Disaster Accountability Public Database
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[edit] Overview:
An easy-to-search, publicly generated, data-driven application to monitor the activities and effectiveness of organizations soliciting donations for disaster relief.
NEW website went live on 1/30/10: http://www.reliefoversight.org or you might be interested in the pre-existing Disaster Accountability Project at: http://www.disasteraccountability.org/
This resource is being developed by the Disaster Accountability Project ( www.disasteraccountability.org )
For background and more information on the project: http://www.changemakers.com/en-us/node/68682
[edit] Status:
2/4/10: Crisis Camps in NYC and Calgary (hopefully) will be working on related tech and non-tech projects this weekend. More help is needed!
1/30/10: WEBSITE NOW LIVE! Now we need lots of tech and non-tech assistance! Please see needs below.
1/21/10: A team will be developing in Austin, TX beginning Friday and continuing until the following Thursday. We currently have the following:
- donated space for developers to work
- donated hosting space with www.slicehost.com
- donated project management tool from www.unfuddle.com
- some donations of food
- more than a dozen volunteer developers who are covering all of the known needs at this point
[edit] Needs:
- we need volunteers with expertise in Drupal, Linux, and LAMP for our site launch. Please contact tech contact below to get involved.
- non-technical volunteers to help gather/research/enter independent information on non-profit relief organizations working in Haiti to seed the database. Please contact non-tech contact below to get involved.
[edit] Project Volunteer List, 1st iteration:
- Nancy Wheeler
- Diego Olano
- Isao Jonas
- Matt Danner
- Andy Scott
- Rath Yin
- John Moyle
- Amy Moyle
- Veronica Hadad
- Anna Curran
- Dan Cardin
- Benjamin Wheeler
- Chad Wood
- Daniel Perlaky
- Per Nilsson
- Sharon Kubo
- Ofer Inbar
Project Manager (Austin): Nathan Wheeler, nathan@disasteraccountability.org
[edit] Project Volunteer List, 2nd iteration (currently being developed):
- Elizabeth Gomez
- Anna Curran
- Keith Mancuso
- Andres Garzon
- Mike Gruen
- Peter Burgess
Project Manager (NYC): Ben Guhin, benguhin@gmail.com
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[edit] CONTACT TECH AND NON-TECH TEAM LEADERS TO GET INVOLVED
All information is now being added into the actual website (www.reliefoversight.org). Any user can add updates to the site on relief activities.
TO VOLUNTEER, PLEASE CONTACT:
TECH VOLS: Ben Guhin benguhin (at) gmail (dot) com
NON-TECH VOLS: Esty Stein b.estherstein (at) gmail (dot) com
General project questions: Ben Smilowitz ben (at) disasteraccountability (dot) org
[edit] Twitter Update
follow progress on twitter via the #reliefOversightDB and @techranch tags
[edit] Project Summary
Project Twitter hashtag: #aidwatch
Status: Active
Brief Description (one or a few lines): This new project for the Disaster Accountability Project seeks assistance to continue development of easy-to-search, public reporting database to monitor activities of relief organizations soliciting donations for relief efforts and inform the public on the effectiveness of aid efforts on the ground.
Project Communications
*Development/Drupal Lead: Ben Guhin, benguhin at gmail dot com
* Online Research and Data Entry Lead: (1) Esty Stein b.estherstein (at) gmail (dot) com (2) Lauren Cross lauren320 (at) gmail (dot) com
- twitter: #aidwatch
CURRENT NEEDS (AS OF 2/11) LOCATED HERE: https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AfEljqvLVOOcZHRycm4yc18yM2NiMm41NmRk&hl=en
Code or data repositories: contact Ben Guhin, email above
Skills and Other Resources Needed Drupal, Data Entry, Online Research
Objectives or Goals (bullet list) Updated list located here: https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AfEljqvLVOOcZHRycm4yc18yM2NiMm41NmRk&hl=en
Customer: Ben Smilowitz, Ben (at) disasteraccountability dot org, @BENatDAP
