Mac

Status:

http://besafe.crowdmap.com

End user environments:

Mobile

Windows

Mac

Images and Video:

Besafe - Healthcare during Emergencies

Website/App store links:

Summary:

People with chronic disease like Asthma or Diabetes need a stable routine. Interruption to medical supplies and health services may prove life threatening. The The besafe website aims to provide up to date information sourced from the crowd and from emergency response organisations to help both patients and health care workers in the event of an emergency.

The Solution is based on the Ushahidi Platform which is written in PHP on the Kohana MVC Web Framework. The solution is currently hosted on the cloud at besafe.crowdmap.com. Work is in progress on advanced requirements like ability to track stock at emergency care providers , automated checklists, Heat maps, Swiftriver visuslisations from Twitter feeds, Historical data visualisation is being discusssed.

Why we are working on this problem:

There is no single reliable system that sources crowd information specifically for patients who need emergency help

What we accomplished during the event:

1.Users can register as members in the system (Patients, healthcare providers like GP, Pharmacies etc.) 2.System Shall be able to receive the information about the disaster (location, Time, nature of disaster, severity etc.) 3.In the event of disaster system shall send Notification to users with information Including emergency contact and check lists 4.System maintains reliable current status information about he health care providers of the particular area ( pharmacies, hospitals, GP etc.) 5.System shall reset the status of the disaster after receiving about the disaster closure 6.System able to search for disaster by location, postcode 7.System able to display useful information like Hospitals and Pharmacies near a disaster Area

Ability to infer if a facility is down (Pharmacy, Hospitals etc)

Progress made since the event:

•“Reports” can collect type information like Title, Description, date-Time, Category, Location (MAP Lat and Long), Location Name, News Source Link, Ext Video Link, Upload Photos, First/Last Name, Email, of report and location of report •Addon Implemented to terminate a disaster event after a date •Reports can be set to Auto Approval in an emergency or moderated by an Admin •“Get Reports” Link can be used to register emails to receive alerts when a report is submitted in your area . you can select specific categories of reports you want an alert on, or just get alerts for Disasters •Main Page displays a Map with dots indicating reports, Clicking on a dot opens details for the report. •Reports are clustered to act as a crowd sourced “Heat Map” •Categories and subcategories have been defined which help filter the reports that you want to see - Disasters, Help Wanted, Help Available •Reports can be FILTERd by category and displays real time on the map •Layers of information has been added – VIC Hospitals, VIC Police Stations, Bushfire Hotspots, ESTA Emergency Markers •Weather warning News feeds for Melbourne, VIC, NSW, Queensland •Checklist Embeded in App as a Page Plugin for Ushahidi to fetch JSON feed from SENSIS API and display it as a KML enabled Layer

Next steps:

•Fixed defect with iPhone Application Network framework iOS6, bug fix submitted for code merge •Build code to provide an API hook from Ushahidi to external Apps with KML layers in the •Release Ushahidi Plugin for SENSIS Api as an open source contribution from RHOK Melbourne •Enable and test Facebook and Twitter Integration as feed for reports •Enable and test Swiftriver plugin to filter “Buckets” from specific riverIDs •Implement a Heatmap from Government sources if available

Community help:

Need Emergency management experts to test the system and suggest improvements

Code Repository:

https://github.com/VjK/besafe_crowdmap

Category:

Status:

http://www.rhok.org/bpsunilkumar%40gmail.com

Programming languages:

Frameworks:

End user environments:

Server requirements:

Hosted on the cloud at Crowdmap

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

Melbourne, Australia

Images and Video:

Seeking people with skills in:

Ushahidi

Swiftriver

php

Mailing list:

Issue Tracker:

https://github.com/VjK/besafe_crowdmap/issues?state=open

Safepath

Website/App store links:

http://etv.gatech.edu/safepath

http://etv.gatech.edu/safepath/gtpd

Code Repository:

http://www.graffitos.com

Category:

Status:

Applied math/statistics/exploratory data analysis/data visualization

Programming languages:

Frameworks:

End user environments:

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

Atlanta

Images and Video:

Seeking people with skills in:

iOS developer

Improving public transportation reliability to encourage people reduce their carbon footprint.

