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VOA Creole Sets Up Hotline for Haitians to Reach Relatives

   VOA News 14 January 2010

   VOA's  Creole Service has set up a hotline to help Haitians everywhere
   reach   their  loved  ones,  after  Tuesday's  devastating  earthquake
   destroyed much of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
   People  can  call the Creole service at 202-205-9942 to leave messages
   for their family members that will be broadcast on the service's radio
   programs. Messages can be left in either Creole or English.
   Creole  service  chief  Ronald Cesar says VOA Creole also has extended
   its broadcast hours and is reaching out on Facebook and Twitter.
   VOA  continues  to  broadcast  on  shortwave.  But because most of its
   satellite affiliates in Haiti are off the air, the Creole service also
   is  using  a  Florida-based  AM  frequency  to  reach listeners in the
   country.

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