cell phones for NGO service delivery and uses in the developing world
12:50, 12 November 2009
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Cell phones aren't just nice to have in developing countries -- cell phones play an essential role in delivering health care information, mobile banking capabilities, advocacy and awareness messages, commodity prices and weather reports to people who might never receive the information otherwise. As well, cell phone allow people an opportunity to gather and immediately share information to help in logistics, coordination, evaluation and reporting activities that are essential for various community and organizational programs and local quality of life.
See this list of service delivery via mobile phones in the developing world. for an excellent list of examples.
You can also see "Handheld computer technologies in community service/volunteering/advocacy", a pioneering article written in 2001 that offers even more examples of cell phone use in the developing world and as a part of NGO service delivery (note that this article has moved; if you linked to the article previously online, please adjust your links accordingly).
