Ushahidi is an open source software platform for crowdsourcing reports from on the ground for crisis response, human rights advocacy, and transparency. The Ushahidi platform allows anyone to send in testimonies about what is happening, when, and where, and also recieve alerts of reports around them. The deployer of the tool can then triage and respond to these reports, or use them to advocate f...
SEE ALLUshahidi is an open source software platform for crowdsourcing reports from on the ground for crisis response, human rights advocacy, and transparency. The Ushahidi platform allows anyone to send in testimonies about what is happening, when, and where, and also recieve alerts of reports around them. The deployer of the tool can then triage and respond to these reports, or use them to advocate for change.DIV Stage 2 funding will support the commercialization of Ushahidi's model.
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Ushahidi is a crowdsourcing and response and advocacy software platform. The deployer sets up an Ushahidi deployment and begins crowdsourcing reports from their staff and the crowd from the channels people already use like SMS, Email, Webform, Twitter, and RSS. The deployers team can then mapped these reports, verify them, triage them, and manage response to them. The published reports on the deployment website in map, timeline, and data visualization an be used to create advocacy and bring attention to the issue, as well as chart trends over time. In addition, the tool can aid in the immediate response to specific reports, helping improve the efficiency of response and the use of resources.
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