uchaguzi kenya 2013: citizens monitoring elections through sms and web platforms
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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.TRANSCRIPT
UCHAGUZI KENYA 2013CITIZENS MONITORING ELECTIONS THROUGH SMS AND WEB PLATFORMS
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of organization, resources and volunteers and therefore requires all processes to began early to
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improve on their deployment so that each deployment is more effective.
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THE POWER OF CROWDSOURCING//
CONCLUSIONS//
UCHAGUZI
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TRANSLATION
GEO LOCATION
REPORT
EMERGENCY
VERIFICATION
TECHANALYSIS
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locate
reports
categorization, editing,
and approval of reports
analyzing information recieved in the
platform. provide situation room data
technical support
translate
relevant
messages
creation of report out
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send urgent
messages
urgent reports
are immidiately
geo-located and
categorised
triangulation of information
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WORKFLOW
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