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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
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
The tool doesnt do this
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ron ne s a
idiSMS => Cloud
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Ushahidi
Crisis Mapping
Engine
Map
Timeline
SMS Alerts
RSS
Output Methods
News Media
Citizen
Generated
NGO data
Government
Public APIsFlickr
YouTube
Data Types Input Methods
SMS
Web form
API
RSS
MMS
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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Thank You