Reporting LiveCrowdsourcing #Syria Crisis Since 2011
Taha Kass-Hout and Hend Alhinnawi@HNTracker
1st Documented Scabies
(Jabal Hussein Camp)
1st Documented Hepatitis A
(Za'atari Camp مخيم الزعتري)
An Old Ghost Returns…
1st Documented Polio Case in 14 Years (Deir-Ez-Zor Governorate)
https://syriatracker.crowdmap.com/reports/view/3937
World Bodies
(UN, WHO, FAO, OIE)
5
National or Regional
Body
4
Local Officials
Media
3
Humanitarianpractitioners
Relief workers,First responders,
Healthcare workers,Clinicians
2
Public
1
Traditional Humanitarian Reporting
World Bodies
(UN, WHO, FAO, OIE)
National or
Regional Body
Local Officials
Labs
Humanitarianpractitioners
Relief workers,First responders,
Healthcare workers,Clinicians
Public
Citizen & DigitalHumanitarian
Tracking
Mobile – Aggressive Momentum
• Mobile makes up 15% of all Internet traffic– 30% gain from 2012
compared to 8% new Internet users
– 24% of citizens worldwide share “most or everything”
• ~50% of MENA internet users access the web via their mobile phones
http://www.effectivemeasure.com/mena-mobile-internet-use-figures-unveiled
An Event
Citizen & Digital Humanitarian Tracking
SMS Messaging
Micro Blogging
Emailing
Internet Searching
Social Networking
Internet Chatting
Blogging
Online News Reporting
Video/Radio Reporting
Expert Reporting
Syria Tracker (سوريا تراكر)
• Crowdsource reports– >70,000 reports received
• 4,300 published (<6%)
– Received via• Web• Email• Twitter @syriatracker• SMS
As of Nov 1, 2013
https://syriatracker.crowdmap.com
• News and social media mining
– >180,000 News Articles
– >80,000,000 Tweets
“Syria Tracker is one of the longest-running crisis maps…”
…mines through some 2,000 sources that
regularly cover Syria (including
pro-Assad sources)
...both USAID and the US Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance
continue to integrate Syria Tracker data into
their own official crisis maps and
information products
Syria Tracker is one of the longest-running
crisis maps…
http://goo.gl/8iTLjuhttps://syriatracker.crowdmap.com
Reports of human rights violations are
only added when they can be verified…
Syria Tracker continued to receive data despite the Internet blackout
Data Speaks
http://goo.gl/guDNgt
http://goo.gl/7VcWtRhttp://goo.gl/GFmj04
http://goo.gl/wWUWD0
Data Speaks
1 in 10 deaths in Syria is a Child
Gun shot, artillery, and air bombardment account for
>85% of killings in Syria
~40per 10K
Population
Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) http://goo.gl/rUZd4X
Syria
Data Speaks
• 7 in 10 children killed by explosive weapons
• boys are twice as likely to be killed as girls
• deliberately targeting children while waiting in breadlines or attending school, bombed in their homes
• 764 have been summarily executed and tortured
• 79 infants killed by small arms
• 154 boys under the age of 13 killed by sniper fire– 85 under the age of 8
http://ref.ec/sf
11,420 children killed in 30 months of Syrian conflict
Data Speaks
Interactive Syria Tracker Dashboard http://goo.gl/fGvw0q
Tableau public Syria Tracker Dashboard http://goo.gl/i2y03y
Data Speaks
Interactive Syria Tracker Dashboard http://goo.gl/fGvw0q
Rising proportions of female killing in Syria
Indiscriminate female killing
Data Speaks
Interactive Syria Tracker Dashboard http://goo.gl/fGvw0q
Rising proportions of targetedfemale killing in Syria
Targeted female killing
Data Speaks
Interactive Syria Tracker Dashboard http://goo.gl/fGvw0q
>20% (2,106) of all female killing
>24% (126) of all sniper-related female killing
>22% of all stabbing-related female killing
Geographic Targeted female killing
Humanitarian Tracker is a WW trusted resource
Conclusions
Combining citizen and digital diplomacy is important for improving
• humanitarian tracking & response
• engaging the public as participants
The Team
Taha Hend Eva Reem
JohnP Clark JohnB Dave
Patrick Volunteer Volunteer
You!
Thank You!