Direct from Haiti

Carel Pedre is a Hatian radio DJ  who has been desperately working to communicate and coordinate information about relief using Twitter as well as broadcasting locally from a table in the street.  I feel compelled to share this set of tweets with you because they are as clear a portrayal of the local sentiment as you can get. 

• carelpedre   Going to do a Five Ws (and one H) Tweets
• carelpedre   1^st W:   Who is in charge in Haiti to distribute Food/water and medical supplies to us?
• carelpedre   2^nd W:   What will the government do with the humanitarian aid?
• carelpedre   3^rd W:   When are you going to Start distributing the aid properly?
• carelpedre   4^th W:   Where can we go to get food and water?
• carelpedre   5^th W:   Why after 8 days, the president did not formally and officially address to the nation?
• carelpedre   The H:  How do you expect us to be patient when we are hungry and thirsty and we have lost everything?
• carelpedre   Done with my Five Ws (and one H) Tweets. I hope some journalists will ask them to the Prez or the PM next time they'll meet them.

I hope so too Carel.  That is his opinion, and it should be ours too.

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It should be noted that one of the loudest voices demanding to know why there are so many challenges with the logistical coordination on the ground in Haiti is none other than CNN’s Anderson Cooper.  If you haven’t seen his show from there I recommend you throw on CNN at 10pm – he is doing a remarkable job of reporting the situation and he is getting more frustrated by the day.   Links: Aid workers frustrated with relief effort