[kictanet] Ushahidi in Haiti

[alice]

Congratulations Eric. This is fantastic!

alice'

> An inspiring story of Kenyans taking technology to the next level.
>
> You can follow the minute by minute progress of the initiative at the 
> Ushahidi situation room here http://sitroom.ushahididev.com/ It might 
> interest you to know that Erik Hersman is coordinating all this from 
> right here in Nairobi. To be precise, shuttling between his house and 
> Java Junction!
>
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 7:09 PM, Wamuyu Gatheru 
> <wamuyulearn at yahoo.co.uk <mailto:wamuyulearn at yahoo.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     This Ushahidi story has just been reported by CNN
>
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>     *From:* Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni at gmail.com
>     <mailto:dmuthoni at gmail.com>>
>     *To:* wamuyulearn at yahoo.co.uk <mailto:wamuyulearn at yahoo.co.uk>
>     *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>     <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>>
>     *Sent:* Mon, 18 January, 2010 17:28:58
>
>     *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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>     Then they laugh at you,
>     Then they fight you,
>     AND THEN YOU WIN!!!
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