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Africa
Kabissa Connections
Challenges Entered:
Building Reputation and Trust of Organizations By Revealing Relationships Online
Summary
Kabissa Connections will address trust concerns by providing a platform revealing the connections that organizations have with networks, international organizations, supporters and service providers. We will do this for organizations working in Africa while collaborating with others on open source tools, standards and approaches that can be replicated in other regions.
welcomafrique
Challenges Entered:
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Location
Yaoundé
Cameroon
Mobilizing Medical Records in Resource Poor Settings
Challenges Entered:
We will develop software that enables health workers to utilize electronic medical records [EMR] remotely via SMS. We will use SIM-based mobile phones, and implement the project at clinics that serve more than 65,000 people in Peru and Burundi.
Locations
Kigutu
Burundi
Peru
Khuluma
Challenges Entered:
Kuluma ("To speak" in siSwati) is a project that will connect youth heading households in Swaziland via mobile phone teleconferences for youth to collaboratively decide how funds will be used to effectively and sustainably support them.
Locations
Minneapolis, MN
United States
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Swaziland
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