HAITI CONNECT

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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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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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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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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Following my recent (short) presentation on Haiti & emergency communications at the Dublin Ignite event (see above) I have decided to give a number of public presentations on Haiti Connects work and on the role of technology in disaster aid & recovery in general. The purposes of the talks are two-fold; I want to raise [...]

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