Connecting with Haiti
Thursday, January 14 2010
CONNECTING WITH HAITI
Haiti is the poorest nation in the western hemisphere. When the country's capitol city was rocked by a 7.0 earthquake late Tuesday the whole world began keeping up through videos, blogs, tweets and Facebook posts. Today Dick Gordon speaks with a woman on the ground there, and others who are in the U.S., waiting desperately for news.
Maggie Boyer is the communications director for World Vision. She was at her desk when the quake hit. Pascale Menard lives in Florida and spoke to her mother in Port au Prince just after the quake. Daniel Auguste has been trying to get in touch with family members with no success. Leon Dorleans sent an emotional e-mail from Haiti to his friend and colleague in the States.
- Find out more about World Vision
- Find out more about the organization Leon works for, Haiti Outreach Ministries
- Find out more about Family Health Ministries, Daniel's organization
- Find out more about Wyclef Jean's relief efforts
THE MANAGER OF THE SOUTH POLE
Jerry Macala
No sunsets or sun rises. Twenty below zero is the average summer temp. No leaving in the winter, unless it’s an emergency. That’s all in a day’s work for the employees in Antarctica. Jerry Macala did a stint at the South Pole from 2001 to 2002. He says his time there was life changing. Now, he’s trying to save a piece of South Pole history: he’s trying to salvage a giant dome that’s being decommissioned. Dick talks with Jerry about what it’s like to work in Antarctica.
- Learn more about Jerry's Save the Dome project here
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