HI Folks, I've been deep in Kenyan election mapping planning and owe you many Community updates.

We're excited to recognize some Deployments of the Week in varied topics like Peacebuilding(Iraq), Missing Persons(Canada), Floods(Australia) and Radios (Global)!
As well, Praveen is teaching for
http://blog.ushahidi.com/2013/02/20/community-update-mapstars-from-iraq-canada-australia/

I added some articles collected from various sources. If you are seeking training, TechChange has an upcoming course:
http://techchange.org/2013/02/12/tc109-preview-2013-kenyan-election-as-challenge-for-technology-ethics-and-communities-in-peacebuilding/


Also, I really love Knight Foundations new community toolkit. I think it needs to be merged with our current toolkits. We are busy documenting our plans for the Kenyan Elections, which is essentially a toolkit remix.

http://www.infotoolkit.org/

https://wiki.ushahidi.com/display/WIKI/Uchaguzi+-+Kenyan+Elections+2013

Let me know what you think,

heather

 
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Heather Leson
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