Nominate Peace Heroes

Peace Heroes is a great initiative to honor the unsung heroes during the post-election violence in Kenya (it’s also one of the groups running the alpha version of Ushahidi). The initiative is asking Kenyans to nominate “people who, during moments of crisis and violence, risked their own lives to save members of other communities,…reached out [...]

Summer goodness…

Gabi at 20 months, and full of storos. She’s always been a happy child and I’m thankful for that.

Gabi 20 months

Mama Mike’s E-Goat

Paying your first dowry installment via the internet?

It is possible, with Mama Mikes….you HAVE to watch this video!

People are truly creative.

Activists arrested for distributing t-shirts and dvds

Two Kenyan activists Wangui Mbatia and and Ken Ochieng Onguka were arrested this morning at Jeevanjee gardens and charged this afternoon with “unlawful procession” at the Kibera Law Courts

They have been released on Kshs 20,000 cash bail.

The t-shirts were protesting the Kenyans MPs recent rejection of taxes (No taxes for MP’S – [...]

Thank you to Ushahidi volunteers!

One of the best/most amazing things about Ushahidi has been the spirit of community that has surrounded it since its inception. We certainly wouldn’t be where we are today without the individuals who have stepped up to give generous amounts of their time and skill for no other reason other than the fact that they [...]

Ushahidi deploys in DRC

After a week of scrambling we are finally going live today with an Ushahidi site dedicated to DRC. There has been quite a bit of media attention being paid to the renewed fighting in Eastern Congo and the resulting humanitarian crisis, but given the complexities of the situation we thought it would be worthwhile to [...]

On Obama

Like most of the rest of the world, I’m hoping that I’m waking up to a moment in history. Beyond the sheer glee of an Obama victory, there’s just the awesomeness of having been around during what will be one for the record books. During my student days I remember being wistful at times when [...]

KNCHR full report on extra-judicial killings

The full report has been leaked on Wikileaks. Summary report is available on KNCHR’s website.