Hi,
Just to add, RapidSMS has already been deployed here in Kisumu by millenium villages project. There is also another project by UNICEF Somalia based in Nairobi that is being deployed on the RapidSMS. For those interested in its development or who want to try it out checkout http://rapidsms.org/wiki/InstallRapidSMS, get the code from http://github.com/unicefinnovation/rapidsms/tree/master. There is also a google groups - "rapidsms" <rapidsms@googlegroups.com>.
Regards
Ukang'a Dickson
Good stuff here:OMC has already brought together a number of mobile technology tools for collaboration and sharing. These include, among others:
- CommCare, a mobile-phone based application that allows community health workers to provide better, more efficient care and improve coordination of community health programs;
- Mobilisr, an open source enterprise class mobile messaging platform for NGOs around the world;
- Mesh4X, a platform for seamless cross-organizational information sharing between mobile devices, databases, desktop applications, and websites;
- RapidSMS, an open source platform allowing for any mobile phone to use SMS to collect data, used in Malawi, Ethiopia and Nigeria to collect information and provide rapid feedback to field workers;
- GeoChat, a flexible open source group communications tool that enables mobile field communications and situational awareness during emergencies;
- Ushahidi, a web-based platform that any person or organization can use to set up their own way to collect and visualize information.
Posted to the site on 27th May 2009
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