Thanks for sharing. I’ve passed on the linky love and shared it with my google contacts.

I will email you separately about if we can help at all.

Our prayers are with you.

Thanks for pointing to our map. You mentioned our previous work we did and I would like to clarify that that earlier project – in relation to monitoring violations of the SADC electoral guidelines – was mapping infomation derived mainly from media sources. This obviously means we rely on the media to get their facts straight. This second map represents confirmed and verified incidents of violence recorded by a range of human rights groups. This map is infinitely more accurate and therefore more shocking.

Secondly, it has had a big impact so far so we’d encourage people to carry on with this type of work. We were advised that a major european newspaper would be using it to illustrate a story they run today, and we have had emails from journalists thanking us for helping to make the picture clearer. Our last map was featured on Sky’s 24 hour news station during the March 29th elections which meant people throughout Africa learned of the violations. It was that experience that made us realise mapping the violence would be a very good way to raise awareness.

Sassy – I don’t think it is a lack of understanding on the part of those doing the work that ‘fear’ etc isn’t recorded but more an unspoken fact that metal torture and fear and loathing among those people who have experienced the atrocities we have mapped would be at 100%.

Best
Sok.