Similar Projects & Best Practices + NGO in Haiti

researched by Jess, Anisha, Edward, Youjin

Ushahidi_ Similar Project & Best Practices

created by a team of developers after two days of coding and prototyping due to needs of mashup for post-election violence in Kenya, 2007

Ushahidi Similar Project & Best Practices

Ushahidi _ the crowdmapping collective platform as a means to map crisesfrom text messaging http://www.ushahidi.com/

Features

1. Easy to use : It allows anybody can report what is happening around them by text messaging with mobile phone.

2. More flexible compared with applications : As a platform, it can be used in elsewhere in the world.

“If it works in Africa then it will work anywhere” -Erik Hersman, co-founder of Ushahidi

3. Effective tool : it connects all the stakeholders together.

Services

Providing open source software for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping.

Ushahidi Similar Project & Best Practices

Ushahidi in Haiti _ effectively report and map issues and needs related to survivors of the 2010 earthquake.http://haiti.ushahidi.com/ (inactive)

-Ushahidi developed an RSS feed for emergency information that required immediate assistance.

-volunteer translators and coders made it possible to launch haiti.ushahidi.com, a web-based platform to geolocate data that was then shared with response teams on the ground. When the Ushahidi teams could not find locations from identifying GPS coordinates, Search- and-rescue teams joined.

-U.S. Coast Guard and The U.S. Marines also used the Ushahidi platform.

The Haiti.ushahidi.com website eventually recorded over 3,500 messages received, with 2,227 received via SMS.

http://www.knightfoundation.org/media/uploads/publication_pdfs/KF_Haiti_Report_English.pdf

Effects

Reference

Ushahidi Similar Project & Best Practices

Related Project _ mission 4636Haitian initiative which providing emergency response system with free number 4636http://www.mission4636.org/

-The use of Haitian diaspora to crowdsource translation

- volunteers’ application of locally provided data to populate maps created from remote locations.

-The combined efforts of the diaspora and technology volunteers for gathering and parsing a large amount of data

ICVA( International Council of Voluntary Agencies)_ Similar Project & Best Practices

Participated in holding a meeting of NGOs and established an NGO Support Office along with InterAct

ICVA_ Creating a network between international and national NGOs for information-sharing and communicationhttp://www.icva.ch

ICVA Similar Project & Best Practices

Goal

1. To create a global network of NGOs where organizations collect and share information to be used in crises. -“no one organization”

2. To provide members with up-to-date information and analyses on policy developments in humanitarian response.

3. To improving the relations between international NGOs, national NGOs,

and the UN

Target Audience

Policy makers, international and national NGOs, academics, researchers(NOT including local Haitian population)

Haiti Aid Map_ Best Practices + NGO in Haiti

developed by interAction, in partnership with the U.S. Chamber ofCommerce’s Business Civic Leadership Center and with funding from FedEx

Haiti Aid Map Best Practices + NGO in Haiti

4 PRINCIPLES FOR THIS PROJECT

1. Make it as easy as possible to share data.

2. Present the data in a way that makes it simple to understand and use.

3. Make the data open and accessible.

4. Collaborate with like-minded organizations also working to make more information available.

Haiti Aid Map_ online mapping projectto draw a big picture of who is doing what,where in Haiti.

GOAL

To facilitate transparency and coordination of foreign aid.

Expected Uses

1. Explore and learn about NGO projects2. Find new NGO partners3. Download and analyze the data

http://haiti.ngoaidmap.org/

http://haiti.ngoaidmap.org/

HEALTH EDUCATION ECONOMIC RECOVERY & DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURE PROTECTION WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENE ENVIRONMENT SHELTER & HOUSING DISASTER MANAGEMENT HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE FOOD AID OTHER PEACE AND SECURITY

Current NGO Activities from the Haiti Aid Map

Most projects are focused on Health and Education.

NGO in Haiti

Haiti_ a.k.a 'NGO REPUBLIC'

a gigantic flood of activity in the wake of the earthquake.

There is a fair amount of skepticism toward NGO work. It is an especially sensitive area and best practices are especially critical.

Contact lists of NGO in Haiti

Agape Flights – (941) 488-0990AMG International – (423) 894-6060Bahamas Habitat – (478) 227-3783Children’s Medical Missions of Haiti – (201) 506-5649Children’s Nutritional Program of HaitiChristian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) - (800) 280-5275Christianville FoundationColorado Haiti Project – (303) 938-0163Community Coalition for Haiti – (703) 880-4160Compassion Radio, 1-800-868-2478Crossworld - (816) 479-7300, in Canada call (905) 238-0904Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti – (615) 478-6773For Haiti with Love Inc. – (727) 938-3245Foundation for Children of Haiti – (011) 509-510-4720Friends of the Orphans / Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos – (312) 386-7499/ 1-888-201-8880 Global Aid Network – (972) 234-0800Good Shepherd Ministries – (321) 752-0072HAFF (Haitian Friendship Foundation) – (239) 565-1196Haiti Charity Hope Foundation – (401) 723-3404Haiti Medical Mission – (701) 241-5317Haiti Medical Missions of Memphis – (901) 761-9097Haiti Medical Teams International – (509) 966-5422Haiti Outreach Ministries – (800) 231-9462Haiti Vision & Services – (405) 478-5743Haitian Christian Outreach – (217) 778-6023Haitian Health Foundation – (860) 886-4357Harvest Foundation - (602) 258-1083Healing Hands for Haiti – (866) 482-0763Helping Hands in Motion – (772) 878-7007Hospital Albert Schweitzer, Haiti – (412) 361-5200Hosean International Ministries – (501) 352-7700Love a Child – (813) 621–7263Mission Discovery – 1-800-767-8720Medical Teams International, Portland, OR – (503) 624-1000New Life Advance International – 011/509/246-3009New Mission Systems International – (239) 337-4336Northwest Haiti Christian Mission – (214) 554-3218Operation Renewed Hope, (910) 987-5072Partners In Development, Inc. – (978) 417-9250St. Boniface Haiti Foundation – (781) 963-7243Surgical Implant Generation Network, Richland, WA – (509) 371-1107United Christians International – (712) 395-0798Vision of Hope Ministries – (954) 928-3704World Renewal International – (317) 467-9899

For successful NGO works,

1. Keep a system of aid long term and socially agnostic.2. Keeping a system’s integrity is important as is projecting a good and clean image

etc_ Best Practices for Specific Uses

THE TALKING BOOK

THE TALKING BOOK Best Practices for Specific Uses

THE TALKING BOOK_ a “programmable audio computer” that allows users to listen, record and share storieshttp://www.literacybridge.org/talking-book/

Target Audience

· Local communities with low to no literacy rates: Behee, Duori Degri, Gozu (funded), Gyangvuuri, Jeffiri (funded), Jonga (almost fully funded), Saabaalong (funded), Tugo-Yagra, Wing-Wing (funded), Zendpeni (funded)

· Students in classrooms.

Organization

Literacy Bridge

Introduction video: https://vimeo.com/8003275Project Goals

1. To share knowledge: “to provide on-demand access to locally relevant knowledge”, such as agricultural information, healthcare knowledge and tips and microfinance information to rural and illiterate communities through the use of a low-cost, low-tech audio recording device.

2. Improve Literacy: Teachers use audio recordings in overcrowded classrooms, record instructional material and create quizzes and games.

Length of Project

year-round (currently ongoing)