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crowdsourcing crisis information


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mobile.crisis.reporting

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(c)Yasuyoshi Chiba


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Our Goals Create a way for everyday Kenyans to

report incidents of violence that they

saw using the tools they had (mobile

phones)

Create an archive of news and reportsaround those same events

Show where the majority of the violencewas happening


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Protesters gathered in groups and attempted to

walk into the town centre; police fired live shots

and tear gas canisters to disperse them. Threeprotesters were seriously injured and one shot

dead.

Police battled youths who set fire to roadblocks;

the police shot indiscriminately, targeting anyoneon sight; one man was shot in the stomach as he

stood in front of his house.

A 13-year old boy was laid to rest next to his unclevs

house; the burial was attended by hundreds of residentswho wailed and lit up bonfires.

January

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thedefault

device

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Ushahidi Historical

BenchmarksJan 2008 - Initial deployment in the Kenya crisisApr 2008 - Deployed Ushahidi to South Africa

May 2008 - Won the NetSquared mashup challenge

June 2008 - Began gathering developers for the open source rebuild

July 2008 - Started the CrisisMappers group

July 2008 - Ushahidi v2 development starts

July 2008 - Receive initial funding from Humanity United

Aug 2008 - Integration with FrontlineSMS and iPhone application designed

Sep 2008 - Featured in Technoloy Review magazine


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Ushahidi Historical

BenchmarksSep 2008 - Ushahidi gets a new websiteOct 2008 - Launched our alpha software,Ushahidi Engine v0.1 (eldoret)

Nov 2008 - Founding member of the Open Mobile Consortium

Nov 2008 - Deployed alpha version into DR Congo

Nov 2008 - Translation features launched

Nov 2008 - PeaceHeroes uses Ushahidi to find people who helped do positive things

during and after the post-election violence in Kenya

Dec 2008 - Featured in Forbes magazine and the BBC print/radio/TV

Dec 2008 - Won a WeMedia GameChangers Award


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Ushahidi Historical

BenchmarksDec 2008 - Top 3 USAID mobile challenge finalistMay 2009 - Release of the Goma version ofUshahidi

May 2009 - MacArthur Foundation funding

Late 2009 - Major funding from Omidyar and Hivos Funding

Dec 2009 - Release of Mogadishu version

Jan 2010 - Deployed for Haiti Earthquake (http://haiti.ushahidi.com)

Jan-Feb 2010 - Ushahidi receives international recognition for role in Haiti

Early 2010 - iHub gives Ushahidi physical office space in Kenya

June 2010 - Plugin system addition (incorporates some key features from Haiti

deployment)


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Free

Open SourceSoftware


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The Platform

Open source software that can be:

Used out of the box: self-hosted orUshahidi hosted Customized: design and functionality

Integrated: strategy and with other web platforms

Technical ability required varies

Install requires some technical ability

Campaigning and promoting

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Ushahidi

Crisis Mapping

Engine

Map

Timeline

SMS Alerts

RSS

Email

Output Methods

News Media

Citizen

Generated

NGO data

Government

Public APIsFlickr

YouTube

Twitter

Data Types Input Methods

SMS

Email

Web form

API

RSS

MMS

twitter

Direct input


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Early Ushahidi

Deployments


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Lessons

Mapping accuracy and value ofgeo-location

Data poisoning - Antagonists using the tool

Verification is difficult, but can be achievedwith hyperlocal involvement + NGOs

Create a feedback loop - SMS & RSS alertsto mobiles and emails

Offline, online and mobile strategy


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What

are wetrying to

achieve?


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Ensuring that others

dont have to start fromscratch, like we did


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And others have used

Ushahidi innovativeways!


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Ushahidi around the world


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Crowdsourcing Election

Information Election monitoring has been most popular use of theplatform

Election Monitoring Guides on Community Resources page


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Election Monitoring


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Haiti Earthquake

and evolution ofUshahidi


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2 Hours after the Haiti earthquake


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4 Hours after the earthquake


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1 week after the earthquake


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The technology

community has setup interactive maps

to help us identify

needs and targetresources.

10 days after the earthquake


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US State DepartmentUS State Department

Red CrossRed Cross

FEMAFEMAOFDAOFDA

US Marine CorpsUS Marine Corps

US Coast GuardUS Coast GuardSOUTHCOMSOUTHCOM

UNDPUNDP

WFPWFPInt Medical CorpsInt Medical Corps

AIDGAIDG

USAIDUSAID


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NewerUshahidi

Deployments


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Survivors Connect


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Local Examples:

How are people inKenya using Ushahidi?


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Mapping Art and Culture

in Kenya


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Building Bridges Peace

Mapping Campaign


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Citizen Reporting in Kibera


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Community Sharing

Aggregates news, videos,

photos and SMS from

communityReports are mapped on the Map

Kibera map

Editorial/Advisory Board6 Kibera residents working with

local CBOs

How is this useful?Monitoring on-goings in Kibera

Service delivery

Telling other stories of Kibera


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Internews: Connecting

Kenyan Journalists


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Way Forward...

Growing the community that supportsUshahidi

> Tech features & Dev. Smartphones

(Android, Iphone S60, winmobile) J2ME

Geo-RSS

Freedom Fone integration - Audio =>SMS SwiftRiver


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