Hug:directory

From FOSSWiki

Introduction

A Humanitarian User Group or HUG is similar to a Linux User Group, but with a focus on voluntary and community based education, support and deployment ICT in support of a humanitarian needs in a specific location and organization. As with LUGs, A HUG (Humanitarian User Group) will often be co-located in a specific location (e.g Philippines HUG) or a organization (e.g. Red Cross HUG) and will mostly consist of members who are part of that nation/locale or organization respectively.

Especially for Free and Open Source Software such as Sahana depends mostly on the community for support, it is essential that such groups are established to bridge the gap between location and organization specific requirements and the available ICT software.

Humanitarian User Group (HUG) Directory

Below are a list of Humanitarian User Groups that have been established:

• Phlippines HUG - pending
• Sri Lanka HUG
• Australia-Sydney HUG - pending

However if there is no HUG in the country you are working in, look at the HUG Community Map to see if there is anyone located nearby geographically. You might also consider starting your own HUG if one does not exist in your country/city already. Please send a post to the humanitarian-ict mailing list if you wish to do so.