Dear Colleagues,
Well it seems that this particular "chicken-and-egg problem" is rather
multi-dimensional. Hence there is need to include, in addition to
"crawl, walk, run, fly", some provision for "leap-frog" and indeed even
"cheetah-polevault" where that may be possible. In this case, Nigeria's
An excellent example of the use of ICT for disaster relief is the
http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com/
blog website. It "emerged" over the last few days through the efforts
of volunteers and bloggers from around the world, and provides faster
and more comprehensive news, information and updates about
Health workers and others involved in relief efforts will find links to
treatment guidelines and other medical and public health references for
the prevention and treatment of diseases prevalent in the aftermath of
floods and other disasters on our website . We will
continue to update this referenc
NetHope is shipping NetReliefKits to the region in conjunction with its
member NGOs. NRKs are ruggedized, suitcase-sized, wireless-based voice
and data communications devices, with access to the Internet via a
mobile satellite station.
For more information, visit:
http://www.nethope.org/index.html
