‘Fahamu’s innovations benefit humanity’

Human rights organisation Fahamu has been awarded a Silicon Valley technology award for its work using web and SMS at a recent ceremony in San Jose, California. [via 160characters.org]

"The Tech Museum Awards laureates were honoured for their application of technology to better the human condition in the categories of environment, economic development, education, equality and health.

An Oxford and South Africa-based organisation, Fahamu supports the struggle for human rights and social justice in Africa.

Fahamu has been increasingly using SMS as part of its work, and contact with course participants has involved both email and text messaging as a means of ensuring contact between tutors and participants. Fahamu has used SMS also as part of its campaign on the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa, successfully getting the requisite 15 African governments to sign and ratify the Protocol so that it came into force on November 25th. Fahamu sends our regular SMS Alerts to keep activists informed of key events and actions."

emily | 3:04 PM | New SMS Services |
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