Re: [GKD] South Asian Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster
A U.S. distributor of Iridium satellite phones has approximately 20 phones that they are willing to loan out at no leasing cost to NGOs responding to the tsunami disaster. They will charge only airtime - no activation or leasing fees. The Iridium phones will work throughout the region. Interested parties should send me an email stating the name of their NGO, number of phones requested, urgency of need, and contact information. The phones would ship on Monday, January 3 (or today, Friday, if the request is received by noon West Coast U.S. time) Gregg Swanson Executive Director, HumaniNet [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.humaninet.org ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/
Re: [GKD] South Asian Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster
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 the disaster than most of the single agency official sites. They have also worked to organise the information they are receiving into an emergency database at Wiki: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Tsunami_Help Please pass these links on to people and agencies affected by or responding to the disaster. Thank you. Amer Jabry Tel: + 44 20 8569 6765 Fax: + 44 20 7691 7801 On 12/29/04, Global Knowledge Dev. Moderator wrote: Our hearts go out to the millions of people affected by the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit South Asia and Southeast Asia on Sunday. We hope that our members in all of the affected countries are safe, along with their families. If any GKD members have information on the use of ICT for disaster relief that they would like to share, we will forward the information to relief organizations. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who have been struck by this terrible disaster. ..snip... ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/
Re: [GKD] South Asian Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster
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 www.healthnet.org. We will continue to update this reference list and invite your suggestions for content. Those without web access may request a copy of any document listed on our site by sending an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and we will respond as quickly as we can. Please pass this message on to your contacts in the affected region who are able to receive email. Regards, Holly Ladd Executive Director SATELLIFE ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/
Re: [GKD] South Asian Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster
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 On 12/29/2004, Global Knowledge Dev. Moderator wrote: Our hearts go out to the millions of people affected by the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit South Asia and Southeast Asia on Sunday. We hope that our members in all of the affected countries are safe, along with their families. If any GKD members have information on the use of ICT for disaster relief that they would like to share, we will forward the information to relief organizations. ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/
