User:AnahiAyala

Anahi Ayala Iacucci is the Media Innovation Advisor for Internews in the Africa Region, covering Central African Republic, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria and Republic of South Sudan.

Anahi Ayala Iacucci holds a Master degree from Colombia University - School of International and Public Affairs -, a BA in International Affairs from the University of Bologna and a Master in Human Rights from the University of Padova.

Anahi has consulted for NGOs and international organizations on the use of the ICT4D, new technologies and crisis mapping: she advised the UN OCHA Iraq Inter-Agency Information and Analysis Unit, the NGO Alliance Guinea, Freedom House in Egypt, the World Bank in Zambia and Ushahidi Inc. in China. Anahi is currently Crowdsourcing and Information Specialists for the World Bank and SMS and Mobile Technology Specialists for the Popular Engagement Policy Lab in Pakistan.

Anahi is also the Co-Founder of the Standby Task Force, an Online Volunteer Community for Live Mapping which was behind the LibyaCrisisMap project in collaboration with UNOCHA in March 2011, a project that used Social Media and online sources to monitor the situation in Libya nand feed information to the humanitarian community; and she is also a member of the International Network of Crisis Mappers.

Anahi is the author of the official Ushahidi Guide and blogs at Diary of a Crisis Mapper. She is also co-author of several articles and publications on PLoS Medicine and ACSM Bulletin on Crisis Mapping and Disaster response, Crowdsourcing applied to Health issues and the role of Social Networks in today's Media world.