Case Study: IFRC, Voila and Public/Private Telecoms Sector Partnerships

Author(s)
Pale, A.K.Y.
Publication language
English
Pages
2pp
Date published
20 Dec 2011
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Capacity development, Partnerships, Comms, media & information, Disasters, Earthquakes, Innovation
Countries
Haiti
Organisations
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

The most comprehensive and successful partnership between aid providers and a telecoms company to emerge from Haiti is that between the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and local provider Trilogy International Partners, who owns the Voila network in Haiti. This paper presents the partnership and the benefits for the community.

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