| WIRED ISLAND RESPONDS TO DISASTER WITH HURRICANE RELIEF PROGRAM WEB SITE |
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In the aftermath of Hurricanes Hanna and Ike, information was as critical a need as food and water, and relief assistance was desperately needed in variety of forms - money, materials and volunteers.
The Turks & Caicos Government asked Wired Island to develop a web site to keep residents of the islands, as well as the rest of the world, informed about what was going on in the most critically affected areas, and to help coordinate relief efforts. Within 48 hours Wired Island (its offices without power and Internet and its staff scattered due to the storms) had launched www.rebuildtci.com, a site that serves not only as an information portal on the recovery and rebuild efforts in TCI, but also as a means for people to contribute to various relief funds and programs. The site contains a National Needs list of critical matierals required for the rebuild, and on-line forms for people to donate money, goods and services.
In addition, Wired Island designed the identity for a more all-encompassing fund raising program to elevate awareness about the need for continued support. The RebuildTCI identity is now seen throughout the islands on T shirts, hats, posters, billboards, banners, buttons, web sites, and across the local TCI media in PSAs, providing a central point of contact and a rallying cry for the recovery work in the Turks & Caicos.
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