We’ve covered how technology has shaped relief efforts in Haiti as well as how it has affects our perception of the tragedy. CNN is offering new perspectives of the nation with three interactive, immersive videos.
You’ve probably heard something about Doctors Without Borders (also known as the Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF) lately, given their involvement in Haiti. Here, we see the organisation set up what they call “plug-and-play” hospitals – self-sustained, inflatable medical facilities.
ReCellular, the world’s leading recycler of mobile phones, has launched Phones For Haiti – a relief effort that donates 100 per cent of the value of your recycled phone to quake victims via the American Red Cross. [Phones for Haiti via Inhabitat]
In an “unprecedented mobile response,” mGive and the Red Cross have collected over $US10 million in relief for Haiti.
