Leveraging Technology For Social Impact
by Renjie Butalid on Jan 17, 2010
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An emerging generation of leaders and changemakers from all over the world are harnessing the power of online and mobile technology to bring about significant positive social change, most especially to...
An emerging generation of leaders and changemakers from all over the world are harnessing the power of online and mobile technology to bring about significant positive social change, most especially to the world’s poor with limited or no access to such technology. Examples abound such as Kiva, where in just over four years, have managed to raise $100 million in the form of microloans for entrepreneurs in developing countries (and most recently, to entrepreneurs based in the US); to organizations such as Cell-Life and SIMpill in South Africa leveraging mobile SMS technology to revolutionize healthcare delivery for patients with HIV/AIDS and TB respectively.
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