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Jaime Sloane's Blog – April 2014 Archive (7)

UNICEF Tap Project

During World Water Month last month, UNICEF launched their Tap Project which challenged users to go without their phones. Under the premise that we believe we can't go without our phones, UNICEF paralleled that notion to the fact that many people go without something they literally can't live without - clean water. The Tap Project created an app which measured how long users went without using their phones. For every 10 minutes unused, one day of water was provided for one child. In total,…

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Added by Jaime Sloane on April 23, 2014 at 4:53pm — No Comments

Holly Banner and the Alachua County Growth Management Department

During my time spent reporting for WUFT News last semester, I met the amazing team at Alachua County Growth Management Department who's working to lower costs for Alachua County residents to install solar panels. While many people would assume that the major cost involved with using solar panels is the actual installation, Alachua County Growth Management Department planner Holly Banner realized that many people are deterred from installing panels because of the costly and confusing permit…

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Added by Jaime Sloane on April 23, 2014 at 4:52pm — No Comments

The next mission - child trafficking

Although many Americans believe slavery is an ancient and archaic practice, child trafficking is actually one of the fastest growing crimes in the world. In fact, child/human trafficking is the world’s second largest criminal enterprise, after drugs. Whether they're sold into prostitution rings, forced to commit crimes, traded to private owners or turned into pornography victims, these children are living in real-life nightmares which usually remain unrealized by the public. I think this is…

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Added by Jaime Sloane on April 23, 2014 at 4:45pm — No Comments

Hurricanes in Florida

As a native Florida resident, I’m no stranger to the dangers of hurricanes. I see Ushahidi as an integral tool we could use during a hurricane even when the power in our homes and schools may be down. Since any device with a digital data connection can send messages to Ushahidi, In a hurricane crisis, texts pointing to fallen power lines would be extremely helpful so that the proper fire stations would be able to find them and remove them before someone is electrocuted. Similarly, urgent…

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Added by Jaime Sloane on April 22, 2014 at 11:24pm — No Comments

Women for Women International Fundraiser

After my best friend volunteered with Women for Women International in Nigeria last summer, I came to her with this mission objective to see what ideas she had. The two of us decided to host a pregame at her house last night and asked our guests to bring money to contribute for alcohol. When they got there, we told them we were actually raising money for Women for Women International and told them all about the cause before requesting that they put one drink's worth of alcohol toward the…

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Added by Jaime Sloane on April 22, 2014 at 11:11pm — No Comments

Bitcoins in New York bar EVR

While I was in New York last week I visited a bar called EVR which accepts Bitcoins as payment. Bitcoin is a virtual currency that was created four years ago which allows its users to remain anonymous. Using peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks, the Bitcoin network manages transactions and the issuing of bitcoins collectively. Since it's an open source currency and designed by the public, it's not owned or controlled by anyone and allows everyone to take part…

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Added by Jaime Sloane on April 22, 2014 at 11:00pm — No Comments

UNICEF Tap Project

During World Water Month last month, UNICEF launched their Tap Project which challenged users to go without their phones. Under the premise that we believe we can't go without our phones, UNICEF paralleled that notion to the fact that many people go without something they literally can't live without - clean water. The Tap Project created an app which measured how long users went without using their phones. For every 10 minutes unused, one day of water was provided for one child. In total,…

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Added by Jaime Sloane on April 22, 2014 at 10:36pm — No Comments

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