Ushahidi
Offers crowdsourcing and mapping tools for partners collecting community information in governance, humanitarian response and rights work.
90% of weighted axes reviewed. A mechanism hypothesis, not proven effectiveness or a donation recommendation.
Who this work enables
Tools & support for charities: Reusable crowdsourcing and mapping infrastructure for community and nonprofit partners.
Humanity’s Checklist source match
Coordination · Gatekeepers — editorial, partial alignment.
Citizen-generated information can support coordinated response and broaden whose knowledge is visible; it does not itself give binding authority.
Explicit checklist adoption: not verified. A mechanism match is not an affiliation, endorsement, evidence of effectiveness or a scoring bonus. Read the practice.
Focus classification: 2026-10-27. Based on the organization’s dated official sources below; earlier axis-review dates are unchanged.
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The proposed pathway
Citizen-generated data and community coordination
Six dimensions, with rationale
Structural depth
3 / 4Changes how community information can enter organizational decisions; the documented theory of change does not itself establish a change to underlying public rules.
Institutional reach
4 / 4A common platform is offered across governance, rights, climate and humanitarian settings, with potential use beyond one institution.
Durability
2 / 4Collected information and local skills may remain useful, but hosting, verification and sustained decision-maker response require ongoing work.
Scalability
3 / 4A reusable platform can support multiple partners, while data validation, safety and locally appropriate deployment constrain replication.
Funding additionality
UnreviewedUnknown: a current marginal funding gap, counterfactual and delivery capacity have not been audited.
Community agency
UnreviewedUnknown: contributing reports or being heard is not proof of enforceable control over decisions or resources.
Evidence and selection
Organization reported; official platform and theory of change
Illustrative inclusion to examine this mechanism. Inclusion is not an external recommendation or a verified comparative ranking.
A testable next question
Do deployments improve verified response or accountability outcomes compared with plausible alternatives, without exposing reporters or excluded communities to additional harm?
Review confidence: Moderate for documented mechanism; low for systemic attribution. Documented crowdsourcing-platform mechanism; no validation of the site's numerical impact claims or all partner deployments.
What remains uncertain
Reported deployments, voices or reach are not verified causal impact. Selection bias, misinformation, exposure of sensitive locations and lack of institutional response could undermine benefits.
Sources to inspect
- Ushahidi — platform, use cases and theory of change ↗
official · checked 2026-10-26
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Axis review: 2026-10-26 · weighting method v0.2 (2026-10-26) · Method, conflicts and coverage