Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Now for indirect content or Mash-ups.

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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

In January, Cristi was named one of the 21 Leaders of the 21st Century for 2008 by Women's eNews. It was written in very scribbled Nepali, her literacy skills were incredibly rudimentary, but what she ended up writing was a piece of journalism. Hopefully sometime in 2008 we will be able to establish that office.

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Interview Nepal Journal San Francisco 40

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

They wanted to create a literacy program for themselves because now there was a school where their children could go to school, but they felt embarrassed that they couldn't support their children because they themselves were illiterate. This year, 2008, is the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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