Case Study: Red Cross Uses Souktel’s High-Volume Mobile Messaging Platform to Save Lives in Gaza

Publication language
English
Pages
3pp
Date published
01 Mar 2012
Type
Conference, training & meeting documents
Keywords
Accountability and Participation, Comms, media & information, Conflict, violence & peace, Working in conflict setting, Health
Countries
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Organisations
CDAC Network

When conflict erupted in Gaza in late 2008, Souktel designed a customised, web based platform that let the Red Cross send large numbers of SMS alerts in a matter of seconds, requesting urgent blood donations from their database of thousands of donors. This paper summarizes the lessons learned and provides recommendations for similar actions.

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