Project Information Ixtahuacan: Using The Web in Guatemala
| November 6th, 2006We've just been contacted by a really interesting initiative called Project Information Ixtahuacan. It uses the internet to improve communication in the new resettled communities following the effects of Hurricane Stan in October 2005. It is really important to be able to see where work is taking place, and where more work needs to be carried out. This is short description of the project taken from the website:
This project is designed to help facilitate better communication as well as improve information sharing between the municipality, the communities, as well as local and international organizations that work in the area. In these pages one can access information on each of the communities such as their location, logistical data, contact information, information on past, present, and planned projects including the organizations that are carrying out these projects.
By compiling this information and making it accessible via this website we hope to create a clearer picture for all those who are working in the area, for those who are planning to do so, as well as other interested parties.
We collect our data from the community committees directly, the municipality of Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan and we integrate the data sent to us from organizations participating in our information sharing project.”
