Konbit: A Skill-Indexing Communications Platform for Haitians

The recent earthquake in Haiti may not be at the forefront of our minds anymore, but the rebuilding process in Port-au-Prince and elsewhere has barely begun. Two students at MIT hope to move the process along with Konbit, an interactive communications platform that lets locals report their skills via text, phone (voice input), or Internet.

Designed by Greg Elliott and Aaron Zinman, the Konbit platform is intended to help Haitians announce skills that might be helpful in local...