Mobile Data Collection for Social Action in Jordan
The Mobile Data Collection for Social Action conference that took place in Amman, Jordan, focused on how to best put to use recent technology to benefit causes spanning multiple developing countries.
One of the technology moves in that direction are UNICEF Innovation, who have been growingly working Social Media into their areas of reach. Their incentive is to facilitate communication between helpers, and those who need a helping hand, by crowd-sourcing it. What they do is enable informative SMSes to be sent to or from villages to target specific cases such as nutrition, health, AIDS, and more. This media of communication has greatly contributed to archive knowledge of what is actually happening, and hence, facilitated aid and contribution to these causes.
Multiple platforms were presented in the conference, including case studies, and actual data:
- RapidSMS
- Ushahidi
- Dev Info
- Sharek 961
- Souktel
- Snap ‘N Share
- Grassroots Mapping
- NiJel
- Al Jazeera Mobile Reporting
- ComCare
- Supply Intranet
- Geo Chat
- Development Seed
- Apstrata
- FrontLineSMS
Participants of this conference were from different rich backgrounds. The body of people was collectively from different specialties, all with the intention of alleviating developing countries.
Please visit the following link for a list of TechFair contributors:
http://mobiledatainnovation.pbworks.com/Tech-Fair
Please visit the following link for a list of IgniteTalk presenters, their presentations, and videos of their IgniteTalks:
http://mobiledatainnovation.pbworks.com/IgniteTalks
It was our privilege to participate as Telephone.com. We would like to thank Katrin Verclas, the MobileActive team, and UNICEF Innovation for organizing this conference. We attribute great importance to our Corporate Social Responsibility program and are looking into the best ways to continue to collaborate soon with the different involved parties in order to bring their development, and ability to reach, onward.
