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Crisiscamp Ireland is a go!

Crisiscamp Ireland is an event organised by Haiti Connect taking place on the NUIGcampus on February 26th. Through this event we hope to create an awareness amongst crisis response organizations, government agencies, and citizens on how open source software & hardware can be used to build and use technology tools to help respond to disasters and improve resiliency [...]

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2 years on and still a long way to go.

In a few days, on January 12th 2012 it will be exactly 2 years since the devastating earthquake hit the island of Haiti. Since then a lot has happened both in Haiti and with our work there.  Haiti has seen a huge influx of aid organisations both large and small. Amazing work been done dealing [...]

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CrisisCamp Ireland

Haiti Connect is organising CrisisCamp Ireland! CrisisCamp is a barcamp type event, which seeks to connect a global network of volunteers who use creative problem solving and open technologies to help people and communities in times and places of crisis. The aim is to spend a day brainstorming on how to use technology (hardware AND [...]

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Storage space urgently needed!!!

Due to a recent house move Haiti Connect is now in urgent need for space to store donated equipment before it is shipped to Haiti.  At our previous location we have plenty of storage space to keep our equipment & donations safe but our new location has very little storage space.  Hence we are on [...]

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Running silent…

Things have been quiet on this website for the last few months but that doesn’t mean that nothing is happening.  We are still involved in a number of projects  as well as planning future project for 2012. One of these projects involves the rolling out of a public wifi service in a city in the South-West [...]

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