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Keeping the Peace - The UN Department of Field Service’s and Peacekeeping Operations use of Ushahidi

The United Nations Department of Field Services (UN DFS), the peacekeeping operations, have been using Ushahidi to run their UN Situational Awareness and Geospatial (SAGE) program over the past five years. It’s pretty incredible to wake up every day and go to work, and realize that the software you are building is helping keep peace in some of the most fraught places in the world

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Remote-Working Behind the “Great Firewall” of Uganda

Working remotely is every employee’s dream! One of the best perks about working for Ushahidi is the flexible working options. My day-to-day work revolves around the instantaneous need to stay connected using modern day communication tools. On 1st July 2018, I woke up and found myself in every remote-workers’ nightmare — Internet Censorship!

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