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Impact of Information and Communications Technology for Communities in Crisis May 26, 2011 Donors and implementers who assisted Chileans in the aftermath of the 2010, 8.8-magnitude earthquake recently stood on stage at an event in Santiago organized by the Telecentre.org Foundation in front of representatives from 50 telecentre networks of 100 countries, to share ways information and communication technologies (ICT) helped ease the pain of the disaster. As is typical in crisis situations,utilities and communications were down, government offices were closed, if not destroyed, and media outlets were not broadcasting, leaving a field of misinformation open and alarming an already distraught population.	Diverse Religious Leaders Discuss Peace in Divided Communities Across Lebanon April 30, 2011 Religious leaders of various faiths in Lebanon recently put doctrinal differences aside to focus on peace and development in their communities. Although the country’s civil war ended more than two decades ago, strong divisions and episodes of violent clashes along religious lines still exist. The rare public gathering of local Sunni, Shiite and Christian leaders was a result of IREX’s One Community Project and signaled a positive step toward peace for citizens of conflict-prone cities like Baalbak, Tripoli and Tyr.
World Press Freedom Day Participant Profile: Abdikadir Ahmed April 27, 2011 A speaker at this year’s World Press Freedom Day conference, Abdikadir Ahmed from IREX Somalia discusses innovative ways to introduce technology for sharing information in a panel on “Accessing the Digital Benefit.”	IREX President Appointed to U.S. National Commission for UNESCO April 18, 2011 IREX is pleased to announce that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently appointed IREX President W. Robert Pearson as a Commissioner of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.
Supporting Democracy in the Middle East: Tools and Strategy March 28, 2011 IREX is pleased to host the Project on Middle East Democracy seminar, "Supporting Democracy in the Middle East: Tools and Strategy."	Bride-napping Drama Engages Boys in Gender Discussion March 17, 2011 by Anne Johnson Sixteen-year-old Marat pauses, anticipating his moment to take the stage. He’s performed in Youth Theater for Peace skits in Kyrgyzstan before, but today he’s doing something different: he’s playing the part of a girl.
Linking Kosovo's Serb and Bosniak Communities Through Radio March 16, 2011 by Andrew Clayton For the first time in Kosovo, a Bosniak and Serb radio stations share programming across their etnic communities. On March 10, 2011 the Bosniak radio station Omega 3, based in the southern city of Prizren, established direct and live links with KOSMA, the Kosovo Serb network of five radio stations.	Somali Woman Leverages Media for Peace March 11, 2011 by Said Mohamed Salado Mohamed is a prominent negotiator in Puntland, Somalia, a deeply patriarchal society where women’s literacy is half that of men’s and their presence can rarely be found in the public arena. Through a process of community dialogue and advocacy, Salado is instrumental in re-establishing measures of peace in Puntland, the semi-autonomous northeastern zone of Somalia.
Development Challenges and Opportunities in Nepal February 28, 2011 by Jesse Horner I visited Nepal recently to learn more about local governance and civil society in order to assess the development context and possible opportunities for IREX.	Participant Profile: Mokhtar Nuur – Uniting Communities Through Media in Somalia February 24, 2011 by Said Mohamed Mokhtar, a budding media professional, aspires to run his own media outlet one day. Mokhtar studies at East Africa University in Bosaso with a focus on community development while also serving as Deputy Director at Somali Development Trust, an IREX partner for the Uniting Communities to Mitigate Conflict program (UCMC).