VisionLink

JANUARY 16, 2010

You may find this list of relief agencies useful, as you build links on your CommunityOS site to help the people of Haiti. State Department Operations Center has set up the following number for Americans seeking information about family members in Haiti: 1-888-407-4747. • Donate to the IRC Haiti Crisis Fund.

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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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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

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. Drones are used to inform planting, as well as precise applications of water, nutrients, and pesticides. Gathering Data. In the U.S.,

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Benefit Los Angeles Disaster Conservancy 36

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

In response to the 2010 crisis in Haiti , SAP employees contributed US$530,000 for immediate aid, and the company plans to match this over a two-year period. In Ghana, SAP is using their technology and volunteers in partnership with a leading NGO to help women create thriving businesses through the harvesting of shea nuts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I’ve just spent the last couple of days in Nairobi, Kenya because I’m a board member of an NGO based here, Ushahidi , an organization that builds tools for democratizing information and increasing transparency. Ushahidi has had impressive growth over the past 18 months and most visible was its work with Haiti.

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