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What is Ushahidi?
Open source software for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping.
We build tools for democratizing information, increasing transparency and lowering the barriers
for individuals to share their stories.
Platform Community Movement
ushahidi.com
History"Ushahidi", which means "testimony" in Swahili,
was a website that was initially developed to map reports of violence in Kenya
after post-election fallout at the beginning of 2008.
legacy.ushahidi.com
Deployments
ServicesUshahidi
Crowdmap
Plugins
SMSSync (Android)
iPhone/iPad
Checkins (CI)
Election Monitoring
May 2009 - 202 reports, 20,000 viewsAllow citizen reporting during election
August 2010 - 1525 reports, 20,000 viewsMonitor Kenya referendum election
votereport.in uchaguzi.co.ke
Citizen Journalism
April 2011 - a lot reportsEngaging citizens to help design a better city
December 2010 - 319 reports, 156,859 viewsHelp bring awareness to sexual harassment in Egypt
harassmap.com bit.ly/ushahidi_pps
Disaster Response
March 2011 - 8,000+ reports, 144,974 viewsMonitor fallout of tsunami and nuclear crisis
January 2011 - 99,772 reports, 469,744 viewsMonitor the flooding in Australia
sinsai.info/ushahidi queenslandfloods.crowdmap.com
Project 4636
bit.ly/ushahidi_haiti
Post Haiti
“The 2010 Haiti earthquake response will be remembered as the moment when the level of access to mobile and online communication enabled a kind of collective intelligence to
emerge.”
- Disaster Relief 2.0, the United Nations
“Haiti showed everyone that it is going to be crucial to adopt and use these technologies to make humanitarian work
better, faster and more efficient.”
- Adele Waugaman, senior director of technology for United Nations and Vodafone
bit.ly/disaster_20
CrowdmapCrowdmap allows you to set up your own
deployment of Ushahidi ‘in the cloud’ without having to install it on your own web server.
crowdmap.com
Plugins
apps.ushahidi.com
Flexible plugin architecture allowing custom functionality to be developed independently from the core application.
SMSSyncSMSSync is a simple SMS to HTTP sync utility, that turns any Android phone into a local SMS gateway that sends incoming
messages to any Ushahidi deployment.
smssync.ushahidi.com
Checkins (CI)Quick location update which can include an optional
photo and description, sharing “I am here”.
bit.ly/checkins_purpose
iPhone / iPadUshahidi mobile application for the iPhone and iPad
bit.ly/ushahidi_ios_app
A map is not a process or a movement alone. The people who create, curate, communicate and
nurture the content make it possible.
(George Chamales, paraphrased)
Stand-By Task Force (SBTF)“We are the people who map for three hours at
night instead of watching TV. We are the people who wake up early before work, log into Skype and add a few reports to the map. We are the people who may drop everything to map for four days. We are
communications and friends.”- Heather Leson, SBTF volunteer
standbytaskforce.com
Libya Crisis
libyacrisismap.net
The Libya Crisis Map deployed by request of UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Prairie Floods
skfloods.ca mbfloods.ca
SKFloods.ca244 reports
Power Cuts - India
Ajay Kumar: Inspired development
Power Cuts NOKIA Mobile App by Hazel Media
Demo
Frank Lemire - beyondsight.ca
Quote
“We are undergoing a major technology paradigm shift.
Citizens that were once only passive recipients of information, are now contributors to the story.
In the case of crisis mapping, it's the people on the ground that best know the local situation.
Enabling a two-way conversation between affected communities and support groups can allow a faster, more effective response.
The key point is that affected groups have a voice, we only need to listen.”
-Dale Zak, Ushahidi mobile developer
Questions?
ushahidi.com crowdmap.com