Hello to everyone, my name is Carolina i work for a NGO based at the upper Amazon rainforest of Peru. I got involved with ODK last year when i found out about another iniciative that use ODK to collect information regarding deforestation.
We work with local institutions collecting hydrological data from small basins, in that sence when i found about ODK i realized that it could be a really useful tool to make collecting and sistematization of data more easy.
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Hi all! I’m an epidemiologist and long-time ODK fan (though late to the forum). I’ve been using ODK since 2012 for a range of health surveys in Kenya, Nigeria, Chad, and Niger, and currently working on an Agriculture/Nutrition/Supply chain data collection tool for a project in Senegal. I’m currently Washington, DC-based as Chief Science Officer with an NGO that provides open sat/aerial and UV imagery (Radiant.Earth). Our goal is to provide low-friction access to remote sensing data and analytical tools for the development/humanitarian community. As our work is sector-agnostic (i.e., we work in Ag, Health, Conservation, Human Rights, Conservation, Climate Change, etc.), I am particularly interested in opportunities to collaborate on/develop/share groundtruth datasets and image libraries for machine learning. Lots of data silos to be bridged! [Here are some slides from a symposium and workshop we hosted in the Fall at IMED to give you an idea of some of the work we support]. Would love to hear and learn more from the community about research involving remote sensing data…Also really interested in qual and quant research methods and error measurement.
Am otherwise shooting photos, in the kitchen baking, or brewing up a storm. Glad to be here!
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Hello Forum,
My name is Unziku Tolbert, I am a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, my niche is in the Public Health sector with extensive experience in third-party monitoring for donors like USAID and UKAID. I have regional knowledge of the Eastern Africa. I have worked in both stable development context and conflict setting including in South Sudan.
Am new to ODK though I have very good knowledge and experience in digital data collection using mobile phones and tablets with other apps (fulcrum and Magpi).
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Hi all!!
I am Brian Karemba a Brewer and programming enthusiast based in Harare Zimbabwe. I have been using ODK for the past 2 or so years now, primarily to collect data in my organization's market. I am currently working on extending its use into other areas in the organization and on a few personal projects.
You can follow me on Twitter @VaKaremba.
I enjoy programming in Java and Python and the occasional scrimmage of basketball.
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Hi everyone!
I'm Javier González, from Andorra. A new user of ODK, a really cool software for collecting data. I work as a market researcher, and I'm using this tool in different projects.
I hope I could help as I increase my knowledge of this software.
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Hello,
I am Saichethan Reddy, a Computer Science undergraduate. I am interested in working with this org.
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Hi,
I am Dennis Charles -Prosperous;
I am a Tanzanian.
I work on health related data and ODK has been very helpful regarding to data affairs.
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I am a South Sudanese veterinarian by profession. I have experienced alpot of challenges related to data collection and security from my previous employments with Field Officer VSF Belgium(2010-2013), ECOSEC Field Officer ICRC Juba delegation (2014-2016), Project Manager_ VSF Germany ( July 2016-June 2017 ) and finally Malteser International (November 2017 up to date, all added to (8) years professional experience in different humanitarian operational contexts of South Sudan including emergency, recovery and developmental contexts. I've advantages of academic background a knowledge of rural settings which motivates my intention to join the ODK community. I am happy to be a part of the community
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Hello All,
I am working in Zambia and am investigating ODK-X's capabilities.
I have some experience with ODK and related platforms, but I am definitely interested in learning more!
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Apparently I never did this?? been working on this a year 
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Where you are typically based
Denver, CO, USA -
How you got involved with the ODK community (ODK origin stories!)
I started off as an international development student at DU (2012) and worked a non-technical corporate admin position for about 3 1/2 not so great years. I kept looking for ways to use my degree to do something cool, until that admin position let me go, advising me that "something in technology" might appeal to me more. God works in crazy ways, especially at our lowest. At my first tech meetup I met a guy that ran an international non-profit who encouraged me to dive into programming if I really liked it, and turns out I really did! One of the projects he had mentioned was Open Data Kit, and here I am! -
What kinds of ODK projects you have been involved in
Pretty much just bug fixing on pyxforms given my python backgorund -
Your blog/Twitter/GitHub/other way for the community to follow you
https://github.com/keynesyoudigit -
Some of your favorite things to do outside of data collection!
Church, Skiing, Video Games (maining Zen on Overwatch right now, come friend me! name is R3pich3p), travel (need to get some more of this in uggg) -
[insert your own fun fact here]
erm...... hablo espanol?
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Hi,
I am David Muchemi working for the Kenya Meteorological Department, Nairobi, Kenya, as the Climate Data Manager. Systems Analyst/Programmer
A colleague introduced me to ODK Collect app and I thought it is great tool for meteorological data collection from weather observers across Kenya. I am exploring on how to set-up a weather data collection system based on ODK Collect.
I am a Country Music Buff (oldies mainly) and DIYer
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Hello Billhah,
An also in Nairobi working on ODK project. Hope we can share more. Thanks.
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Hi! I am C. Vasanth from Hyderabad, Telangana, India. I am a Linux system administrator and a database programmer assiting an NGO in setting up a Management Information System to monitor critical indicators in socio-economic development programs implemented in several rural areas in India. ODK was used earlier by this organization (APMAS) that I work for before I joined and I am a now trying to understand how it works as I see ODK as a potentially efficient and economical tool for gathering data. I am using a shell script to export the data from a Google sheet and inserting it into a mariadb database for further analysis using PHP / Javascript . Looking forward to learning from the forum here.
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I am Pamela, an MSc student of Agriculture and Applied Economics at the University of Zimbabwe based in Zimbabwe. I am doing my dissertation and want to use ODK to collect my data. I heard about ODK from my lecturers. Thank you for the innovation
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Hello peeps!
I am from India and an open-source lover. I am a ml,dl and ai enthusiast and love learning and contributing to oss.
Outside of data, I enjoy listening to songs, binge watching movies, cooking and learning and experimenting on new things.
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Hello everyone, I'am Ali Benamor from Belgium, Brussel
I have been using odk since January 2019 I can say that i now almost all the tips and now I am in odk x .this tool was introduced by my team leader and I like the way that I can use it, also i want to learn more about it
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i am Roble , a fresh graduate from kenyatta uni. i am a new user of ODK .i downloaded the app. and i created account.
i want get knowledge on form builder first .
regards
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Hello from India. I use ODK collect for personal and professional purposes from keeping track of expenses to collecting field observations. I stumbled upon the universe when browsing for codes on R and I have been hooked ever since. I was surprised at how dynamic the platform is and the level of efficiency it can bring to the process of data collection, but yet most of us are unaware of it. I work full time as a researcher in the field of wildlife sciences and conservation which I guess could be one of the most satisfying type of work, and when not collecting data, i love spending time learning ways to make work fun and interesting for others.
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