Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. This system allows families to search through images taken post-earthquake in Haiti, and specify certain characteristics.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

After you look at the sobering visualization of incidents in the Congo (DRC), you may need another dose of puppies. Now, will somebody please mash-up a system that sends us alerts when people nearby start to get phlegmy? Economy got you down? You need the live puppy cam ! Wired stakeholders. NTEN Member Beth J.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Whether we look at mapping tools, fundraising, or missing person systems, the social media response to the January earthquakes in Haiti all leverage the powerful technology we can hold in our hands: our mobile phones. When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. How can we do that?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

He ran into Congo. He was there for about a month, and then war in Congo was breaking out. His idea is that he wants to recreate, in reverse, the walk that he made from Sudan all the way through Congo and into Zambia. He was coming back to his village, and he found that his village was in flames. It had been bombed.

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Global Giving

MARCH 26, 2019

He kept probing and soon discovered a system of forced labor in the Belgian Congo that would become one of history’s notorious humanitarian crises. By focusing on the information that should’ve been there, but wasn’t, Morel exposed a dark truth that may have never been revealed to the public eye.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Here's a systems way to think about the impact that such contests can create. It's called Why Congo Matters. You can read a case study about the winner of the first contest here. Stop Complaining About Cause Fatigue! Okay, with all these contests perhaps you're worried about Cause Fatigue. Metrics, Stats, Research, and Other Misc.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 22, 2010

This claim is based in large part on the authors’ graphical representations of pre- and post-conflict mortality rates for a variety of countries, and on their critique of five surveys conducted by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2000 and 2007. Quite the opposite.

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