Situation Report: Boston Hi All, nothing…
Situation Report: Boston
Hi All, nothing “new” per se to report since the previous situation report. We’re continuing our work on all fronts. We’re keeping up with the processing of all incoming text messages (since Jan 20th).
We’ve reached out to some amazing community leaders in the Haitian diaspora here in Boston and they are key to the sustainability of this project. Ownership of this deployment should become theirs as quickly as possible and the Situation Room here will continue to facilitate this.
Yaroslav Valuch in the Situation Room will be heading down to Haiti where he will be based for 3 months to serve as Ushahidi’s Field Representative.
The very helpful gadgets developed by CrisisCamp yesterday are now being tested by the core team and will be shared with all volunteers within 24rs. These new tools will significantly increase the speed and efficiency of the mapping.
We will begin conversations with the Deans at Fletcher to identify ways that Tufts can support the long term efforts of the situation room. We’re preparing a grant proposal to sustain all the efforts we are engaged in.