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Jennie Phillips

How AI, Twitter and digital volunteers are transforming humanitarian disaster response ... - 0 views

www.wired.co.uk/...digital-humanitarianism

MSF Forum MSFAGA2014 volunteers humanitarian disaster response accuracy

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  • Jennie Phillips on 07 Jun 14
     
    Statistic on accuracy of data
Jennie Phillips

Digital Humanitarian Response: Moving from Crowdsourcing to Microtasking | iRevolution - 0 views

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MSFAGA2014 humanitarian response crowdsourcing

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  • real-time monitor-ing, tagging and geo-location of relevant reports published on mainstream and social media
  • Google Spreadsheets was simply not de-signed to facilitate real-time monitoring, tagging and geo-location tasks by hundreds of digital volunteers collaborating synchronously and asynchronously across multiple time zones.
  • I often describe micro-tasking as “smart crowdsourcing”.
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  • Micro-tasking is simply the process of taking a large task and breaking it down into a series of smaller tasks
Jennie Phillips

New KoBoToolbox piloted in disaster simulation | KoBoToolbox - 0 views

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MSFAGA2014 kobo toolbox toolkit data collection CCHT2014

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  • Jennie Phillips on 28 May 14
     
    Article about Kobo toolbox used during simulation with harvard humanitarian initiative, similar training to CCHT
Jennie Phillips

An Introduction to Humanitarian UAVs and their Many Uses  | iRevolution - 0 views

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MSFAGA2014 drones humanitarian technologies

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  • A bird’s eye view of a disaster-affected area simply captures far more information than most Earth-based data-collection technologies can.
  • fraction of the cost with far fewer licensing and data-sharing restrictions than satellite imagery.
  • Rotary-wing UAVs were used to support search and rescue efforts, looking for survivors amongst massive fields of debris left behind by the unprecedented storm surge (see below).
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  • reas that could not be reached by car and then analyzed this imagery for any signs of trapped survivors
  • used in the wake of Yolanda to help clear roads.
  • Fixed-wing UAVs like the eBee were used to survey disaster damage in Tacloban, with the resulting imagery uploaded to Humanitarian OpenStreetMap’s (HOT’s)
Jennie Phillips

Are Drones and Bitcoin New Technologies for Community Health Workers? | ICT Works - 0 views

www.ictworks.org/...y-for-community-health-workers

drones bitcoin humanitarian response humanitarian technologies MSF Forum MSFAGA2014

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  • We agreed that technology decisions should not be pushed down the development process, from donor to implementer, to health system, to CHW.
  • engagement with all frontline health workers
Jennie Phillips

5 Reasons Why Emergency Operations Are Going Virtual - 0 views

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emergency management technology MSF Forum

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  • "I'm a strong believer that the majority of incidents can be handled virtually and you don't have to take people away from what they may normally do and put them all into the traditional EOC," York said.
  • virtual platform, called Basecamp
  • University of Oregon only uses its physical EOC twice a year compared to about 12 times per year for its virtual EOC.
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  • , the city's key emergency management staff in different organizations were able to share information
  • "Having the virtual EOC allowed us to minimize our staffing in the EOC environment, apply the resource where it could be applied as needed, and then still be flexible or have the availability to support field operations when needed," he said. 
  • Therefore when we do have incidents where we physically need people to come to the EOC, they're much more likely to and they're also a lot more comfortable because they've interacted with us in kind of a virtual world." 
Jennie Phillips

How technology is changing disaster relief | Forum:Blog Forum:Blog | The World Economic... - 0 views

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technology humanitarian response emergency management

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  • Between 2004 and 2013, there was a 430% increase in global funding requirements for humanitarian appeals, while the number of people affected nearly doubled.
  • are under increasing pressure to cut spending
  • more than half of the world’s refugees live in urban areas
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  • In the aftermath of a disaster, restoring connectivity and the cellular network has become as important as providing life-saving assistance
  • local civil-society groups, private-sector companies and volunteer networks is expanding the reach of humanitarian work
  • A small group of government donors provides nearly 70% of humanitarian funding, and the bulk goes to a few large international organizations and NGOs.
  • diverse in nature,
  • unpredictable
  • high-pressure, rapidly changing operations, often in insecure and dangerous conditions, relief workers have little space to try out new ideas.
  • increasing scrutiny and criticism from the public
  • humanitarians are increasingly turning to businesses and the private sector to learn how to be innovative and better manage innovation
  • using social media for needs assessment, community-led risk mapping, crisis insurance, mobile money, local production of relief supplies with 3D printers, and so on
  • require unprecedented collaboration between humanitarian organizations, governments and businesses.
Jennie Phillips

