http://www.netsquared.org/tags/ocha share stories about how web-based technologies are impacting people’s lives build toolkits for nonprofits around the globe to help extend their good work en-US http://www.netsquared.org/blog/nlwhittemore/assetmap-org-uganda-transition-tool-un-ocha <p><strong>Could <a href="http://www.assetmap.org/uganda" target="_blank">assetmap.org/uganda</a> be used as a transition tool for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs? </strong></p> <p>While the United Nations is routinely assailed for bureaucratic clunkiness, inefficiency, or even corruption, its important to recognize the absolutely vital role that its offices play in &quot;complex man-made emergencies&quot; (also known as &quot;wars&quot;) and natural disaster relief. </p><p><a href="http://www.netsquared.org/blog/nlwhittemore/assetmap-org-uganda-transition-tool-un-ocha">read more</a></p> http://www.netsquared.org/blog/nlwhittemore/assetmap-org-uganda-transition-tool-un-ocha#comments aid disaster emergency humanitarian human_rights mashup OCHA relief uganda UN Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:57:12 -0400 nlwhittemore 8026 at http://www.netsquared.org