Ways Technology impacts those in need and those
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Ways Technology impacts those in need and those who meet needs December 11, 2006 Ed Granger-Happ, CTO
Thesis Technology is a key capacity building service for effective communications, operations and strategic impact on poverty in the world as it moves from organization facing to beneficiary facing applications. 2
World population is growing Source: U. S. Census Bureau, International Data Base 3
Poverty is growing faster 4 Source: The World Bank Group: World Development Indicators
In Africa it’s worse 5 Source: U. S. Census Bureau and World Bank
Donations are growing but it’s not enough Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Oct 26, 2006 6
What can we do? • There is a clear and compelling need for greater effectiveness, efficiency, and capacity building. • Scaling up: what capacity building do we need to overcome poverty growth? • Technology is required for these quantum leaps in impact. 7
More Strategic Leveraging IT 1. Strategic Applications Used by Beneficiaries USP Literacy Program; Bolivia Education Program 2. Program Delivery: Work Flow Applications SCM, GMS, Get. Active, New RE, etc. 3. Revenue/Donation Delivery: Work Flow Applications II GMS, Get. Active, DMS, etc. 4. Infrastructure: “Keeping the Lights On” Desktop PC’s, Email, Internet, Servers, Communications, Net. Hope 8
In US rural communities more children are reading at grade level Source: Save the Children 9
Jones Fork Elementary School Mousie, KY. 10
In Bangladesh PDAs are delivering capacity gains 192, 000 Beneficiaries. Source: Save the Children 11
Food distribution center in Bangladesh 12
In Bolivia the gain is 57% Source: Save the Children 18, 000 beneficiaries 13
Bolivia Food Distribution Records 14
Connectivity is Foundational • • • Network infrastructure: Net. Hope Connecting the field workers (inward) Connecting the poor (outward) – – Bangladesh - pay cell phone cottage industry that Muhammad Yunus’ Grameen Bank has incubated among poor women Costa Rica - elimination of fraud by connecting farmers to the on-line port of export prices. 15
There is an interesting relationship between connectivity and poverty U. S. Census Bureau and Telegeography Global Bandwidth report 16
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Save the Children www. savethechildren. org
A Bias for Action 19
A generic nonprofit business model – opportunities for app’s Beneficiaries Impact Programs Donors 20
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- Positive impacts of material technology
- Negative impacts of materials technology
- Positive effects of communication
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- Social impacts of ict
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- Impacts of the haitian revolution
- Negative social impacts of tourism
- Positive impacts of tourism in scotland
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- What are the environmental impacts of fossil fuels
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