Supporting Education through SMS in Kyrgyzstan
IREX is an international non-profit organization working on education, independent media and civil society development. Recently, they have been using FrontlineSMS as a tool for efficient management of their Global Connections and Exchange (GCE) and Digital Youth Dialogue (DYD) programs in Kyrgyzstan. In this guest post IREX’s Myahriban Karyagdyyeva and Tynchtyk Zhanadylov... Read More
Communication for social change: How to turn a stone into a sponge (it’s not magic, it’s design!)
FrontlineSMS set up at Equal Access radio station in Chad Guest Post by Dr. Karen Greiner, University of South Florida Earlier this year we heard from Equal Access about their radio project in Chad and Niger. Dr. Karen Greiner conducted 3 months of field research over a two-year period as an external evaluator of the radio programs, producing an evaluation report as a result.... Read More
A personal message from FrontlineSMS Founder, Ken Banks
As we approach the end of 2011, there is opportunity for us to reflect on a successful year at FrontlineSMS, reveal some news and reach out to you – our users – to share your thoughts through our survey so that we can carry on innovating. Recently we sent out a personal message from FrontlineSMS Founder, Ken Banks, via our e-newsletter list and we wanted to share it... Read More
Empowering communities through Technology: Map Kibera visit FrontlineSMS office
Post by Kike Oyenuga, FrontlineSMS Community Intern “Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, was a blank spot on the map until November 2009, when young Kiberans created the first free and open digital map of their own community. Map Kibera has now grown into a complete interactive community information project.” Map Kibera image Jamie Lundine, Executive Director of Map Kibera, stopped... Read More
Our new website layout shows FrontlineSMS in action!
FrontlineSMS user map By Florence Scialom, FrontlineSMS Community Support Coordinator Throughout 2011, FrontlineSMS has supported an increasingly global and active community of those using our software for social change. We also have a growing team working on improving our software, our resources and our sector-specific projects. We have therefore decided to update our website layout... Read More
Get the Word Out: Using SMS to Support Harm Reduction for Vulnerable Women
Guest post from FrontlineSMS user Gordon Gow, University of Alberta Here at the University of Alberta we are using FrontlineSMS to support graduate student research in communication and technology. Among its range of activities, the Mobile Applications for Research Support (MARS) Lab provides access to FrontlineSMS and mobile phones to allow students and community groups to set... Read More
New London-based Internships Available Now at FrontlineSMS!
Kike is a Community Intern at FrontlineSMS Interested in supporting a community of people using mobile in innovative ways? Want to learn more about mobile technology’s role in social change and development? Intrigued by how text messaging can be used in community radio stations to give a voice to under-served communities? If you’re a creative and enthusiastic individual,... Read More
Reflections from Nairobi: FrontlineSMS and Ushahidi ‘SMS to Map’ Event
Last week FrontlineSMS held an event with Ushahidi, as previously reported on our blog here. The event was held in both Nairobi and London on the same evening, and the below is a guest post from Samanthat Burton who attended the Nairobi-based event. Image credit: Erik Hersman, Ushahidi “On November 7, 2011 a community of experts, techies and curious people gathered together... Read More
The Importance of Collaboration in Open Source Communities: FrontlineSMS and Ushahidi Event
By Florence Scialom, FrontlineSMS Community Support Coordinator Laura, FrontlineSMS Director of Operations, presenting at SMS to Map On the evening of Monday 7th November, FrontlineSMS co-hosted an event with Ushahidi called ‘SMS to Map – Using FrontlineSMS and Ushahidi to tell your story’ (#SMSmap for all those on Twitter). This event turned out to be an inspiring... Read More
New In-Depth Case Study: FrontlineSMS Used for Rapid Prototype of mHealth Service
Brand new case study released in collaboration with Institute for Reproductive Health New look FrontlineSMS Case Study webpage Photo credit: Georgetown University Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH) One of the major strengths of FrontlineSMS is the wealth of knowledge and experience existent in our vibrant community of users. In order to enable our community to share lessons... Read More
