From it’s earliest days Ushahidi has been an open source project that people from all over the world have contributed to. Thus, it was our pleasure to find out were accepted into the Google Summer of Code as a mentoring organization this week.

About Google Summer of Code

Google Summer of Code is a global program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source software projects. We have worked with several open source, free software, and technology-related groups to identify and fund several projects over a three month period. Since its inception in 2005, the program has brought together nearly 2500 successful student participants and 2500 mentors from 98 countries worldwide, all for the love of code. Through Google Summer of Code, accepted student applicants are paired with a mentor or mentors from the participating projects, thus gaining exposure to real-world software development scenarios and the opportunity for employment in areas related to their academic pursuits. In turn, the participating projects are able to more easily identify and bring in new developers. Best of all, more source code is created and released for the use and benefit of all.

Ushahidi GSoC Projects

For projects we’re working on or ideas on what to contribute as part of the GSoC program, please visit http://swift.ushahidi.com/extend/ideas/.

For Potential Applicants

For people interested in participating in Ushahidi’s Summer of Code projects, please review our organization’s projects here and then fill out the application form here.

Other Relevant Links

mailing list – http://groups.google.com/group/swiftriver
IRC channel - irc://irc.freenode.net/#ushahidi
skype public – click here
facebook – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Swiftriver/362720609137