Dear HOTies We have some exciting news! HOT has been awarded a Hewlett Foundation grant to better support the Ebola response and the future growth of HOT. Hewlett will be funding a number of organizations as part of this full grant disbursement.
The official announcement can be found here: http://www.hewlett.org/newsroom/press-release/william-and-flora-hewlett-foundation-announces-5-million-emergency-funding-ebola-response In our discussions with Hewlett, it was agreed that the funds would be used for the following key items: * Technical Tools * Documentation and Training Resources to Support Activations Your contributions continue to be used in the field and are invaluable to our partners. This grant has been made possible due to all your constant efforts. It is our goal to use these funds to improve your experience and support our contributors. I will be working closely with the activation leads, the Board, and our partners on the next steps. We will be working with the community throughout the use of this grant over the next year. Thank you to Hewlett, our partners, other funders/supporters, and each of you. Kate -- Kate Chapman Executive Director email: kate.chap...@hotosm.org U.S. mobile: +1 703 673 8834 Indonesian mobile: +62 82123068370 *Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team * *Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development* web <http://hot.openstreetmap.org> | twitter <http://twitter.com/hotosm> | facebook <http://facebook.com/hotosm> | donate <http://hot.openstreetmap.org/donate>
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