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Jennie Phillips

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

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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

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

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shared by Jennie Phillips on 23 May 14 - No Cached
  • 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
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