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A diversity of practices have emerged in the last five years that have permitted new forms of present tense responses to crisis. H20 seeks to link and learn from these diverse but related initiatives by providing a forum through which pioneers of web 2.0 technologies can be brought into productive dialogue with experts in humanitarian relief.

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