A 501c(3) based in Cambridge that supports credible, independent media in regions emerging from conflict or faced with humanitarian crisis. OUR MISSION: BUILDING VOICE, GIVING INFORMATION, RESTORING DIGNITY Hirondelle USA is a non-profit organization that supports the peaceful transformation of societies coming out of conflict or undergoing democratic change. Through our partnership with Fondation Hirondelle we build media that help to create bonds and foster dialogue between people otherwise separated by distance, religion, or beliefs.Hirondelle USA is working to creating opportunities for technical innovation and research, and is developing programs that enhance the ability of Hirondelle media to report on issues of important to the populations we serve, such as women's programming and coverage of the environment. HUSA is working as well to ensure greater protection for the local journalists that keep populations informed during the chaos and violence of civil conflict.In 2013, the importance of locally reported professional news was especially evident in South Sudan and Central Africa Republic (CAR), where political tensions tipped into spiraling violence. In CAR Fondation Hirondelle’s Radio Ndeke Luka has emerged as a bastion for lifesaving information, and in much of the country, the only reliable voice offering this information. These media need and deserve our support so that citizens of conflict and post-conflict countries can exercise their right “to seek, receive, and impart information, through any media, and regardless of frontiers” as stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Hirondelle has faced the challenges of reaching