NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more.

Haiti 82

Haiti Disaster Social Media Media 82

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. You always get a bit of bad with the good, however, especially with the news and public attention of a disaster relief effort. Indirect Content. Now for indirect content or Mash-ups.

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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

He ran into Congo. He was there for about a month, and then war in Congo was breaking out. And he's come up with his plan, his social entrepreneurship plan, to bring attention to the refugee plight and also to contribute to rebuilding in Sudan. He was coming back to his village, and he found that his village was in flames.

Interview 40

Interview Sudan Africa Congo 40

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

A lot of attention on team, it's probably the hardest thing because you have to keep getting out of your own way. We even get Skypes from a woman from Kenya named Leah, who was one of our first grassroots women reporters. Most of our staff did start as a volunteer; about 90 percent of our staff started as volunteers. I've got this.

Voice 69

Voice Global Saudi Arabia Journal 69

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in the clothing trade, in laboratories, and in the entertainment industry. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) :: @ PETA. 10×10 :: @ 10x10Act.

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Conservancy Nicaragua Kenya National 277

Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 27, 2011

." - Naomi Natale, One Million Bones Naomi Natale is the founding artist behind One Million Bones , a collaborative art installation designed to recognize the millions of victims and survivors who have been killed or displaced by ongoing genocides and mass atrocities in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Burma. Tweet Share.

Arts 71

Arts San Diego Project Sudan 71

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

Increasingly, rape of women is being used as a tool of war, not just in large scale wars as we saw in the Serbian and Bosnian conflict, but as we saw recently in Kenya and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Global Fund Interview United States 44