HAITI CONNECT

Haiti Connect is delighted to announce the first public step in the process of establishing a Technology Start-up Business Accelerator in Haiti! We’ve become the first organisation offering the Microsoft BizSpark program to Haitian software start-ups. Microsoft BizSpark is a global program that helps software startups succeed by giving them access to Microsoft software development [...]

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Fitting in with the establishment of a dedicated rapid-response unit as described in my earlier blogpost we have some more news. We are working in conjunction with Humanity Road (a US based organisation that we have been supporting for a long time) on exploring a collaborative exercise for RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) 2012. RIMPAC is the [...]

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We’ve hinted at it through some tweets recently but there are changes afoot for Haiti Connect. As the outlines and most details of these changes have now been decided we’re now able to share so details with you. EXPANSION Building on the experience gained in the two years since the Haiti earthquake running projects in [...]

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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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