article thumbnail

Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

I’m joining a panel to talk about the response for support after the Haiti earthquakes last year. Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites. Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone.

Disaster 206
article thumbnail

Lessons From Haiti: Uses of New Media in Disaster Recovery Efforts

Tech Soup

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victims and relief workers in the violent aftermath of the 2007 Presidential election (see Ushahidi's legacy page for an archived version of this amazing tool).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.

Haiti 53
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Philanthropy and Social Media: New Whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy

Amy Sample Ward

The internet is not new. Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan. People believe in the internet. Another great example is Epic Change.

article thumbnail

Making the most impact for Haiti relief: Avoiding Fundraising Fraud during Crisis

Connection Cafe

In the past 8 days, the surge of generosity for Haiti relief has been amazing. Find a charity with a proven track record of success in providing disaster relief and one that has worked in Haiti. Do Not Give To The Haitian Government – Haiti is known to be a corrupt country. Author: Jordan Viator.

Haiti 52
article thumbnail

Real Time Charitable Giving | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

AFP Blog

Real Time Charitable Giving | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project : Contributors to the “Text to Haiti” earthquake relief campaign were spur-of-the-moment donors who often induced friends and family to give, too, new research finds Report is first in-depth study of mobile giving WASHINGTON, DC – Charitable donations from mobile (..)

Life 28
article thumbnail

Digital Volunteerism – Effective Disaster Relief the GreenTech Way

Tech Soup

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.

article thumbnail

How Faith-based Nonprofits Can Use Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

Qgiv

Is there a backup plan in case the internet connection fails or isn’t fast enough? Once the peer-to-peer campaign is over, compile a report summarizing the overall impact, as well as each individual participant’s fundraising result. FishHawk Fellowship Church & Welcome Home HaitiHaiti Mission Trip.