[Reader-list] [Fwd: South Asian earthquake relief coordination: portal and village-level information]

[Aarti]

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Subject: 	South Asian earthquake relief coordination: portal and 
village-level information
Date: 	Sun, 23 Oct 2005 21:31:13 -0400
From: 	Bilal Siddiqi <bilal.siddiqi at sant.oxon.net>
To: 	Bilal Siddiqi <bilal.siddiqi at sant.oxon.net>



Folks,

For those of you directly involved with, or in touch with any individual 
or institution that is involved with or potentially interested in 
working with the broader South Asian quake relief effort, please take a 
look, and if you don’t have time, please just pass this along. 
RISEPak.com is an essential tool for relief effort coordination with 
potential for avoiding the usual pitfalls of emergency disaster relief 
(poor matching, duplicative efforts, slow and ad hoc delivery).

www.risepak.com <http://www.risepak.com/>

Relief Information Systems for Earthquakes-Pakistan (RISEPak) is an 
information-sharing web portal that compiles detailed demographic data, 
damage, access and relief updates at the village/town level to help 
coordinate relief efforts and ensure that no village is overlooked. 
Online bulletin board posts (via sms, email, phone & fax) and regular 
data updates by teams of volunteers will allow aid and relief efforts to 
be matched directly with the needs of victims in affected regions.

The information is provided in a flexible and searchable format and is 
based on data from population statistics, satellites, geographical 
systems, and relief agencies, workers, and local officials. The portal 
is maintained by a consortium of experts based in US and Pakistani 
universities, the World Bank, NGOs, and the private sector, with support 
from the Pakistan government.

Bilal

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