Ushahidi Weekly Update (#21)
We are a growing community. This weekly report is for the whole community and team to share what you are working on and what you need help with. Highlight your presentations, events, code and more. These reports will go out mid-week
Date: August 29 - September 4, 2012
Community and Deployers:
About: What are you working on? What do you need help with?
Deployment of the Week: Nepal Monitor: Monitoring Nepal's human rights and security situation. See all the Deployments of the Week 
Community news:
Google has very kindly offered to sponsor this year's CrisisMappers Fellowships! CrisisMapper Fellows receive a free return flight to the 2012 CrisisMappers Conference, free registration, free participation in the Pre-Conference Training Sessions and are provided with mentorship before, during and after the conference.
If you would like to be considered for this year's CrisisMappers Fellowship Program, please complete this application form by Friday, September 7. Note that due to the short turn around time, providing assistance for travel visas may unfortunately not be possible.
If you have questions or concerns, please contact melissa@crisismappers.net (cc'd).
We also had a local bike advocacy group pick up the platform to help connecting the growing Buenos Aires bicycling community, which was part of the final presentations after the all day Saturday hackathon. I also had a meeting with AgroTestigo, a project that's been using the platform to connect farmers (featured in Mashable Business a couple days ago). T
I'd like to ask your support for this GMES competition http://www.gmes-masters.com/service-application/snowmonit
Francesco Bartoli: in case of positive result we will win a great amount of satellite data that will be placed at disposal of GeoAvalanche, our ushahidi deployment for snow and avalanche safety
so if you have time please cast your vote with five stars
Transparency International, Ashoka and the International Anti-Corruption Conference Series are launching a global competition for new project ideas to boost transparency, strengthen accountability and fight corruption. The three competition winners will be awarded a mini-grant of 5,000 Euros to support the kick-start of their new anti-corruption project.
We are looking for people who are motivated to solve social problems and develop new methods, tools and projects to fight corruption. It is time to devise new tools and creative means to crack corruption.
• A mini-grant of 5000 Euros to implement your new transparency project
• Anti-corruption expertise on tap: Access to a wide range of experts in the field of accountability and transparency within the IACC Game Changers platform
• The chance to participate at the 15th International Anti-Corruption Conference (7-10 November 2012 in Brasilia). On 7 November there will be ceremony with the Jury, who will award the grants
To kick start your thinking process, here is a short overview of what we will ask of you in the application process, click on the links to access detailed explanations of what we are looking for.
• In 500 words or less, tell your story of change and let us know what motivates you to fight corruption
• In 500 words or less, describe your project in an elevator pitch
• There is an impact map asking you to fill out the context of the problem you are trying to solve, project objectives, stakeholders and deliverables
• A budget indicating what the grant will support
The winning projects will be selected by an expert international jury based on the following criteria: 1) the social change element and potential to improve the lives of people 2) the novelty and practicability of the approach and 3) the sustainability and scalability of the project. Precise details on the steps related to the application process are here, on the Apply Now page of our website.
Countdown to the 15th IACC in November has begun. Projects pitches will be accepted from now until 1 October 2012 and no later. We will announce the winners between 25-31 October, just enough time to make it to Brasilia for the Competition Award Ceremony. Show your commitment to the fight against corruption and help us spread the word about this competition.
To express interest or if you have any questions at all, please write to Paula O'Malley at the TI Secretariat and we will get right back to you with a suggested solution.
bbc report : still left in the dark - from Patrick and the Crisismappers -http://www.cdacnetwork.org/public/resource/policy-briefing-still-left-dark
What we are reading:
http://www.informalwastesector.net/
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_Qd6xTk70LCcEhYRkZWcncxVlU/edit