By Greg Hazley
The Interim Haiti Recovery Commission, a multilateral agency coordinating relief, has tapped Burson-Marsteller after a competitive review to handle pro bono PR for a four-month period as the nation continues to rebuild from a devastating earthquake in January.
B-M said it is expected to donate more than $200K in time and services to the IHRC, which was created in April and is chaired by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, the U.N. special envoy for Haiti, and by Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive.
Gabriel Verret, executive director of the IHRC said communicating the entity’s progress to the Haitian national and international communities is “essential.”
The crux of the four-month contract is helping the commission communicate its work aiding both Haiti’s recovery and long-term development.
The Jan. 12 earthquake killed more than 300,000 people.
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