[kictanet] Ushahidi in Haiti

[Catherine Adeya]

Actually I learnt about what the Kenyans are doing two days ago from someone in South Africa who was so impressed. They deserve our congratulations and much more (not sure what...some kind of award ama?).

Best
Nyaki




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From: alice <alice at apc.org>
To: elizaslider at yahoo.com
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>; erik at zungu.com
Sent: Tue, January 19, 2010 7:22:02 PM
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Ushahidi in Haiti

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
>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     *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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