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class=734200318-18012010>Dorcas,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=734200318-18012010>This is so impressive. Well, it is good to note all the
positive things now coming out of this end.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=734200318-18012010>congratulations for the platform developers are in
order.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=734200318-18012010></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial><SPAN class=734200318-18012010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=734200318-18012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>I find 'The Person Finder', News updates, and
especially the Tweeter Live feed that I have seen updating
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=734200318-18012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>each second and the rest of the updates quite informational in
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=734200318-18012010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>a situation where almost all the pre-existing </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=734200318-18012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>lines of communication are non-existent now; and in as
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=734200318-18012010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>much as it might not be a tool in the hands of the
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=734200318-18012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>victims to use, it helps those responding to the crisis
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=734200318-18012010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>to troubleshoot much faster the hot spots and reach
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=734200318-18012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>those in urgent </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=734200318-18012010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>need in a timely
manner..</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=734200318-18012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Keep it up..</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=734200318-18012010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Harry</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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[mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Dorcas Muthoni<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 18, 2010 5:29
PM<BR><B>To:</B> harry@comtelsys.co.ke<BR><B>Cc:</B> KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> [kictanet] Ushahidi in Haiti<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><A
href="http://haiti.ushahidi.com/">http://haiti.ushahidi.com/</A><BR><BR>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<BR>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<BR>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.<BR><BR>It is now being used in the Haiti
Earthquake disaster. <BR><BR>NB: Ushahidi has strong Kenyan roots with a bulk of
the Ushahidi Platform developers coming from Kenya and the wider Africa. <BR
clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Muthoni<BR><BR>My Blog: <A
href="http://rugongo.blogspot.com/">http://rugongo.blogspot.com/</A><BR>--------------------------------------------<BR>Mahatma
Gandhi once said:-<BR><BR>First they ignore you,<BR>Then they laugh at
you,<BR>Then they fight you,<BR>AND THEN YOU WIN!!!<BR></BODY></HTML>