Philippines and Drones for News Reporting and Rescue - 0 views

www.techinasia.com/ws-reporting-rescue-operations

MSF Forum drones philippines

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  • Some startups in Asia have created drones to take aerial photos and deliver food and other supplies. In the Philippines, UNTV, a broadcasting company, is going to use drones for news reporting.
  • acquiring drones that can carry life buoys and water to affected areas. It’s also looking into underwater drones to aid in some kinds of rescue operations. He claims that they are first to use drones in reporting in the Philippines.
  • Jennie Phillips on 14 May 14
     
    Some startups in Asia have created drones to take aerial photos and deliver food and other supplies. In the Philippines, UNTV, a broadcasting company, is going to use drones for news reporting.
Jennie Phillips

Philippines: How managing information can save lives | OCHA - 0 views

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philippines MSF Forum reports

shared by Jennie Phillips on 13 May 14 - No Cached
  • The “grease” that keeps this machinery running smoothly is up-to-date and relevant information.
  • “It is critical for us to understand who is working in our province so that we can facilitate their actions as well as do our own planning for the delivery of relief supplies,” said Jose Villanueva the Provincial Administrator of Capiz Province. “For this we rely on OCHA to inform us on what is actually happening in Capiz.
  • OCHA's Who does What Where (3W) database
Jennie Phillips

Mobile phone-based cash transfers lessons from the Kenya emergency response - Issue 40 ... - 0 views

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MSF Forum tools methods mobile mobile phones cash transfers kenya

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  • Kenya is the first country in the world to use mobile phones for cash transfers.
  • Jennie Phillips on 12 May 14
     
    Article on mobile cash transfers in Kenya
Jennie Phillips

International Development News | In the Philippines, drones provide humanitarian relief - 0 views

www.devex.com/...vide-humanitarian-relief-82512

MSF Forum drones uavs benefits apps tools

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  • drones truly become standard operation procedure in humanitarian crises? Experts consulted by Devex believe so, although they do admit mass use of these devices will have to overcome serious challenges, like their relatively high price and legal issues over privacy and sovereignty rights.
  • ncluding global positioning system, thermal imaging and live video streaming
  • faster disaster assessment means faster disaster response, which, ultimately, saves lives.
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  • four ways drones
  • 1. Immediate assessment.
  • poor assessment of the affected areas can significantly reduce the effectiveness of these operations and even endanger aid workers.
  • the first thing that the drone was used for was to identify where to best place the NGO camp,
  • One of the main reasons why disaster relief and response operations in the Visayas took so long was the relatively slow assessment of the area.
  • international aid groups and partner governments have continually extended their help to the country given the scale of devastation Haiyan brought
  • Scores
  • NetHope, Direct Relief conducted aerial assessments of the disaster areas as well as assisted in aid delivery and distribution through information.
  • thermal images, essential for finding people alive during the search and rescue operations.
  • used in body rescue.
  • security and safety of aid workers
Jennie Phillips

UN report calls for independent investigations of drone attacks | World news | theguard... - 0 views

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MSF Forum drones uavs challenges attacks

shared by Jennie Phillips on 11 May 14 - No Cached
  • ndependent investigations to be carried out into drone attacks after a series of strikes that result in unexpected civilian deaths in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and elsewhere.
  • dramatic reduction in drone strikes in 2013 in Pakistan but increases in Afghanistan and, towards the end of the year, in Yemen.
  • threefold increase in recorded civilian casualties from drone strikes in Afghanistan in 2013.
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  • civilian casualties that were not anticipated when the attack was planned, the state responsible is under an obligation to conduct a prompt, independent and impartial fact-finding inquiry and to provide a detailed public explanation of the results.
  • identified 30 attacks out of a total of 37 brought to his attention in which civilians had been killed, suffered life-threatening injuries or been put at risk.
  • 2013, drone attacks accounted for 40% of the total number of civilian fatalities from air strikes.
  • "In Yemen, Pakistan and elsewhere, the US, assisted by its European allies, is carrying out devastating attacks with total impunity – a practice that is terrorising local communities, and creating far more extremism than it has ever eliminated.
  • Jennie Phillips on 11 May 14
     
    Article re UN Special Rapporteur comments on the use of drones for violence
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