Comments on: Crowdsourcing Ushahidi’s Further Development (we need your help)

By: Thanks for Sending Ushahidi to NetSquared! | White African

Thanks for Sending Ushahidi to NetSquared! | White African — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:48:18 +0000

[...] Mashup Challenge that gives us a chance to win up to $20,000 for further development work. Your support helped us get the most votes going in, so now it’s up to us to win over the conference [...]

By: 2 Days Left: Your Final Vote for Ushahidi | White African

2 Days Left: Your Final Vote for Ushahidi | White African — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:00:29 +0000

[...] This is different than the original time we asked for your help. We found out that was only to give us stars, but that vote doesn’t [...]

By: Nathaniel Whittemore

Nathaniel Whittemore — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:47:07 +0000

Hi everyone,

Ushahidi is an amazing project and its awesome that they’re getting so much press in the Mashup Challenge competition. For those out there interested more generally in conflict issues and East Africa, I wanted to share a little bit about our Mashup Challenge entry: Assetmap.org/uganda. You can read more at http://www.assetmap.org/uganda

The question behind the project is this: with peace on the horizon after 20 years of war in northern Uganda, and the big NGOs soon heading off to other war zones, who is going to support community organizations and northern Ugandan civil society as it transitions to peace time?

By mapping information about ongoing community-led philanthropic partnerships in northern Uganda, assetmap.org/uganda helps American citizens aggregate their resources to support post-conflict transformation.

We hope to facilitate collaboration among American donors and volunteers by providing a digital tool that:

•maps project locations so you know who’s working where
•tags information about the specific issues projects and organizations seek to address
•links tagged and mapped projects to the facebook and LinkedIn profiles of participating donors or volunteers

If you’re interested in supporting us, please visit and vote for us here:
http://www.netsquared.org/2008/conference/projects/assetmap-org-uganda

Thanks!

Nathaniel Whittemore
Director, Northwestern University Center for Global Engagement
http://www.mycge.org
globalengagement at gmail

By: Mentalacrobatics » Vote for Ushahidi in the Netsquared Mashup Challenge

Mentalacrobatics » Vote for Ushahidi in the Netsquared Mashup Challenge — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:08:41 +0000

[...] to read this sentence and voting takes even shorter. Help us to drive this project forward. Please read and link Hash’s post on the Ushahidi NetSquared challenge and remember to [...]

By: Vote for Ushahidi in the Netsquared Mashup Challenge « Kenyan Jewels

Vote for Ushahidi in the Netsquared Mashup Challenge « Kenyan Jewels — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:11:57 +0000

[...] a chance to win up to $20,000 for development. Show your support by voting for them. Details are here. Voting is open until March 18, 2008 so vote early and spread the [...]

By: Jermaine

Jermaine — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:26:41 +0000

As soon as I’m approved, you have my vote! Looks like you’re running away with this competition.

By: Mwangi - the Displaced African

Mwangi - the Displaced African — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:37:38 +0000

You are welcome. Put a post up on your website if you guys need anything more from us.

By: HASH

HASH — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:07:48 +0000

Mwananchi, Lova and Mwang – Thanks so much for voting, it’s greatly appreciated.

By: Mwananchi Mkenya

Mwananchi Mkenya — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:53:33 +0000

I’ll be voting too!
I’ve used Ushahidi in my lectures and plan to incorporate it into a course on Media and African Politics

By: Examples of African Leadership » The Displaced African

Examples of African Leadership » The Displaced African — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:55:13 +0000

[...] Finally support a great African initiative that rose out of the Kenya post-election violence: Ushahidi. You can do so by visiting this post written by the White African [...]