – and how humanitarian agencies can help. Policy Briefing No. 6. BBC Media Action, London, UK (2012) 16 pp

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Abstract

This briefing focuses on the explosion in access to communications technology among communities affected by disasters. It covers The changing world of communications technology; What communication means to survivors; What communication means to the aid agency; Where is communication on today’s humanitarian map?; Coordination and the systems level challenge; and Funding. It draws on examples from Haiti, Kenya, Somalia, Central African Republic and Indonesia

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