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March 1 2011

Want to help keep Christchurch residents up-to-date?

Training for http://eq.org.nz/ at Optimal Usability’s office tonight from 5pm

Last week’s earthquake has caused terrible havoc. You can be a small part of restoring normality to people. The Christchurch Recovery Map, at http://eq.org.nz/, allows people to send in status reports via txt, email and SMS. With the help of many others, the site has reached 100,000 page views in a week and provided up-to-date information to tens of thousands directly, and many more indirectly. One of those helpers could be you.

Optimal Usability is hosting an information and training session tomorrow to introduce people to the site’s back end. Volunteers have processed roughly 180,000 messages so far. This has been a fabulous effort. The project now needs a group of dedicated people that can dedicate 2h per week for 4 weeks to help take the burden off of the volunteers that have contributed thus far.

Details

  • Location: Optimal Usability, 1 March 2011, 5:30pm
  • Skills required: 1) Maturity (many messages we receive are distressing), 2) the ability to find the address

What’s in if for you?

On a more personal note, volunteers have found that contributing to the site provides a great sense of relief. Many people are experiencing a sense of helplessness. By contributing something as tangible as getting people to water and food to survive, we can ease that discomfort.

How to sign up

RSVP to will-help@eq.org.nz