Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 17, 2011

Guest Beneblog by Patrick Ball, Jeff Klingner, and Kristian Lum After the earthquake in Haiti, Ushahidi organized a centralized text messaging system to allow people to inform others about people trapped under damaged buildings and other humanitarian crises.

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VisionLink

APRIL 24, 2015

VisionLink is also proud to be doing our part to improve access to services for vulnerable children and orphans in Haiti, with a new program launching in June. Using our 211 / I&R experience, we are deploying an online resource database, mapping and research tool that connects users to a range of services, including health programs.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Ushahidi , winner of the 2008 NetSquared Challenge first attracted widespread attention for their work aggregating and mapping real-time reports from victims and relief workers in the violent aftermath of the 2007 Presidential election (see Ushahidi's legacy page for an archived version of this amazing tool). read more.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2010

million to the Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund through text messaging alone since the earthquake. And even more money has been raised through text messaging for other relief efforts, including Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund. Americans have donated $8.5

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Forum One

JANUARY 22, 2010

Crisis Camp DC participants work hard to develop applications and tools for relief workers in Haiti. Earlier this week, I introduced a series of blog posts discussing the Good News Story in Haiti. Open source maps to help aid workers navigate damaged areas and coordinate their efforts. These preliminary efforts paid off.

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Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2010

The images and stories coming out of Haiti are disturbing, upsetting, and unbelievably heartbreaking. Mapping systems are helping pinpoint areas that are hardest hit and mobilize aid. President Obama sends his first "tweet" for the Red Cross at their headquarters Monday. Photo courtesy of the Red Cross.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Oxfam in Haiti – Google Maps – This is a great example of how you can use a tool like Google Maps to tell a story and provide easy access to information – great job Oxfam! "Oxfam "Oxfam is responding to the biggest earthquake for 200 years in Haiti. "You've got data.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 8, 2013

How Effective was Crisis Mapping During the 2011 Japan Earthquake? TechPresident : Compared to similar efforts put to use in the 2010 Haiti earthquake, not as consistently. Yet crisis mapping in the immediate aftermath of the Japan earthquake, including an Ushahidi map of Twitter reports, Sinsai.info, was not as critical to response.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports, Blogs, Photos, Videos - Kenyan mapping tool helps Haiti quake victims: "n online crisis mapping tool initiated and operated by Kenyans has been assisting families and friends locate missing persons, following the horrendous earthquake that hit the Haitian capital three weeks ago.The online mapping (..)

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NetWits

JULY 9, 2012

Nevertheless, there are ways to put your earnings back on the map when the monetary tides turn against you. The international sector’s online fundraising dropped by 55 percent after the 2010 Haiti earthquake brought in “unprecedented online fundraising levels.”.

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Everyaction

JULY 23, 2018

World Central Kitchen was founded by chef and activist José Andres in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, our founder José felt compelled by the news and flew down. We mapped out all the official and unofficial shetlers and start connecting with people on the ground there.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2011

If decision makers simply had a map, they could have made better decisions more quickly, more accurately, and with less complication than if they had tried to use crowdsourcing. The correlation found in Haiti is an example of a "confounding factor". While this claim is technically correct, it misses the point.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

The January 12, 2010 catastrophic earthquake in Haiti showed some of the astonishing potential for volunteer-based digital disaster relief. At the time of the Haiti earthquake, very few people in the country were using Twitter, but it was enough to get news of needs out to the world. A great example of crowdsourcing is Voluntweeters.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

" » Your Mobile Giving by State – Wendy Harman at the American Red Cross has posted a map and data about the funds donated via texting "Haiti" to 90999 to support the victims in the Haiti earthquake crisis. Submissions close January 22, 2010."

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 28, 2010

New technology tools help Haiti earthquake relief - NashuaTelegraph.com: "Volunteers have built and refined software for tracking missing people, mapping the disaster area and enabling urgent cell-phone text messaging. Organizations including the International Red Cross, the United Nations, the World Bank and the U.S.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

It leads to a smart conversation by answering the questions with maps, images, videos, and text. Another example of a chatbot being used for good is in the WFP (World Food Program), which uses the chatbot in Haiti and Nigeria to ask people about the food security and prices in their communities.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

The Esri ArcGIS app (Windows 8) is useful for organizations that wish to build their own relief-related maps. The app lets you preview different data skews and features from Esri's mapping software. Read about how Pocket First Aid & CPR helped save a life in the Haiti Earthquake of 2010. Government Agency Apps.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

On January 12, 2010, I didn't personally experience the major earthquake that hit Haiti, but I was forever changed by it. In the midst of the viral Text HAITI to 90999 message, we saw the emergence of what we're calling emergency social data, or #crisisdata. Melissa Eliott was heavily involved in the Haiti relief effort as a volunteer.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

For example, in post-earthquake Haiti, Dd trained and empowered local women to track and document incidents of gender-based violence. In her talk, Jacobi noted: "Traditionally marginalized groups like indigenous populations or the grassroots women in Haiti, when they are just telling their own stories, often they are not listened to.

