May 15, 2008

Cellphones in a supporting role

A report commissioned by the Vodafone Group Foundation and the United Nations Foundation looked at ways in which nongovernmental organizations use cellphones. The search group profiled 11 organizations that have used cellphone technology to accomplish their missions, which ranged from sex education to dispersing emergency food to stopping fights between elephants and farmers.

[via IHT]

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