Richard Forrest and Michael Römer
January 20, 2026
This video is part of: Centre for Frontier Technologies and Innovation
After a catastrophic storm hit Thessaly in 2023, a local team used this digital platform to gather and collate information. This helped assess the damage, identify community needs and organize local volunteers. Ushahidi’s open-source platform crowdsources and collates reports from people on the ground so people can analyse and act on this data in real-time.
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Richard Forrest and Michael Römer
January 20, 2026