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Friday, March 25, 2011 - 20:34

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Matt York Speaks via MP3 at Internews' Asia Managers' Meeting
Friday, March 25, 2011 - 20:25

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Submitted by bdeluca on Mon, 2011-03-07 21:13
Project Name (Full name): 
Tsunami Relief
Organization: 
Mercy Corps, Oxfam, International Medical Corps (IMC)
Category: 
NGOs using radios
Country: 
Indonesia
Project Dates: 
2005
Subject: 

The Freeplay Foundation provides wind-up, solar-powered Lifeline radios to people in the poorest, most isolated regions of the world. The radios will provide thousands of displaced tsunami survivors living in temporary camps with vital news and information that will help them access aid services, reconnect with their loved ones, and recover from the trauma as they re-build their lives and communities.

Target Audience: 

Tsunami victims in Indonesia

Links to Content: 

http://www.lifelineenergy.org/project_id_tsunami.html

http://www.lifelineenergy.org/documents/Duran_Duran_Tsunami_280305.pdf

Technology Solution: 

Powered by either wind-up human energy or solar power, the Lifeline radio is designed specifically to connect people in remote communities to the information network. Constructed to operate in the harshest of conditions and climates, the Lifeline radio is rugged, colorful, easy to use and carry, receives excellent AM, FM, and two shortwave frequencies and plays for many hours non-stop. It is available to aid and donor organizations for developmental and humanitarian initiatives.

Results: 

These organizations identified radio beneficiaries and radio listening groups to receive news, information, advice and support.  Radios were distributed to youth and sports organizations of villages and hamlets, and to community prayer houses, called meunasahs, that double as community centers.  As up to 40 can listen to the radio at any one time, more than 50,000 people could tune in to regular, current and accurate information.