January 12, 20107.0Léogâne18°30′39″N 72°38′2″W

“Information is a vital form of

aid in itself… Disaster-affected

people need information as

much as water, food, medicine,

or shelter.

Information can

save lives, livelihoods and

resources.”

World Disaster Report

SMS, Twitter, etc

Curation, Workflow

Outgoing messages

Thomson Reuters Fdnprogram

Emergency

Information

System

EISPiloted in Indonesia, Dec

2009

InSTEDDtech & field support

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Many groups collaborated around 4636

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FoundationEIS

Crowdsourcedtranslation/mapping/catego

rization

* Many consumers

/ destinations of

EIS information not

shown. (Base

diagram produced

by Ushahidi as part

of their

PR/fundraising

efforts)

Visualization/Dissemination

450 EIS recipients interviewed

92% found EIS messages

„very useful‟

74% explained how they acted insome way on EIS

messages

96% said they shared informationwith people they knew

„I did not know what to do in case of sexual aggression. I used the information to help another young lady who was raped after the earthquake.’

‘Many times I had difficulty accessing information on food and health assistance for my pregnant wife. I was happy to get directions on where pregnant women can go for help.’

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Health – 68.4%Shelter – 9.3%

Security – 5.1%

Food – 3.8%Water and sanitation – 3.3%

Education – 3.3%Contacting missing people – 3.1%Job opportunities – 2.9%

‘Before, I did not care if people urinated near my

tent where I live, but after receiving information

from EIS regarding health hazards, whenever I

saw someone doing it near my tent I’d tell them

what they were doing was putting our health in

danger.’

‘I was looking for ways to help surviving children

cope with earthquake aftershocks. EIS gave me

lots of tips on how to help them.’

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January 12, 201011

The disaster was set up

and waiting to happen by

Jan 12

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looked like?

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and build it?