IASC Weekly - Information needs of beneficiaries
Geneva
Agenda:
1. Dadaab Information Needs Assessment: Communication is AID
Jacobo Quintanilla, Director of Humanitarian Media at Internews (www.internews.org), will brief on the findings of the joint humanitarian communication needs assessment conducted in Dadaab in August 2011 to understand the informationneeds of refugees and explore ways to improve the flow of communication between refugees, aid agencies, and host communities. Internews and the BBC World Service Trust are partners in the infoasaid (http://infoasaid.org/) DfID funded consortium focusing on improving how aid agencies communicate with disaster-affected communities. The emphasis is on the need to deliver information, as aid itself, through the most appropriate channels. Anita Shah, Head of Infoasaid, will introduce the project.
Background: Serious communication gaps between the humanitarian sector and refugees in Dadaab, Kenya, are increasing refugee suffering and putting lives at risk, according to this new joint assessmentreport.
Radio is by far the most popular source of general information for both new arrivals and long-term refugees, yet there is no specific regular broadcast for or about Dadaab. Critically, humanitarian workers, government officials, along with army andpolice, rank the lowest as sources of information for refugees, both for new arrivals and long-term residents, according to the report. The assessment team trained a group of local volunteers from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) on usingsmart phones with data collection software designed by Episurveyor to conduct over 640 interviews for the survey. See video.The assessment was led byInternews and conducted with Radio Ergo/International Media Support (IMS) and Star FM of Kenya with support from NRC.
Links:
Full link to the report: http://www.internews.org/pubs/kenya/Dadaab2011-09-14.pdf
Full link to the videoreport: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrDmIInCp2g
More information about Internews' work in Dadaab: http://www.internews.org/regions/africa/kenya/dadaab_201108.shtm
About Internews: Internews is an international media development organization established in 1982. Its mission is to empower local media worldwide to provide people with the news and information that they need, the ability to connect, and the means to make their voices heard (www.internews.org)
Communication Is Aid, Watch this 2-minute animation and see it for yourself http://bit.ly/CommunicationIsAid
COMMUNICATION IS AID, Watch this 2-minute animation and see it for yourself.
Meeting Documents
Agenda of next IASC Weekly meeting (Geneva) - Information needs of beneficiaries
Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 9h30 to 10h30, Room S.4, Palais des Nations, Geneva Agenda: 1. Dadaab Information Needs Assessment: Communication is AID Jacobo Quintanilla, Director of Humanitarian Media at Internews (www.internews.org), will brief on the findings of the joint humanitarian communication needs assessment conducted in Dadaab in August 2011 to understand the informationneeds of refugees and explore ways to improve the flow of communication between refugees, aid agencies, and host communities. Internews and the BBC World Service Trust are partners in the infoasaid (http://infoasaid.org/) DfID funded consortium focusing on improving how aid agencies communicate with disaster-affected communities. The emphasis is on the need to deliver information, as aid itself, through the most appropriate channels. Anita Shah, Head of Infoasaid, will introduce the project. Background: Serious communication gaps between the humanitarian sector and refugees in Dadaab, Kenya, are increasing refugee suffering and putting lives at risk, according to this new joint assessmentreport. Radio is by far the most popular source of general information for both new arrivals and long-term refugees, yet there is no specific regular broadcast for or about Dadaab. Critically, humanitarian workers, government officials, along with army andpolice, rank the lowest as sources of information for refugees, both for new arrivals and long-term residents, according to the report. The assessment team trained a group of local volunteers from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) on usingsmart phones with data collection software designed by Episurveyor to conduct over 640 interviews for the survey. See video.The assessment was led byInternews and conducted with Radio Ergo/International Media Support (IMS) and Star FM of Kenya with support from NRC. Links: Full link to the report: http://www.internews.org/pubs/kenya/Dadaab2011-09-14.pdf Full link to the videoreport: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrDmIInCp2g More information about Internews' work in Dadaab: http://www.internews.org/regions/africa/kenya/dadaab_201108.shtm About Internews: Internews is an international media development organization established in 1982. Its mission is to empower local media worldwide to provide people with the news and information that they need, the ability to connect, and the means to make their voices heard (www.internews.org) Communication Is Aid, Watch this 2-minute animation and see it for yourself http://bit.ly/CommunicationIsAid COMMUNICATION IS AID, Watch this 2-minute animation and see it for yourself.