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2011

The magnitude of the destruction and the heart-breaking images have remained with us as organizations, governments, and private individuals have struggled beyond the immediate aftermath to effect long-term change and economic impact within Haiti.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. LABB created an Oil Spill Crisis Map in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Since then, it has since logged, mapped, and tracked more than 14,000 reports of petrochemical pollution. It puts one type of data on a map.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

I did a post a few weeks ago on youth programs in TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map and decided I hadn’t covered this resource nearly enough. Our Local Impact Map. " Nonprofit Education in Haiti. ATCAC operates a school in Guyotin-Coco, one of the poorest rural communities in Haiti.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 7, 2011

Maps, helicopter overflights, satellite imagery, field reports from first responders, as well as phone calls and SMS messages from the general public. Unsuccessful approach to crowdsourcing data (on a map): Captain Lopez’ political boss turns down her urgent request to use a helicopter to make a survey of the building damage patterns.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Ushahidi : most recently, Ushahidi adpated it’s platform for use in Haiti and Chili to let the crowd both in Haiti/Chili and outside share information and data in real time via mobiles or a web browser. The value of the tool grows as people value the tool and add more content. The crowd decides and creates everything that it is.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

I’ll review some new green IT developments like how nonprofit solar electricity is thriving in Haiti. Green IT: Glad Tidings from Haiti. We’re used to hearing nothing but bad news from Haiti since it was hit by a succession of catastrophic events since 2010. Sanebox starts at $2 per month per user.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Since the earthquake in Haiti, we've seen an explosion in interest for all things mobile. Donations via text messages , tweeting real-time updates , mapping need and resources : all examples of stories that captured our sector's attention and got people talking about mobile. The time for mobile is clearly now.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner , MapTogether.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2015

Direct Relief — For using interactive mapping to fight Ebola. Direct Relief made the list for "mapping and data collection [that] allowed the group to track the spread of the disease and identify where help was needed." The Rockefeller Foundation — For making a science out of giving. The Howard G.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 14, 2020

Using Strava fitness integration , participants tracked real-time progress across an interactive map of Haiti. The charity formally known as JP HRO (now CORE ) created the virtual challenge, The Long Run ,for 40 participants, many of whom had, previously run the New York Marathon.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner, MapTogether.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Conservation mapping and 3D imaging. A good place to look first is Andreas Raptopoulos' TED Talk about Matternet drones delivering medicines, food, and other high-value goods for disaster relief like they did in Haiti. How Are Drones Being Used for Good? Assessing disaster-stricken areas. Tracking storms. Search and rescue.

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NTEN

JULY 9, 2010

mapping, so we were pretty excited to see InterAction 's pilot mapping. over 40 organizations have and are doing in Haiti. What I love about Beth Kanter's blog is that she. always provides a great mix of theory and practice for us all: read this post for enlightenment and for some practical tools and tips to manage.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 30, 2010

2010 was also a good year for maps and data visualization, from the true size of Africa and the relief efforts in Haiti to the amount of data Americans consume and the relative size of all the social media spaces. And you definitely need a custom landing tab. But should your ED be the one figuring it out ?

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NTEN

DECEMBER 30, 2010

2010 was also a good year for maps and data visualization, from the true size of Africa and the relief efforts in Haiti to the amount of data Americans consume and the relative size of all the social media spaces. And you definitely need a custom landing tab. But should your ED be the one figuring it out ?

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

After escaping he was left homeless and living on the streets of Haiti until discovered by Haiti Mama , a nonprofit organization committed to connecting homeless children with their families. Most orphaned and vulnerable children in Haiti are not as fortunate.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The FEMA app includes preparation guidelines for a variety of disasters, including checklists, safety tips, and local shelter maps. about The Extraordinaries and Ushahidi being used in response to the Haiti earthquake. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) offers a free emergency preparedness app. Resources for Responders.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

The information would be compiled and displayed in real time online on a map. million posts or testimonies on Ushahidi to benefit an estimated 20 million people in stricken areas like Haiti in 2010 and Nepal in 2015. Relief organizations and others could get an immediate picture of what was happening on the ground.

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