Hoffman was instrumental in creating Internews ' emergency response capabilities for responding to humanitarian disasters and secured its initial funding . Specially trained journalists worked with surviving local media to provide life saving information during relief efforts in Aceh and Sri Lanka after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami , Haiti following the January 2010 earthquake , the Philippines in 2013 following Typhoon Haiyan among other humanitarian crisis . Other humanitarian interventions have established radio stations for refugee populations fleeing fighting from Darfur , Sudan , Somalia , Syria and other conflicts . In January 2010 Hoffman assisted the formation of CDAC ( Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities ) , headquartered in London , that coordinates emergency media response actions of BBC Media Action , CARE , the UN and other humanitarian and media development organizations
January 2010 earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
David M. Hoffman