The reviewed works dwell on the importance of efficient technology sustention under the conditions of natural disasters. Specifically, it summarizes the prevailing advantages of NetHope tool, which assist in connecting communities in catastrophes. According to the writer, the major opportunities, which are provided by the modern technology tool, include the use of worldwide telecommunications, as well as the partnership with global computing organizations, compactness, and accessibility.
The providers of help are well aware of the fact that it is critical in emergencies to deliver humanitarian aid in time, for it might save many lives. The opportunity to access some vital assistance is often unrealizable for multiple citizens, which mainly concerns those communities that inhabit hardly approachable districts. Moreover, it is acknowledged that both man-made and natural disasters often hinder the quality of telephone and Internet communication, which prevents the citizens from asking for help. According to the international humanitarian policy, the global society is still challenged by the small quality of disaster management, resilience-building, and providing sustainable partnerships (“Humanitarian Aid: Crises, Trends, Challenges” par. 1).
The revolution of disaster handling is primarily conducted through the employment of technological tools. The usage of NetHope, due to my opinion, has a symbolic name. Indeed, it is a progressive tool, which provides life and hope for a rescue. The fact about NetHope, which comes as the most surprising for me is its actual form. Thus, as it might be seen from the picture of the device, the mechanism of NetHope is quite tiny and can be incorporated into a small bag. Despite its low weight, it contains a powerful 2G GSM network, which accounts for transmitting strong signals from long distances. The sustainability of the tool is surprising as well: NetWork can resist water, fire, and any emergency conditions as well as handles sending of more than 1 million text messages.
The efficiency of NetHope use may be demonstrated through the variety of practical applications, which are revealed in the case one overview. Specifically, it is claimed that the tool’s success is quite often preconditioned by its active collaboration with the high-quality telecommunication companies. For instance, the rescue of multiple citizens in the tsunami in Japan, which occurred in 2011, accounts for the employment of a cloud-based system of communication.
This technique was developed as a follow-up of the joint work with such major cloud computing providers as VSAT and 3G networks. Due to the realized projection, an efficient cloud foundation of food regulation and transportation delivery was developed. Moreover, it was interesting for me to find out that NetHope played a critical role in the liquidation of Haiti earthquake outcomes, which happened in 2010.
Since the natural disaster was damaging both to the population and to the property, the NetHope management took a course on the active collaboration with Microsoft so that to launch a new cloud project for donation. Thanks to the joint operation, millions of people received a chance for recovering after the catastrophe, for the fund was daily delivering some consistent aid. Moreover, the partners managed to launch an effective translation tool, which helped the citizens, who spoke only Haitian Creole to communicate to the humanitarian aid providers as well as the representatives of global associations.
Today, the NetHope use evolved in the development of a large-scale organization, which specializes in the production of new disaster-directed tools as well as specialists in the sphere of natural catastrophe eradication. The group sustains an active work in Rwanda, Haiti, and Liberia and attracts valuable IT resources from the whole world so that to ensure the future success of the production (“NetHope Academy” par. 2).
Works Cited
Humanitarian Aid: Crises, Trends, Challenges 2015. Web.
NetHope Academy 2015. Web.