www.alertnet.org

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www.alertnet.org
Paul Mylrea Former Editor,
AlertNet.org paul.mylrea_at_reuters.com 44-207-5
42-9876





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What is alertnet.org?
Founded in 1997 An award-winning Internet
service. A first point of call for anyone
interested in disaster relief.

• It offers
• Reuters news
• Unique, specialist content
• Live distributed publishing
• Content syndication
• Easy navigation

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How does in work?
Main site publicly accessible. Anyone can
look at www.alertnet.org
alertnet.org also has a password protected area
for non-governmental relief organisations to
exchange professional information
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additional services,...
AIDfund supports alertnet.org members with
grants for emergency work. AIDfund grants are
small and made quickly to pay for essential
services 50,000 for helicopter flights in
Mozambique, 15,000 for water pumps in El
Salvador, 5,000 for essential supplies in Peru,
30,000 for food parcels in Gujarat.
alertnet.orgs register of relief suppliers -
more than 60 companies worldwide providing relief
goods and services to agencies.
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A community

• Non-profit agencies active in global emergency
  relief
• Private donors
• Suppliers
• The media
• The general public

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growing,

• Now 172 NGO members from 34 countries
• Usage rising steadily - 700,000 page
  impressions plus a month

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winning awards,

• Business Ethics Environmental Award - 2001
  
  
• The Guardian/Association of Business Schools

• NetMedia Online European Journalism award
• British Millennium Product

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and positive media coverage.
Guardian - 26/11/2001 Red alert
Although it's easy to assume that the new media
world is playing a marginal role in humanitarian
crises such as Afghanistan, there is one website
- alertnet.org, funded and run by Reuters - which
is stealthily becoming an invaluable tool for aid
workers in the field. It acts as a central,
neutral resource for aid organisations, keeping
them up to date with the latest crises."
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Used by aid agencies,
Alertnet is one of the first sites that I visit
each morning. - Richard Dixon, Concern Chicago
I really appreciate the way you keep in touch
with members personally and on a regular basis.
Its really helpful. - Laura Guimond, Mercy
Corps International
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backed by Reuters,

• Worlds largest international news and television
  agency -- 2,260 journalists, photographers and
  camera operators in 216 bureaux
• alertnet.org is funded by Reuters Foundation,
  established by Reuters in 1982
• alertnet.orgs team are located in Reuters London
  editorial headquarters

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and rooted in Reuters principles.

• The Reuters Trust Principles state Reuters is
  dedicated to preserving its independence,
  integrity and freedom from bias in the gathering
  and dissemination of news and information.
• Reuters has strict editorial policies to ensure
  adherence to these principles. This commitment to
  accurate and balanced reporting is maintained at
  alertnet.org.

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