At a meeting to be held by the UN Department of Public Information on Wednesday, February 24, PPAF Executive Director David Stillman will join speakers from UNICEF, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the UN Peacekeeping Force in Haiti (MINUSTAH),  and others knowledgeable about Haiti and disaster recovery.

The morning session will focus on the immense and shocking crisis in Haiti immediately following the earthquake that occurred on 12 January 2010, which has affected an estimated 3 million people. The discussion will assess specific and new challenges arising from this  event.  An afternoon session will focus on social networking mechanisms that spread the news of the disaster around the world, and how these relate to NGOs.

At a separately sponsored conference in the afternoon, the Mission of Haiti to the UN will join the United Nations Association of Haiti and others  for presentations on the subject “Haiti Rebuilding Againsit All Odds:  Fostering Partnerships.”