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Haiti - Keeping in touch with the situation on the ground in realtime via the Ushahidi Haiti Web site.

Submitted by Commons on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 17:36.

Google map of Porte-eu-Prince with incident locations

The Ushahidi Web site is collecting a variety of information and alerts of the situation in Haiti in realtime including messages of people looking for friends and loved ones as well as reports of locating missing persons and needs of supplies and resources in specific locations.
 

World Economic Forum Recognizes Ushahidi as 'Disruptive Innovator'

Submitted by Commons on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 15:38.

Ushahidi, one of the winners of USAID's 2008 Development 2.0 Challenge, was highlighted by the World Economic Forum as a "disruptive innovator" in information technology for not only developing groundbreaking products and services, but also redesigning business and society.

Notes from Mobile Phones for Social Change, DC

Submitted by Commons on Thu, 05/28/2009 - 13:26.

After trekking to New York City for MobileActive’s last Mobile Technology for Social Change (M4Change) event, I was thrilled to take the metro down to Google’s DC offices for last week’s M4Change barcamp.

Introducing the three winning projects from the 2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge

Submitted by Commons on Wed, 12/31/2008 - 18:31.

We are pleased to introduce you to the three winning projects from the 2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge. We are elated with the caliber of the winners. They are (in alphabetical order):