Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

Our organizers hold monthly offline events for anyone interested in the connection of technology and social impact. Check out this wicked explainer video. Ushahidi is a NetSquared project alumnus who has gone on to create an amazing interactive mapping platform. Find your closest NetSquared Local group on our map !

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. The platform would then take their data, map it from their sending location, and create the other visual support data you see on the map. Indirect Content. Examples from Haiti.

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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. Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008.

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