mobile technologies for social good
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Mobile Technologies for Social Good
Barcamp Yangon 2015January 31 & February 1, 2015MICT Park, Hlaing, Yangon, Myanmar
● Illiteracy● Lack of Information
Problem
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● to get health advice
● to improve farming productivity/income
● to learn about labour rights
Challenge: Access to vital information
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The major population can both access and afford a mobile phone
But
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Why not getting information directly to households using mobile phone?
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Automated Voice Response platformopen source; easy to use; highly customizable and scalable
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Increase farmer’s access to improved fragrant rice seeds(Improve productivity; Get higher yield; Better income)
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Call flow design: drag and drop
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Now farmers can access to the information about fragrant rice seeds
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Increase farmer’s access to fragrant rice seeds, which help increase yields and income
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Garment factory workers call in to the system to answer several questions related to salaries, work safety and personal health.
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The basic information about the 2013 National Assembly election with a simple phone call to toll free number.
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Mobile Technology for Improved Family Planning: to support post-abortion contraception for clients at Marie Stopes International clinics in Cambodia
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People in Need: Voice messaging/hotline system for mothers of newborns
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“In a world where technology is quickly evolving it is easy to forget
that many people, particularly those most in-need living in rural areas, use simple phones with just their voice.”
Dr. Chris Smith~ Clinical Research Fellow, London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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