A catalog and digest of who's sharing information from or about Haiti, without the cross-chatter or noise.



The Live Feeds from Haiti Blog is where you can follow links to view real-time Twitter feeds from/about Haiti, whether you have a Twitter account or not.



Simply click the links below to view live Twitter feeds from Twitter members who are tweeting from Haiti.



Each link will open the feed in a new window. You may open as many windows, and follow as many feeds, as your web browser will permit. To refresh a feed, you can refresh the browser window.



Feeds appear as soon as they are posted to Twitter so you can stay up to date on what is happening in Haiti.



Immediately below are our top three suggested feeds:

Live Twitter Updates from InternetHaiti: What's Happening on the Ground

Twitter Username: InternetHaiti
Location: Port-au-Prince

What They're Tweeting: Frequent updates of conditions on the ground and breaking news, in English and en Francais

Read Live Updates from InternetHaiti: See What's Happening on the Ground

The Google Crisis Response Center

What They're Posting: Search for Missing Loved Ones in Haiti, Post Updates on Those Known to be OK; Learn How to Make Free Calls to Haiti


Search the Google Crisis Response Center

MirelaMonte: Logistics, Info for Relief Workers

Twitter Username: @MirelaMonte
What She's Tweeting: Logistics information for relief workers in, and deploying to Haiti

Read Live Twitter Updates from @MirelaMonte

Monday, January 18, 2010

Updates from Haiti Residents: Keeping the World Informed

Click on Twitter Username to Read Feeds

Twitter Username: fredodupoux
Location: Port-au-Prince
What He's Tweeting: Frederic Dupoux has become a lifeline of information as he reports conditions on the ground in Port-au-Prince.

Twitter Username: karljeanjeune
Haiti Resident
Location: Haiti
What He's Tweeting: word of those needing rescue, conditions in general

Twitter Username: troylivesay
Location: Port-au-Prince
What He's Tweeting: news from all over the city

Non-Twitter Link:  Ushahidi Haiti 2010 Incidents
The Ushahidi Engine is a platform that allows anyone to gather distributed data via SMS, email or web and visualize it on a map or timeline. Our goal is to create the simplest way of aggregating information from the public for use in crisis response.
Location: various, network of Ushahidi volunteers
What They're Posting: Crisis Map of Haiti represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date crisis map available to the humanitarian community. The information here is mapped in near real time and gathered from reports coming from inside Haiti via: SMS, Web, Email, Radio, Phone, Twitter, Facebook, Television, List-serves, Live streams and Situation Reports
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