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Masawa - kicking poverty in the apps!

http://www.masawa.org

Imagine if those without smartphones could have all of the Apps4Africa apps in the palm of their hands plus all of the other apps that organizations and governments are developing! Masawa makes this possible. Masawa is a foldering system on java-enabled phones (2.5B in the world) that allows users all over the world to have a whole suite of applications at their disposal, like an app store for the poor. So instead of just having one health app in Malawi or one agriculture app in Niger, user can have them both plus much more.

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Created by joshuahaynes 1 week 1 day ago – Made popular 1 week 1 day ago
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Virtual Assembly Point

http://code.google.com

Virtual Assembly Point is Crisis Management System that will help the Emergency Response Department to know and evaluate a tragedy before they reach the location of the tragedy.from the Virtual Assembly Point, the rescue team will be able to get manifesto, sort people according to their needs, set priorities according to the ground data, pull individual records for accountability purpose and plan for and manage the available resources properly.

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Created by res-Q Team 1 week 3 days ago – Made popular 1 week 3 days ago
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Virtual Assembly Point

Virtual Assembly Point is a Crisis Management System that will help the emergency responses departments to have ground information before they get to the actual crisis location.with the information that the Virtual Assembly Point will provide, the rescue crew will be able to get manifestos,sort people according to needs, set different priorities and plan for and manage their resources properly.

It is mobile base because most of the functions are done on the mobile phone and the web section is for the rescue team.

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Created by resq 1 week 3 days ago – Made popular 1 week 3 days ago
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ANDS- Africa Natural Disaster System

Mass texting system that provides rural village with emergency info. Satellite phones will be provided and distributed by a prestigious mobile phone service such as AT&T or Verizon. This will provide a decent amount of capital and investment for such an extensive project, while allowing for a charitable donation for that company. Regions will be “hot spot” designated, and will be managed and operated individually to provide the specific nature of the information. Regional managers will also train individuals on the system.

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Created by tannden11 1 day 7 hours ago – Made popular 1 day 7 hours ago
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VIEWING Ushahidi maps on mobile phone

From a participant at an event I attended recently:
- Make an app that lets phones view and navigate Ushahidi maps easily. The phones should support feature phones, not just smartphones (and something beyond location-based text alerts). Could be a java app, or a website that is more easily browsed from a feature phone.

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Created by prabhasp 1 week 2 days ago – Made popular 1 week 2 days ago
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