Summary:

Managed to achieve a good prototype of a semi-real time tracker
Pulled data off the MARTA schedules to be used as our primary dataset.
Platform agnostic and user friendly.
Involves SMS service and use of smartphone technlogies to cater to a wide section of international population facing this problem

Why we are working on this problem:

see http://www.rhok.org/problems/improving-public-transportation-reliability-encourage-people-reduce-their-carbon-footprint

What we accomplished during the event:

A good notion of routes in different countries.
A decent working framework to be able to get an idea of approximate time your transport is due in to the stop near you.
A user friendly way of updating information in a crowd sourced framework.
Intelligent route prediction possible once the data sets evolve over time.
SMS service to cater to developing nations.
Potential integration with Google transit as a way to handle deviations from predicted schedules in developed countries.

Code Repository:

https://github.com/keshy/crowd_sourced_transport_tracker

Category:

Status:

http://offlike.herokuapp.com/

Programming languages:

PHP

python

HTML5 + CSS3 (iPhone)

JavaScript

Frameworks:

LAMP

End user environments:

Images and Video:

Off Like

Website/App store links:

https://market.android.com/details?id=org.rhok.offlike&feature=search_result#?t=...

Summary:

Supporting things globally online is very easy and popular at the moment. There are Systems like Google+1;FaceBook Like and Flatter - to just name 3. Offlike aims to extend this pattern to local "offline" things. By placing QR-Codes ( or later NFC ) on real places with real problems - and giving the user the option to support this thing we hope to increase involvement with problems that matter for you - localy - offline .

Why we are working on this problem:

The Problem definition "A Real-World "Like" for Campaigning and Advocacy" described an intriguing idea: connect real-life needs to online support. Implementing this is a lot of fun for us, and it seems to be very usefull, because this way you can simply activate your neighbourhood to show their concern for a common problem - locally, and visible globally.

What we accomplished during the event:

We created a website, an app and mobile-site. All these there tools are necessary for participating in the Off Like button.

The campaign owner can create QR codes and check statistics on the amount of views and likes. Also there is a map so he can check where the QR codes are used. The app or the mobile site, provide an easy way show their support. By scanning the QR code the supporter can easily like the campaign with the usual social share buttons.

Progress made since the event:

We started at zero and created all these tool within 27 hours.

Next steps:

Live happy ever after.

Code Repository:

https://github.com/kkalass/OffLike

Category:

Status:

https://github.com/kkalass/OffLike/issues

Programming languages:

Frameworks:

End user environments:

Server requirements:

currently deployed on heroku, may run anywhere where you can: * provide a current JRE * provide a Mongo DB

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

Berlin, Germany

Images and Video:

Issue Tracker:

Portal dla młodzieżowych ngosów - yngo.pl

Summary:

Projekt zakłada stworzenie portalu dla młodzieżowych działaczy, dla osób aktywnych, zaangażowanych w młodzieżowy NGOs. Ma pełnić rolę informacyjną, edukacyjną, społecznościową i być jednocześnie przestrzenią wymiany myśli i doświadczeń.

The aim of the project is creating a portal for youth activists, people involved in youth NGOs and various youth initiatives. It will have information, educational, and community functions, and it will provide a space for the exchange of ideas and experiences.

Why we are working on this problem:

Projekt jest jednym z priorytetów wypracowanych podczas tegorocznego Forum dla Przyszłości - ogólnopolskiej konferencji organizacji młodzieżowych, które odbyło się w lipcu br. Ponad 100 uczestników, działaczy 40 organizacji młodzieżowych wskazało potrzebę stworzenia portalu jako jeden z najbardziej pilnych aspektów pracy nad poprawą sytuacji młodych aktywistów w Polsce.

The project is one of the priorities developed during the Forum for the Future event â an all-Poland conference for youth organizations that took place in July 2011 in Toszek. Over 100 participants, activists from 40 youth organizations, agreed that creating such a portal is one of the most urgent tasks in working on the improvement of the situation of youth activists in Poland.

What we accomplished during the event:

Wypracowana została koncepcja merytorycznej zawartości portalu, oraz zaprojektowany sposób jego funkcjonowania. Dokonaliśmy także konsultacji dotyczących technologii potrzebnych do realizacji projektu, jego harmonogramu i budżetu.

We developed the ideas for the content of the portal and designed its main functions. We also consulted technology experts on the details of the realization of such a portal, working schedule, and budget.

