Twitter And Digicel Providing Free SMS In Haiti

Twitter the famous micro-blogging site and Digicel Haiti is teaming up to provide Digicel customers in Haiti with free SMS tweets.

As of now, Digicel Haiti customers won’t incur charges for the SMS tweets they send and receive through Twitter’s 40404 short code. The bottom line is that Haitians can now experience an entirely free, mobile version of Twitter.

This is the message posted on twitter blog today.

If you have been following the events in Haiti since the devastating quake last month, then you know of the initial bursts of compassion. International dialogue now shifts from lifesaving relief to long term restoration. Officials are saying this may take ten years at a cost of billions.

Post-disaster needs assessment is underway and there will be an international donor conference late next month in New York City. In the meantime, there are ways to stay involved in sustained efforts such as the WFP’s monthly donation program.

Kevin Thau and our mobile team have recently arranged free SMS tweets for Digicel Haiti customers. To activate the service, mobile phone users in Haiti can text follow @oxfam to 40404. Accounts are created on the fly and any account can be followed this way.

The Digicel and twitter alliance is one of many technology giants who shows support to earthquake ravage Haiti. This move from the two technology giant shows how much technology can help even in the worse of disaster.

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