We’re super excited to announce that DataKind is coming to Chicago for our next DataDive! Over the weekend of May 11th – May 13th, our crew will head to the Windy City to roll up our sleeves alongside teams of volunteer data scientists and non-profit organizations to assess, analyze, and visualize data in a way [...]
We got feedback from all over the world about where we should be hosting our next Datadives, and while we’re actively working to make all those wishes come true, we had to address one that we heard more than most – please bring DWB to Washington DC. Well, today we’re pleased to announce that we’ve [...]
Benetech empowers people from around the world by allowing them to upload human rights data to publicly available servers through a tool called Martus. This data can be used by activists and organizers the world around to battle injustice and strengthen human rights internationally. The data kept in Martus can be shared (public data) or [...]
Mobilizing Health (MH) aims to connect rural patients with doctors even though they may live in incredibly remote locations. Through a network of community health workers and cellphone technologies, Mobilizing Health connects millions without healthcare to patient services they otherwise wouldn’t have. Mobilizing Health has rich data on the many cellphone requests made to doctors [...]
Grameen Foundation came to our San Francisco Datadive with some great questions about their Community Knowledge Workers program. Life is uncertain if you’re a subsistence farmer in Africa, where your livelihood is deeply affected by changing weather, market prices, and livestock health. To help battle that uncertainty, Grameen Foundation hires local Community Knowledge Workers (CKWs) [...]
The Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) participated in our inaugural Datadive in NYC. The mission of MIX is to promote microfinance transparency through integrated performance information on microfinance institutions (MFIs), investors, networks and service providers associated with the industry. As part of providing this transparency MIX collects and disseminates considerable data related to global microfinance loans. [...]
We were very honored to welcome representatives from the United Nations Global Pulse organization to our inaugural Datadive in NYC. The UN Global Pulse (UNGP) is a small and highly motivated group within the Executive Office of the Secretary-General that is charged with making sense of the massive amount of data generated and collected by [...]
The New York affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union was one of the participants in our inaugural Datadive. The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU, pronounced nie-clue), works to ensure that the fundamental principles of the U.S. Constitution and new New York Constitution are provided to all New Yorkers. We were very excited to [...]