innovationfor children

Digital Doorway

Bee Ideation (rapid transport)

Bee Ideation (school in a box)

Bee Co-creation (geek meet)

Co-creation – ITP classCo-creation – ITP class

Bee Prototype 2 (SA)Bee Prototype 2 (SA)

Bee Prototype 3

(Uganda)

Africa 280 millionUS + Canada 277 million

Mobile Subscribers

Bhavanani, Asheeta, et al., ‘The Role of Mobile Phones in Sustainable Rural Poverty Reduction’, World Bank ICT Policy Division, June 2008.

Today there are 5 billion

mobile phone

subscriptionshttp://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-10454065-78.html

CODE Patient ID MUAC (mm) Edema (E/N) Symptoms

MUAC+28 105 E V D

MUAC> Child +28 Fatimata Diallo F/13M has SAM+.Please bring child in for IMMEDIATE inpatient care.

SMS as sent by health care worker:

Immediate SMS response received by health care worker:

Costs low since health workers have cells

• Training• Costs of SMS messages

UGANDA, Community Vulnerability Surveillance SystemData from August, 2010

Keys

• For scalability– use locally available hardware– use non-proprietary solutions– build possibility for local industry

• Think big. New types of partnerships and

adoption goals on a regional and continental

level

• Open Source and commit to making your ideas

accessible

How to get involved

• For Hackers: www.rapidsms.org– Active mailing list– Lots of small code needs

• For Others: Follow us on twitter – opportunities

come up all the time @unickf @uniemk

• For Hackers and Designers: www.rapidftr.org– Design and documentation needs

Good Reading(s):

http://unicefstories.wordpress.com

http://www.mobileactive.org

http://www.rapidftr.org

http://www.rapidsms.org

http://www.unglobalpulse.org

On twitter: @unickf, @uniemk, @unimps

#rapidsms, @katrinskaya, #tech4dev, #rapidftr