Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Lessons From Haiti: Uses of New Media in Disaster Recovery Efforts. CDI Chile's Plan to Restore Communications to Chilean NGOs. Update from CDI Chile's Mobile Telecentre and How You Can Help. The Extraordinaries and Ushahidi Using Technology to Help in Haiti. Image: life preserver, dibytes.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 6, 2010

Last Saturday, February 27th, Chile was hit with an 8.8 If you're looking for ways to help the earthquake's survivors, the sites and blogs below have posted lists of relief organizations working in Chile: Chile's 8.8 Flickr photo credit: Puro Chile, es tu cielo azulado uploaded by Diego Salgado. magnitude earthquake.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

During the past few years, InterConnection has also participated in supplying badly needed IT equipment to disaster stricken areas like Chile , Haiti and Pakistan , and Japan. I was going to list all the countries where they send computers, but it’s just too long. Suffice to say that they’re a leader in the U.S.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 30, 2010

Elliot: Bug some friends to donate to CDI Chile's earthquake-relief project. Sylvia-Louise: Tell the people in my life "I love you" and smile at strangers as we meet. TommyGirl: Take ten minutes for myself to think about all the good things in my life and be greatful. ramblingandruminating: Make one person's life easier.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Ben Horin noted that TechSoup Global did not have a partner in Haiti, but they did in Chile. When the earthquake struck earlier this year, their partner, quickly put together a mobile telecentre equipped with servers, Internet, and software.

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