Progress made since the event:

Przychodząc na RHoK Warsaw pomysł takiego portalu był bardzo mglisty, ledwie zarysowany. Podczas wydarzenia udało nam się opracować go w większości tematów - od grupy docelowej, treści, przez sposób prowadzenia i zachęcania osób do zaangażowania się w działalność portalu.

Entering the RHoK we only had a vague idea for the portal. During the event we managed to answer most of the key questions about the project, concerning the precise target group, methods of administration, and strategies for engaging users to contribute to its content.

Traction:

Grupa docelowa, do której kierowany jest portal - młodzieżowe organizacje/młodzieżowi działacze są osobami, z którymi stale współpracujemy. Podczas realizacji projektu konsultowaliśmy go z potencjalnymi odbiorcami. Dostaliśmy również deklarację uczestnictwa 40 młodzieżowych grup z całej Polski - uczestników tegoroczego Ogólnopolskiego Forum Organizacji Młodzieżowych "Forum dla Przyszłości".

Target group: youth organizations/youth leaders we cooperate with. While developing the project, we consulted it with the potential users. We also got declarations of interest in participating in the project from 40 youth groups from all over Poland, participants of the Forum for the Future.

Next steps:

- skompletowanie zespołu zarządzającego projektem
- pozyskanie partnera głównego - portalu ngo.pl
- nadanie osobowości prawnej organizatorom
- konsultacje wśród grupy docelowej
- pozyskanie funduszy
- wykonanie wstępnego projektu technologicznego
- promocja podczas drugiej edycji Forum dla Przyszłości
- pozyskanie lokalnych ambasadorów projektu
- stworzenie grupy redakcyjnej
- wykonanie prototypu strony i mobilnej aplikacji
- betatesty i rozpoczęcie tworzenia społeczności
- oficjalny start strony, kampania promująca działalność społeczną
- dalszy rozwój portalu i wzbogacanie o dodatkowe funkcjonalności

- building the project team

- winning the support of a strategic partner â the portal ngo.pl

- establishing a legal status for the organizers of the project

- consultations with the target group

- raising funds

- preparing the initial technological project of the portal

- promotion during the second edition of the Forum for the Future

- recruiting local ambassadors for the project

- building the editorial team of the portal

- preparing a prototype of the website and the mobile application

- beta testing and starting community-building

- official start of the website, promotional campaign

- further development of the portal and building new functions

Community help:

zaprogramowanie i utworzenie aplikacji mobilnej i strony internetowej

Programming and developing mobile app and website

Code Repository:

https://github.com/rhokwarsaw/

Category:

Methodology

Status:

programiści aplikacji mobilnych

End user environments:

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

Warsaw, Poland

Images and Video:

Seeking people with skills in:

webdeveloperzy

graficy

menedzerowie portali informacyjnych

Mailing list:

http://www.rhok.org/llenag%40wp.pl

Sahana

Website/App store links:

http://eden.sahanafoundation.org

Summary:

A flexible platform for building solutions tailored to the needs of individual organisations working for huamnaitarian purposes, with many powerful modules which can be easily interconnected together.

Why we are working on this problem:

Organisations like CERT need real solutions with proper support organisations behind them, not simple toys which are built in a weekend.

We are trying to encourage developers to join us on incrementing the functionality of real solutions rather than constantly reinventing the wheel with a million prototypes.

Traction:

We have been used in most major disasters since inception in Indian Ocean Tsunami. Recent activations have included Haiti, Pakistan, Japan & Libya. We are also used for ongoing projects by the IFRC, HELIOS foundation, etc

Community help:

Attract long-term developers.

Code Repository:

https://code.launchpad.net/sahana-eden

Category:

http://groups.google.com/group/sahana-eden

Status:

Operational

Programming languages:

python

Frameworks:

web2py

End user environments:

Server requirements:

minimal

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

Austin, TX, U.S.A.

Oxford, United Kingdom

Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Images and Video:

Seeking people with skills in:

Python

JavaScript

CSS

Mailing list:

Issue Tracker:

http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/wiki/BugReportingGuidelines

Service Delivery in the Water and Sanitation Sector

Website/App store links:

http://www.slideshare.net/gururajp81/water-hackathon-hp-basdocx

Summary:

A Common Solution Framework which consists of various modules, each of these modules perform a atomic task which in collaboration address each of the above issues. The various modules\parts of the system include * Service Request Handler : Handles all incoming service request of a end user. A Service can be request for delivery of water.* Complaint Request Handler: Handles all incoming complaints.* Scheduler : Handles a schedule for servicing the request.* Service Tracker: Tracks the service request life cycle. And invokes proper methods in-case a service is not catered within a given time. A user can access this system through SMS, USSD or a Native Mobile Application(In-case of a Smart Phone).

