Bryn Mooser and David Darg met in Haiti during the weeks after the earthquake of January 2010 . Both were in the country doing humanitarian work , Mooser with Artists for Peace and Justice , to build a school , and Darg with Operation Blessing , to build water and sanitation systems . After working alongside each other and becoming friends , Mooser and Darg had the idea to create a baseball league for the young boys of the Tabarre neighborhood of Port-au-Prince . 2 3 Soon after , Mooser and Darg returned home to America , brought on Molly DeWolf Swenson as COO , and launched RYOT News as “ the first news site linking news to action . ” Founding investors are Canadians Martha Rogers and Gareth Seltzer , and other notable funders include Todd Wagner and Jason Calacanis
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