[kictanet] Ushahidi in Haiti

[Harry Delano]

Dorcas,
 
This is so impressive. Well, it is good to note all the positive things now
coming out of this end.
congratulations for the platform developers are in order.
 
I find 'The Person Finder', News updates, and especially the Tweeter Live
feed that I have seen updating 
each second and the rest of the updates quite informational in a situation
where almost all the pre-existing 
lines of communication are non-existent now; and in as much as it might not
be a tool in the hands of the 
victims to use, it helps those responding to the crisis to troubleshoot much
faster the hot spots and reach 
those in urgent need in a timely manner..
 
Keep it up..
 
Harry

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From: kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke
[mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On
Behalf Of Dorcas Muthoni
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 5:29 PM
To: harry at comtelsys.co.ke
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: [kictanet] Ushahidi in Haiti


http://haiti.ushahidi.com/

Ushahidi is an organization that created a free and open source mapping and
content management system which can be used by organizations worldwide in
crisis-related situations. The main goal
of the organization is to create a system that facilitates early warning
systems and helps in data visualization for response and recovery. The
Ushahidi platform has been used to monitor elections in
India, Mexico, Lebanon and Afghanistan. It has been deployed in the DR Congo
to track unrest, Zambia to monitor medicine stockouts and the Philippines to
track the mobile phone companies.

It is now being used in the Haiti Earthquake disaster. 

NB: Ushahidi has strong Kenyan roots with a bulk of the Ushahidi Platform
developers coming from Kenya and the wider Africa. 

-- 
Muthoni

My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/
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