On this week’s episode of Globally Speaking, Renato Beninatto interviews Ellie Kemp, who heads crisis response at Translators without Borders.

Topics include:

• The challenge of finding qualified translators in Bwa and Ligenza, the two biggest languages in the stricken zone
• How to communicate with a largely illiterate population
• How to address local customs that contribute to contagion
• How a small group of translators can impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of people
• How you can help by supporting Translators without Borders
• How Translators without Borders continues to build awareness of the importance of language issues in international humanitarian programs

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