In response to the question that Dan raised about how to get people to
respond to issues, I truly feel that human nature, being as it is, once the
'disaster' has passed, nobody wants to think about the 'issue' anymore.
During the tsunami-relief operations in India, many of the TV networks
Friends:
Here is an announcement on the Fourth South-South Exchange Travelling Workshop.
It is open to development workers using ICTs in their programmes and restricted
to participants from developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
The working language is English. Please spread
(please circulate widely)
Help for Managers of Volunteers-Katrina
Volunteer Today, a free online newsletter for managers of volunteers
(www.volunteertoday.com) has launched a special edition to provide
assistance to managers of volunteers around the country related to the
Hurricane Katrina
Dear all,
please forward this message to schools/children/youth/environmental associations
who may be interested. Or join yourselves! In six days we have received
registrations from 31 countries.
warm regards,
Mr Mika Vanhanen, coordinator
ENO-Environment Online
http://eno.joensuu.fi
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Over and over again I have heard it said (on TV
and radio) that the Internet has been
instrumental, in fact crucial, in facilitating
access to information andcommunications when
other more traditional methods have failed. I think
this is a magnificent example of how the Internet,
an
(apologies if this has already been posted)
PART-15.ORG Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
http://www.part-15.org/emergencyrelief/katrina.html
General Information - PART-15.ORG (the Wireless Internet Service
Providers Organization) in cooperation with the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC)
From Slashdot:
DirectNIC Crisis Manager Braves the Chaos of New Orleans
The Interdictor, a DirectNIC crisis manager, is currently braving
the madness of post-Katrina New Orleans. Server rescues, OC4 repairs
and live video and audio feeds abound as he and his crew battle the
odds with what
In a message dated 9/5/05 9:50:42 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
In response to the question that Dan raised about how to get people to
respond to issues, I truly feel that human nature, being as it is, once the
'disaster' has passed, nobody wants to think about the 'issue' anymore.
THE
Hi everyone,
Next Saturday, September 10, the MSCPA will host their annual Walk for
Animals fundraising event in Boston, on Boston Common. In the wake of
Hurricane Katrina, they're going to put special emphasis on raising
money for animal rescue-related activities in the hurricane-affected
Hi everyone,
It's been amazing watching Technology for All's impromptu Astrodome
community technology center evolve over the last few days. I've been
following it with keen interest at the blog they've set up:
http://texasctcs.blogspot.com/
Will Reed and his team moved with extraordinary
In a message dated 9/5/05 11:54:08 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Over and over again I have heard it said (on TV
and radio) that the Internet has been
instrumental, in fact crucial, in facilitating
access to information andcommunications when
other more traditional methods have
Hi Claude,
That's an interesting idea; honestly, I wasn't thinking of containers.
Evacuee centers like the Astrodome and Otis are being set up for the
long haul - six months or more. The Red Cross plan for Otis is taking
into account the need to set up schools and other institutions on-site.
Hi Deborah,
I would check with your local ASPCA chapter. The aspca.org website might
have local listings of events, but I haven't checked. In the case of
Boston, this event was scheduled before the hurricane, so it's just a
coincidence that they're able to put to good use.
ac
Deborah
Guys,
Since I operate Deaf Network of Texas website its mailing list, I've received
numbers
of email regarding deaf and hard of hearing people who hit hard at Hurricane
Katrina. In
case you did not know, we do have little different requirement to support those
people.
(TTY, interpreter,
Andy,
Do you remember Tracey Naughton's Drums of Colours, the African Media
Village in the ICT4D hall at WSIS in Geneva? They had 2 big containers:
one as a radio studio for their live broadcast about WSIS, the other one
a cybercafe with Linux-operated computers inside.
Then I remember a
Adite Chatterjee wrote:
In response to the question that Dan raised about how to get people to
respond to issues, I truly feel that human nature, being as it is, once the
'disaster' has passed, nobody wants to think about the 'issue' anymore.
During the tsunami-relief operations in India, many
Hi all,
From:
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/003437.html
I'll cover two emerging projects here: KatrinaHelp, and the Katrina
PeopleFinder Project (and apologize in advance for names overlooked,
technological fine points elided, and other reflections of my haste to get
this online --
Deaf Link is assisting us in Houston to reconnect people using online
tools etc. They have been a great resource at the Astrodome Community
Technology Center. We have worked with several deaf and hard of hearing
persons each day.
Will
www.techforall.org
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