Crowdsourcing crisis information in Kenya using mobile phones. The goals were to allow everyday Kenyans to report incidents of violence via mobile phones and create an archive of related news/reports. This would show where most violence occurred. Users submitted reports by SMS which were mapped in real-time to create an interactive map of crisis events. Lessons learned included improving geo-location accuracy and verification while maintaining an open, collaborative platform.

1. crowdsourcing crisis information

2. mobile.crisis.reporting.

3. (c)Yasuyoshi Chiba

5. Protesters gathered in groups and attempted to walk into the town centre; police fired live shots and tear gas canisters to disperse them. Three protesters were seriously injured and one shot dead. Police battled youths who set fire to roadblocks; the police shot indiscriminately, “targeting anyone on sight”; one man was shot in the stomach as he stood in front of his house. A 13-year old boy was laid to rest next to his uncle´s house; the burial was attended by hundreds of residents who wailed and lit up bonfires. January 17

12. UshahidiHistorical Benchmarks Apr 2008 – Deployed Ushahidi to South Africa May 2008 – Won the NetSquared mashup challenge June 2008 - Began gathering developers for the open source rebuild Sep 2008 - We get a new website Sep 2008 – Featured in Technoloy Review magazine Aug 2008 - Integration with FrontlineSMS and iPhone application designed July 2008 – Receive initial funding from Humanity United July 2008 - Ushahidi v2 development starts July 2008 – Started the CrisisMappers group Jan 2008 - Initial deployment in the Kenya crisis

13. UshahidiHistorical Benchmarks Nov 2008 – Founding member of the Open Mobile Consortium Nov 2008 – Deployed alpha version into DR Congo Nov 2008 – Translation features launched December 2008 - Al Jazeera tests Ushahidi in Gaza Dec 2008 - Top 3 USAID mobile challenge finalist Dec 2008 – Won a WeMedia GameChangers Award Dec 2008 – Featured in Forbes magazine and the BBC print/radio/TV Nov 2008 - PeaceHeroes uses Ushahidi to find people who helped do positive things during and after the post-election violence in Kenya Oct 2008 - Launched our alpha software, Ushahidi Engine v0.1 (“eldoret”)

15. if it works in africa it will work anywhere

16. the default device

17. FrontlineSMS +Ushahidi SMS => Cloud

19. What are we trying to achieve?

21. Map Timeline SMS Alerts RSS Email Output Methods Ushahidi Crisis Mapping Engine News Media Citizen Generated NGO data Government Public APIs Flickr YouTube Twitter Data Types Input Methods SMS Email Web form API RSS MMS Direct input

22. Free Platform Open Source For Collaboration

24. IT talent

25. ory okolloh erik hersman juliana rotich david kobia

26. Thank You