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Vodafone Announces Winners Of Mobile For Good Awards 2014

Vodafone Foundation announced Mobile for Good Awards 2014 winners at an event held in New Delhi on 17th November, 2014. The Mobile for Good awards programme acknowledges and supports ideas and concepts from NGO/NFPs that effectively and efficiently empower communities and change lives in their own unique way. The five winner NGOs, were awarded INR 1.2 million each and will be mentored by NextGen to expand and upscale their capacity, improve project monitoring and enhance impact evaluation of the projects they manage,as stated by Vodafone in its press statement.

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Vodafone Foundation Mobile for Good Awards 2014 Main Category Winners: 

Category

Project

Agriculture & Environment

Self Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action (SRIJAN): A mobile- based soya crop monitoring system that enables women farmers increase profitability, productivity and efficiency.

Health

Operation ASHA: Ppasha’s TV Contact Tracing and Active Case Finding software increases detection rates and diagnosis of potential patients

Health

Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP): Arogya Sakhi, a mobile application helping rural women entrepreneurs delivering preventive health care at rural doorsteps

Health

Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Medical Trust: Eye Connect, a customized mobile application to overcome eye care challenges in remote areas

Women Empowerment & Inclusive Development

SNEHA (Society for Nutrition Education and Health Action): Little Sisters project helping tackle the social issue of domestic violence with mobile phone technology

Governance

Surat Municipal Corporation: Citizen Connect SMS mobile app to empower citizens with access to information and grievance redressal of local government services

The Mobile for Good Awards programme has consistently expanded to include and recognize the emerging trends in the rapidly evolving domain of application development. This year, five select NGOs and NFPs with exemplary ideas/concepts in areas of Health, Education, Governance, Women Empowerment & Inclusive Development and Agriculture & Environment were also felicitated, adds the press release.

Vodafone Foundation Mobile for Good Awards 2014 Special Category Winners:

Category

Project

Agriculture & Environment

Jayalaxmi Agrotech – For developing a mobile application to provide farmers crop-specific information

Education

Chinh India – Early Education Web Channel featuring films for children, made by children on mobile phone

Governance

Infocrats Web Solutions Pvt Ltd- For developing a mobile application Citizens Cop to enable citizens help in policing

Governance

Tech Services India Pvt. Ltd –  JumpinJumpout, a unique way to use mobiles to share vehicles and reduce traffic jams

Health

Dimagi Software Innovations Pvt. Ltd – CommCare for CRS ReMiND – Reducing Maternal and Newborn Deaths and helping ASHAs improve quality of home visits

Announcing the winners, Marten Pieters, MD & CEO, Vodafone India, said, “With over 900 million users and 90% penetration, mobile phones have become a part of almost every household in the country. This gives a unique opportunity to leverage their reach to connect, engage, develop content and deliver solutions via meaningful applications that can drive positive social and economic change, even in regions and among communities otherwise difficult to reach. We are excited by this opportunity and remain committed to support new ideas, innovations and applications that have the ability to transform society across domains-  health, education, empowerment, inclusion and governance.”

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