Comments on: Working on Ushahidi’s Haiti Response

By: Quora

Quora — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:23:58 +0000

How does social media help manage global health crisis?…

Ushahidi & Fronline SMS. They were both used in Haiti as well as other international disaster and crisis issues. There is a wealth of info on the web as well as Mobile Active on these two apps. You might also just do research in social media and crisis…

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By: Timi Agama

Timi Agama — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:47:38 +0000

You guys are doing amazing work, Hash. Truly amazing.

By: maverick00010

maverick00010 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:22:38 +0000

Nice, keep posting such stuff in the future as well.

By: Simeon

Simeon — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:49:09 +0000

Fantastic stuff! Increasingly impressed by the steady developments Ushahidi is making. Congratulations!

By: Sheila

Sheila — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:41:56 +0000

hey erik– this is great work, where’s the boston sit room; we have portable light units ready and waiting when needed to charge mobile phones in haiti. best, s

By: Chykere

Chykere — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:40:14 +0000

You guys are doing a great job, I would really love to help out next time. Proud of the team and everyone involved in this great effort. Good things can come out of Africa.

By: Ngeny

Ngeny — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:03:15 +0000

Hey Hash,
Good stuff Ushahidi is doing, was pleased to help out, ping anytime you need anything.
Cheers

By: Miquel

Miquel — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:07:17 +0000

It’s a fantastic visualization of the crisis at hand in Haiti. The mapping aspect of Ushahidi is great in giving responders a visual of the affected areas to coordinate efforts as well as (hopefully) coordinate with each other.
Being the low bandwidth dork that I am, I’ve always been curious as to how those on the ground in a such a situation are able to make use of Ushahidi? If you are without power/internet or are running on emergency generators with a satellite uplink (as many of the responders are in Haiti) for connectivity isn’t it extremely difficult to view the maps? I bring it up as this crisis has jogged my memory as to what you were saying about trying to access Ushahidi when you were in Liberia where bandwidth is typically very narrow.