Random Hacks of Kindness, also know as RHoK, it's an initiative that aims to develop open source solutions for problems in risk management and climate changes. The RHoK collects these problems and helps to organize events in different cities providing the necesary resources to let software designers and developers work together in solutions.
The RHoK was founded by Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Nasa and the World Bank. The first "Hackathon" was held in Mountain View, California in November 2009 and it was name "RHoK 0". "I'm Ok" and "Tweak the tweet" are examples of the applications created during this event. Both applications were used in Haiti and Chile earthquake response.
The second RHoK event was held in Washington DC on June 2010. While Washington DC was the "main stage", about 26 cities like Porto Alegre, Sao Paulo, Santiago, Nairobi, Sydney and Jakarta hosted events at the same time. About 120 projects were developed during that hackathon. CHASM a visual tool to map landslide risk, supported by the World Bank, was the winning "hack" at Washington DC event.On December 2010, the RHoK 2.0 was held in 21 cities. This time Chicago (USA), Aarhus (Denmark) and New York (USA) shared the "main stage".
The RHoK 3.0 event was held on June 2011
The RHoK is also organizing the first "Water Hackaton". The event has been scheduled for on October 2011. This event will focus on water problems. If you want to know more about this event you can visit the Water Hackaton section in the RHoK web page. There, you will get more information about the problems posted,and general information of the event like dates and cities.
If you are interested in hosting an RHoK event in your city and you want to know what you have to do visit The RHoK Event Planning section. There, you will find the information and guidelines that you need.
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