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	<title>iDiplomacy &#187; earthquake</title>
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		<title>Chile Earthquake People Finder</title>
		<link>http://idiplomacy.org/2010/02/28/chile-earthquake-people-finder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liriel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google has created a website for people searching for information about people as well as people who have information to share.  It&#8217;s available in English and Spanish.
Similar to the Haiti earthquake, those seeking to donate by text have a variety of options, according to CNET:
As with the Haiti relief effort, donations can also be made [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Google has created a <a title="Google Chile" href="http://chilepersonfinder.appspot.com/" target="_blank">website</a> for people searching for information about people as well as people who have information to share.  It&#8217;s available in English and Spanish.</p>
<p>Similar to the Haiti earthquake, those seeking to donate by text have a variety of options, <a title="CNET" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10461112-93.html" target="_self">according to CNET</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>As with the Haiti relief effort, donations can also be made via text message, according to the <a href="http://mobilegiving.org/?page_id=20">Mobile Giving Foundation</a>, the organization that processes the donations. Cell users can make a $10 donation to the effort by texting the word &#8220;Chile&#8221; to any of the following numbers: 25383 (Habitat for Humanity), 20222 (World Vision), and 52000 (Salvation Army).</p></blockquote>
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		<title>New Media and Haiti</title>
		<link>http://idiplomacy.org/2010/02/01/new-media-and-haiti/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liriel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this handy Creativity article on how new media is helping the rescue and relief efforts in Haiti. Among the initiatives Tali Krakowsky cites are:
Ushahidi is an open source project which allows users to crowdsource crisis information to be sent via mobile. They have created a Crisis Map of Haiti in collaboration with International [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Check out this handy Creativity <a title="Creativity" href="http://creativity-online.com/news/helping-haiti-byte-by-byte/141855" target="_blank">article</a> on how new media is helping the rescue and relief efforts in Haiti. Among the initiatives Tali Krakowsky cites are:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.ushahidi.com/" target="_blank">Ushahidi</a> is an open source project which allows users to crowdsource crisis information to be sent via mobile. They have created a <a href="http://haiti.ushahidi.com/" target="_blank">Crisis Map of Haiti</a> in collaboration with <a href="http://www.crisismappers.net/" target="_blank">International Network of Crisis Mappers</a>. The map represents a comprehensive and up-to-date crisis overview for to the humanitarian community.<br />
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Google collaborated with satellite imagery company <a href="http://www.geoeye.com/CorpSite/" target="_blank">GeoEye</a> to make images of the destruction available in <a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/01/haiti-imagery-layer-now-available.html" target="_blank">Google Earth and Google Maps</a>. The goal is to create a helpful tool for aid organizations.</p>
<p><a href="http://crisiscommons.org/" target="_blank">Crisis Commons</a> is a volunteer network of professionals that create technological tools and resources for mitigating disasters and crisis around the world. They have has set up Crisis Camps, all-day events in which people help build a variety of online tools to help disaster response in Haiti. Crisis Commons has also created a <a href="http://crisiscommons.org/Haiti-Open-Street-Map" target="_blank">Haiti OpenStreetMap</a> with the most complete digital map of Haiti&#8217;s roads, hospitals, triage centers and refugee camps currently available &#8211; the kind of street maps that save lives.</p>
<p>Skype and Google are offering free calls from Haiti. <a href="https://www.google.com/voice" target="_blank">Google Voice</a> is directly offering free calls from its website and <a href="http://www.skype.com/welcomeback/" target="_blank">Skype</a> is sending vouchers for an hour&#8217;s worth of calls to the US to every Skype user already registered in Haiti.</p>
<p>Within a few hours of the crisis, a Google Group called <a href="http://www.haitianquake.com/" target="_blank">Haitian Earthquake Registry</a> was set up as an online person finder database to help Haitians in and out of the country locate missing relatives, which currently contains more than 54,000 records. Leveraging the kind of technology that we use for online dating, this platform re-unites families.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wehaveweneed.org/" target="_blank">We Have We Need</a> is a project created in partnership with the U.S. State Department to create a Craigslist-style site where nonprofits working in Haiti can post needs and requests and find donors.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Haiti SOS by SMS</title>
		<link>http://idiplomacy.org/2010/01/14/haiti-sos-by-sms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liriel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over $2 million has been raised through mobile phone giving for earthquake aid in Haiti, according to the New York Times Lede blog. Awareness of the different ways to donate &#8212; text &#8220;Haiti&#8221; to 90999 to donate $10 to the Red Cross or &#8220;YELE&#8221; to 501501 donate $5 to Haitian-born musician Wyclef Jean&#8217;s charity &#8212; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over $2 million has been raised through mobile phone giving for earthquake aid in Haiti, according to the <a title="NYT Lede" href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/1-million-in-donations-for-haiti-via-text-message/?scp=1&amp;sq=haiti%20text%20&amp;st=cse" target="_blank">New York Times Lede blog</a>. Awareness of the different ways to donate &#8212; text &#8220;Haiti&#8221; to 90999 to donate $10 to the Red Cross or &#8220;YELE&#8221; to 501501 donate $5 to Haitian-born musician Wyclef Jean&#8217;s charity &#8212; has been helped by word-of-mouth publicizing on Facebook and Twitter:<br />
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<blockquote><p>The texted donations are being handled by a company called <a href="http://mgive.com/">mGive</a>, which  <a href="http://blog.mgive.com/2010/01/13/mgive-asks-you-to-text-haiti-to-90999-to-give-10-to-red-cross/">started</a> the campaign in a joint effort with the State Department and the Red Cross late Tuesday night. Thanks to a mention on  <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/01/13/help-haiti">the White House’s  blog</a> and lots of word of mouth on <a title="More articles about Twitter." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/twitter/index.html?inline=nyt-org">Twitter</a> and <a title="More articles about Facebook." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/facebook_inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org">Facebook</a>, the campaign had raised well over a million dollars by Tuesday evening, mGive said.</p>
<p>“Today is a huge day for mobile giving,” said Tony Aiello, chief executive of mGive. “We are experiencing a tipping point.” &#8230;</p>
<p>Mr. Aiello said the widespread adoption of cellphones and social media Web sites was helping to foster this approach to fund-raising. “Mobile giving is currently outpacing the early days of online giving,” he said.</p>
<p>Awareness about the disaster in Haiti has swept through Twitter and other social media sites. Facebook, for example, said its users had posted more than 1,500 status updates a minute containing the word Haiti.</p>
<p>MGive, which was founded in 2005, works with more than 200 organizations and charities, including the American Heart Foundation and the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Mr. Aiello said the Haiti campaign had “outpaced anything we’ve every done in mobile giving so far” and showed no signs of slowing.</p></blockquote>
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