Promouvoir la communication pour le changement social
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Twitter and Facebook users respond to Haiti crisis |
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A BBC Report
| | An appeal to help victims of the Haiti earthquake is breaking all records, fuelled by the power of social media.
Type "Haiti" into Twitter, Facebook or Youtube and you soon encounter a message from @redcross sent at 05:38 GMT on Jan 13.
In less than 48 hours, the American Red Cross had received more than $35m in donations - including $8m directly from texts. |
"This breaks all world records for a mobile giving campaign," says their spokeswoman, Gloria Huang.
"It's been incredible. People have donated more to Haiti than to Hurricane Katrina or the tsunami in Asia.
"And Twitter has played an extremely significant part." Read more...
WACC has launched a similar appeal for solidarity with Haiti on its website. See details here… Follow WACC on Facebook: WACC-Global and Twitter: @waccglobal
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La WACC encourage la communication pour favoriser le changement social. Elle est convaincue que la communication est un droit humain fondamental qui définit l’humanité commune des peuples, renforce les cultures, favorise la participation, crée une communauté et défit la tyrannie et l'oppression.
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