Code Repository:

http://code.google.com/p/settlement-issues-resolve-system/downloads/list

Category:

Methodology

Status:

http://www.rhok.org/00000

Programming languages:

End user environments:

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

WaterHackathon Bangalore

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Early Warning Remote Sensing for Water Table Management

Summary:

Early Warning Remote Sensing for Water Table Management. By Shaimaa Ahmed Graduate student at AUC Ground water is a valuable resource that requires a mentoring system to alert decision makers, NGOs and researchers about any pollution or risky head drops. The solution is a development of a sensing ball that is used to create 3d map of the underground cave. The development includes hardware, software and sensors. These developments are: 1-Adding new hardware and Software that calculate the difference in head or change in water quality parameters. 2- Fixed sensors that communicating with a moving sensor and they communicate with the surface of the ground and via satellite connection, the new data reach central servers. 3- create 3d maps on web and cell phone applications 4- part of the energy in the ball is conserved because the head calculation is based on the velocity of the ground water movements. 5- A grid of well is required to manage this real time movement. 6- Collect water samples that assist in water biological assessments. This solution works within the national border of a single country and it assist to manage ground water resources among different countries.

Why we are working on this problem:

MENA region lacks access to clean water and ground water may be a suitable solution on the short run till researcher finds another solution for water shortage. Some international crisis can be avoided if different countries learned how to manage and share ground water. My solution is my contribution to the global community to find a solution for water crisis and potential political and social conflicts.

What we accomplished during the event:

There was no one interested in this subject thus I worked alone but there was expertise who assist me to develop the idea. The contest atmosphere was very helpful thus I suggest more events within the same theme or events that focus on teaching new technologies for researchers or events that combine researchers and engineers from the world that are committed to this problem

Next steps:

I need to form a team with Hardware architect, programmers and then we have to find a funding to fund this project (incubated project )

Community help:

Draw attention to it Funding Provide esperitise in moving sensors Link us with the moving sensor inventors so we can develop their product with them with this idea

Code Repository:

Category:

Methodology

Status:

programmers and engineers that build sensors

End user environments:

What RHoK event this project is being submitted for:

WaterHackathon Cairo

Images and Video:

Seeking people with skills in:

Hardware architect

Touch

Summary:

Touch is a software that targets 3 main aspects of humanity's vulnerabilities to threats and disasters, both natural and human caused. It permits the free communication of information in the society but also tries to protect the same society by involving the different police departments and humanitarian agencies all over the globe. It was initially designed to solve 6 problem definitions of Rhok3 (http://www.rhok.org) 1. OneCrisis 2. Automatic Geo-Tagging of social media status update 3. All Hazards Search 4. NGO collaaboration Space 5. Urgent Needs Center 6. Disaster Safe but finally thanks to GOD, it came to resolve more than expected. It solves more than 7 problem definitions found in Rhok3. Some of these problem definitions details are given below: For: - All Hazards Search: Citizens typically are unaware of all the hazards where they live, work or play. They need a simple online search to get a map of all the hazards at a certain location as well as a written description of each. Emergency Management can then provide information on how the citizen can mitigate those hazards and reduce their risk. - NGO collaboration Space: NGOs would have either a widget that they could integrate into a cloud-based logistics management application or an easy to access website where they could quickly provide information per sector on where they are operating or what they are doing. Entering this information could take place from either a mobile device or a website, and needs to be extremely easy. - Another problem: Person Finder via Voice & Image: In case of japan earthquake, this system could help.a lot of missing people could found via this system.if someone find any person that needs help and seems to be missed, simply must record his voice and take a picture from his face and then upload to our website.we test these voice and image files with created models of every profiles and if any match occurs, we'll give the profile information to the uploader of the voice and image.we can get uploader 's email and send an email whenever we had a match in our models in future. Thanks for the time you have taken to read this summary, I hope it inspired you. Be blessed. Rweze Florian, Software Developer and Business Entrepreneur

Code Repository:

http://www.facebook.com/rweze

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