Ushahidi: Community Resilience
Tl;dr
Members of the Ushahidi team conducted a two-week long field research study in Nairobi, Kenya. The study included a mix of qualitative research methods, participatory design workshops, and community engagement activities with pilot participants. During the study, the Ushahidi team was able to confirm the validity of the underlying concept behind Dispatcher, a new community resilience tool we were developing at the time. We also learned a great deal about the ways members of communities already help one another, the ways those people mitigate the risks associated with giving a receiving help, and the technology platforms they use to perform those tasks. I led the study from end to end.