<div dir="ltr">Anne, <div>This is of my topmost interest, since I work for the World Food Programme and I am responsible for a component of Nicaragua´s Programme focused in building resilience of communities from CentralAmerican Dry Corridor.</div>
<div>Thank you for the post,</div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Carlos Rivas Suazo</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Anne Ghisla <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:a.ghisla@gmail.com" target="_blank">a.ghisla@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello all,<br>
<br>
<br>
let me forward the call for mentoring related to Code for Resilience<br>
(C4R), an initiative co-founded by the World Bank's Global Facility for<br>
Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and ICT Unit (TWICT), and Code<br>
for Japan.<br>
<br>
The initiative is partnering local technologists with disaster risk<br>
management (DRM) experts to strengthen community resilience to natural<br>
disasters through the creation of civic-minded digital and hardware<br>
solutions.<br>
<a href="http://codeforresilience.org/page/about" target="_blank">http://codeforresilience.org/page/about</a><br>
<a href="http://codeforresilience.org/blog" target="_blank">http://codeforresilience.org/blog</a><br>
<br>
Read about Code for Resilience events held in Peshawar, Dhaka, and<br>
three cities in Japan in this World Bank feature story<br>
<a href="http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/02/03/hackathons-tech-savvy-innovators-asia-disaster-resilience" target="_blank">http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/02/03/hackathons-tech-savvy-innovators-asia-disaster-resilience</a><br>
or this write-up in DevEx<br>
<a href="https://www.devex.com/en/blogs/2529/blogs_entries/82840?source=MostPopularNews_5" target="_blank">https://www.devex.com/en/blogs/2529/blogs_entries/82840?source=MostPopularNews_5</a><br>
<br>
Stay up to date on the next hackathon events by following<br>
@Code4Resilience on Twitter.<br>
<br>
<br>
OSGeo is invited to participate as well: developers and contributors<br>
can take part to local events, and/or participate to the third part of<br>
the initiative, namely the Online innovation challenge. C4R organisers<br>
look for mentors from various domains (web, app development..) - people<br>
who can guide development and provide expertise.<br>
<br>
This is an exciting opportunity to interface directly with some of the<br>
developers who are hard at work building tools that address the<br>
challenges we have identified as key to improving community resilience<br>
to natural disasters.<br>
<br>
Mentors will be required to provide skill-specific and/or sector<br>
expertise to teams seeking counsel on how best to build their tool/app<br>
to meet a specific disaster resilience need. The mentoring time frame is<br>
from early March to mid-May.<br>
<br>
<br>
The deadline for mentor registration is this Thursday - sorry for short<br>
notice. If you wish to become a mentor, please send a mail to me and<br>
Adele (in CC).<br>
<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance for your help!<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
<br>
Anne<br>
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