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Topic: <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/building-a-distributed-decentralized-internet/t/f9362164cdeec00c" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">Greeting From SudaneseGuardian & Intro to Wa3i for Change</a></div>
<ul><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Venessa Miemis <<a href="mailto:venessamiemis@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">venessamiemis@gmail.com</a>></span> Jun 14 08:35PM -0700 <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=bsp&ver=ohhl4rw8mbn4#13095e258af80009_digest_top" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">^</a><br>
<div style="border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(119, 153, 221); "></div> <br>via liberationtech, <a href="mailto:sudaneseguardian@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">sudaneseguardian@gmail.com</a><br>
<br>Dear All,<br> <br>hi and how are you all, i hope this letter finds you all in good<br>health and happiness, i am SG who blogs at <a href="http://sudaneseguardian.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">http://sudaneseguardian.blogspot.com/</a>,<br>
it is nice to get to be part of this Mail list and i am learning a lot<br>from it. in this email i would like to introduce to you about my<br>latest project for Sudan. as a Sudanese, i feel that it is important<br>for me to start a project that promote Social Justice and Good<br>
Governance and hence i was looking for a way other then blogging at<br><a href="http://sudaneseguardian.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">http://sudaneseguardian.blogspot.com</a> and tweeting about Sudan at<br>
@SudanGuardian , I thought that my next project should be with the<br>help of Ushahidi great tool of where i want to create a new project<br>that track corruption and embezzlement. knowing that Sudan is listed<br>among Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions index for<br>
2010 as 172 out of 176. one of the world most corrupted nation and i<br>feel that if we Sudanese don’t stand up against corruption and<br>embezzlement in our own country then i believe no one would do so.<br>Hence wa3i was born, the site is at <a href="http://wa3i.crowdmap.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">http://wa3i.crowdmap.com/</a> hosted<br>
by crowd-sourcing map and using ushahidi as all of you know a<br>wonderful program programmed by wonderful and talented people of<br>Ushahidi. It was not long ago that I start this small project and it<br>is still in the development stage. As all of you know Ushahidi is<br>
wonderful and make it very easy to program Ushahidi crowd-sourcing<br>map and I thank them a lot for that, my main work was done on the<br>categorization of corruption and embezzlement, I wanted to make it a<br>simple as possible and as easy to understand as possible. I am sure a<br>
lot of you might have had some experience making crowd-sourcing map or<br>are doing project that are similar to this one, If you are working on<br>similar project to this one and want to work together or can suggest<br>advice to improve this map please feel free to suggest ways to improve<br>
it and I would be grateful for you advice. especially i am having hard<br>time working categorization of corruption in a simple way for everyone<br>to understand. Here is some basic information about the project<br> <br>Name: Wa3i For Change - واعي لاجل التغير<br>
Theme: Spreading Awareness One Click at a time<br>Introduction:<br>Welcome to Wa3i for Change<br>There is an ancient Chinese proverb that says “It's better to light a<br>candle then to curse the darkness.” As Sudanese we all hold the right<br>
to pinpoint the wrong doing that is happening in the Sudan, we must be<br>at the forefront stage of fighting corruption and embezzlement. As you<br>might have known or heard from the news or read on published articles,<br>
Sudan is ranking among the world most corrupted Nation on earth. The<br>ranking for Sudan according to the Transparency International’s<br>Corruption Perceptions index for 2010 is 172 out of 176, joining other<br>worst state in the ranking index such as Somalia, Myanmar and<br>
Afghanistan. Hence the need for the Sudanese people to pinpoint<br>corruption in the Sudan is of the out most importance. Through this<br>website you can voice your opinion, thoughts or issues that affect us<br>all who are part of the Sudan. If you have a website that talk about<br>
corruption in Sudan please share it here, if you have experienced<br>corruption at first hand tell us about your experience or even ways to<br>fight corruptions. I would like to point out one important point and<br>that is, this ushahidi map is for all of us so if you see there is a<br>
need for introducing a new category please feel free to suggest it and<br>I would add it right away. Wish you all the best and looking forward<br>to reading your comment, links or experience.<br> <br> <br>Wish you all the best on your research and studies<br>
Thank you for reading this email<br>Best regards<br>SG<br><p> </p></ul><a name="13095e258af80009_group_thread_4" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); "></a></span><br>-- <br>P2P Foundation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a> - <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a> <br>
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