Marc Herman
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I work on GV's Language Exchange project, and am a journalist. I'm from California, have lived for long stretches in Jakarta, Indonesia, and now live in either Barcelona, Spain or Barcelona, Catalunya, depending on your point of view.
Latest posts by Marc Herman
11 February 2010
30 January 2010
Haiti: Wired Money May Help Rebuild Before Aid
With phone lines being restored in Haiti, money sent from families abroad “by wire” is again arriving, and helping reconstruction even where international aid has not arrived. Remittances from family members living abroad represented at least thirty percent of Haiti's Gross National Product before the January 12 earthquake.
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22 January 2010
18 January 2010
Haiti: Online Maps Shift from Charting Damage to Targeting Aid
Marc Herman takes a closer look at some maps that humanitarian aid responders are using to communicate the evolving situation in Haiti’s earthquake zone. Nearly a week after the disaster -- and aftershocks equal to major temblors -- the maps and satellite imagery are proving some of the most reliable information available.
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people of maldives..you have to stop this civil war. its sad to see it...