FrontlineSMS:Sister organisations
FrontlineSMS provides the foundation for a growing family of initiatives. Our sister organisations are adapting and extending our SMS communications platform for use in specific fields such as health, finance, education, law and media. Their activities further the FrontlineSMS mission of empowering people to create social change through mobile technology.
FrontlineSMS:Medic’s mission is to help health workers communicate, coordinate patient care, and provide diagnostics using low-cost mobile technology. Mobile telephony is the broadest-reaching digital communication technology in the world, and it has untapped potential to facilitate healthcare over distance.
FrontlineSMS:Credit aims to make every formal financial service available to the entrepreneurial poor in 160 characters or less. By meshing the functionality of FrontlineSMS with local mobile payment systems, FrontlineSMS:Credit’s tools empower implementing institutions to provide a full range of customizable services, from savings and credit to insurance and payroll.
FrontlineSMS:Legal \=/
FrontlineSMS:Legal increases the reach, transparency, and efficiency of legal systems in underserved areas. FrontlineSMS:Legal combines case management, online forms, and and last-mile communication to improve dispute resolution service in underserved areas.
FrontlineSMS:Bullyproof is a free, open source mobile bullying incident reporting system that uses text messaging. School administrators can now give students a mechanism for reporting that allows them to remain anonymous and one that encourages bystanders to report incidences as they happen, anywhere, any time from their mobile phone. The team provide an easy-to-use kit, installation help and support to schools and organisations all over the world.
FrontlineSMS:Learn \?/
FrontlineSMS:Learn leverages ubiquitous mobile technology—SMS or “text messaging”—to support and strengthen education and training initiatives and human capacity development and make learning opportunities available anytime and anywhere. Using the application knowledge and higher-order reasoning and decision-making skills can be developed, reinforced and assessed leading to improved transfer of learning, increased knowledge retention, long-term changes in behavior and, ultimately, improvements in service delivery.
