Digital disaster relief

I've been writing all day but needed to take a break, to write, about new ways that technology is being deployed to help Haiti. This post will catalog some of the more distinctive tech + philanthropy responses that I've heard about or seen. These are limited to tech examples because tech is the driver of change in philanthropy I'm trying to understand. Offline, person-to-person, direct assistance, support and help are critical evidence of our humanity.

Please send me more examples. Email readers might want to check the blog directly as I hope to keep updating this post.

Finding people
Extraordinaries Photo tagging
Red Cross Family Finder
Haitian Quake Registry

Mapping and other "Hacking for Haiti" efforts
OpenStreetMaps and OpenStreetMaps Wiki Project
CrisisCamp Haiti - here is the list of projects generated
Cloud Camp Haiti

Coordination of funds, volunteer efforts
Ushahidi coordination center
UK Coordinated Disaster Relief

Volunteer connections
http://www.haitivolunteer.org/organizations

Creole- English translation/dictionary

Phone Apps
Mapping apps
and some others in development (translation, "we want, we need")

Twitter Feeds
#howcanIhelp
#cchaiti
Lazy twitter search terms

A call for developers to coordinate their coordination efforts - sharing and linking APPS - http://civic.mit.edu/blog/andrew/haiti-relief-efforts-open-thread

And, in what may be a first for transparency (or spin) in the nonprofit sector, Wyclef Jean responds to criticism of his YELE Foundation with a YouTube video. (This is here as a tech example, not as commentary on the Foundation or its management).

I've already written about text donations. Today Ushahidi announced a free text code (4636                                         (International:447624802524) for people in Haiti to use to text their location and their need.

This podcast from PRI's The World also has some interesting examples.

Tags: #haiti, technology, philanthropy