2. lAbout Ureport
U-report is an application led by Unicef
It is a free SMS social monitoring tool for
community participation
It is designed to address issues that the
population cares about
SMS polls and alerts are sent out to U-
reporters and real-time response information is
collected
Results and ideas are shared back with the
community
3. UReporters
U-reporters are the commom citizens.
They participate in the decision making
process.
They are contributing and these are our
voices and they matter.
4. Ureport is made up of
Weekly SMS messages and polls to and from
a growing community of Ureporters
Regular radio programs that will broadcast
stories gathered by Ureport
Newspaper articles that will publish stories
from the Ureport community.
5. Mission of U-Report
Creating a better environment for eveyone.
Share info that Ureport gathers through
different mediums.
Inspire action from our leaders - let them know
what's going on and what action your
community wants.
Overall development of children.
6. Why Join Ureport
Speak out on what's happening in your
community.
Use Ureport results and information to update
and increase citizen's awareness.
Participate in nationwide campaigns to help
improve your country.
Share what's happening around Uganda with
other Ureporters.
7. How to Join
Text “join” to 8500 toll free number and
become a Ureporter.
8. Engaging and empowering
youth
UNICEF’s U-report team meet regularly to
determine which issues to discuss with
Uganda’s youth
Health
Education
Water
Youth unemployment
HIV/AIDS
Disease outbreaks
9. U-Report Process
Once a topic is decided, UNICEF sends a
question via SMS text to U-reporters, who can
respond either with a simple menu-based reply or
with personal messages.
The UNICEF team analyzes and interprets the
responses, sharing the results and often following
up with additional questions or suggestions.
10. Achieving equity for the
hardest-to-reach
It reaches every common citizen
A mysterious epilepsy-related illness
known as ‘nodding disease’, which
mainly affects children under age 15
Over 3,000 cases have been reported to date. UNICEF
noted an increase in messages about the disease
From U-reporters in northern districts, and the U-report
team was able to inform affected communities about
symptoms and available treatment.
11. U-repoters support polls on range of
socially relavent topics
Polls are conducted weekely, with topical
feedback sent at the end of the week
Responses are parsed and summarized by
location on U-report website
Ureporters can also report at any time on
other issues on their community
17. Conclusion
To express their views and gather info about all
around development and growth in health and
education.
U-Report realize a vision of millions of young
people having a credible voice & influence on
world leaders & decisions.
Free way of communication for every commom
people through “Rapidpro”.
