 RDVP
Fellowship
Until spring 2008, kiwanja will be based at Stanford University as a
MacArthur Foundation-funded Field Fellow on the Reuters Digital Vision Program.
This nine month project will see the development of the latest version of
FrontlineSMS Click here
for details of kiwanja's first Stanford Fellowship
 The kiwanja
Foundation
The creation of a fundraising mechanism to support the wider work of
kiwanja.net. The Foundation will support kiwanja's work helping local, national
and international NGOs make better use of technology in their work. The kiwanja
Foundation is an on-going, yet long term, goal of kiwanja.net
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site
 Support: Conservation Through Public Health, Uganda
Providing ICT-related support to CTPH's projects based around gorilla
conservation and public health, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (a UNESCO
World Heritage Site)
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 Competition:
Ongoing
Project:
nGOmobile
nGOmobile is a
competition designed to encourage grassroots NGOs in developing countries to
think about how mobiles - and text messaging, in particular - can help them in
their work. Prizes include laptop computers, mobile phones and cash
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 Advisory
Board: Question Box
Project: Providing rural internet access through
Question Box - an
intercom-style telephone device
kiwanja.net is working with Open Minds on their Question Box intercom device,
and advising on the development of a mobile version of the platform
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 Project: On-going kiwanja
/ partner research and development project
Project: Field communications/SMS system for NGOs -
FrontlineSMS
This internal project is currently developing an SMS-based communications system for local NGOs. It will allow field workers and local/head offices to communicate via SMS/MMS, and manage the dissemination of critical information to and from the field
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 Community:
"Social Mobile Group"
kiwanja.net is working with mobile practitioners, researchers,
developers, bloggers, academics, development experts and the general public to
create a strong, vibrant, diverse community of people interested in the use of mobile technology for
positive social and environmental change in the developing world
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community
site
 Contract:
Grameen
Technology
Centre
kiwanja.net is currently working with the Grameen Technology Centre, providing
advice and assistance to its "AppLab" initiative in Uganda. Further details on
the project are available via the Grameen Technology website
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 Project:
Mobile games-for-good
Project: Silverbackers
In partnership with
Fauna & Flora International and
Masabi, kiwanja.net has
re-packaged and re-released a 2003 mobile game - "Silverback" - originally
developed for the wildlive!
project on the Vodafone live! service. The idea of the game is to educate people
about mountain gorillas and the threats they face in the wild, and the on-going
conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. To get a copy of the game, which
is being distributed for free, visit the Silverbackers website
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