Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

An ad-hoc group of tech bloggers based in Kenya decided to do something about it. Following the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 and the tsumani in Japan in 2011, the Ushahidi platform was used to organize emergency responses in real-time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Very inspired by the bloggers and @ mashable @ 92y & @ unfoundation at #SGSGlobal. This was particularly true in Maria Bello’s story about her work in Haiti with creating a women’s network called We Advance. There were a couple of big takeaways for me: Inspiration and Feeling Good About The Desire to Do Good.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

The organization got started when a group of Kenyan bloggers led by Erik Hersman began doing online mapping of violence reports after the 2008 Kenyan election. These posts have benefited an estimated 20 million people in stricken areas like Haiti in 2010 and Nepal in 2015. The name Ushahidi means "testimony" in Swahili.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

Founder Erik Hersman and a group of fellow Kenyan bloggers were frustrated by the lack of accurate information or media coverage of the violence surrounding the 2008 Kenyan election. million posts or testimonies on Ushahidi to benefit an estimated 20 million people in stricken areas like Haiti in 2010 and Nepal in 2015.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Build relationships with bloggers to better promote the next fundraiser. Fireside International ([link] a non-profit media company in Haiti, needed English language learning materials for a new school they were building. Her take-away? They reach out to Rosetta Stone, and scored $18,000 worth of materials.

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