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kiwanja.net sets up competition to offer prizes and SMS platform to grassroots NGOs in the developing world

by: admin Monday, September 17th, 2007

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nGOmobile is a competition aimed exclusively at grassroots non-profit Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) working for positive social and environmental change throughout the developing world. “Behind the scenes, the often unsung heroes of the NGO community battle against the daily realities of life in developing countries, where it can take all day to fulfil the simplest task” said Ken Banks, Founder of kiwanja.net. “These people don’t lack passion and commitment, they lack tools and resources” said Banks.

Grassroots NGOs around the world are invited to submit short project ideas explaining how greater access to mobile technology – and SMS text messaging in particular - would benefit them and their work.

The competition is open from today until 14th December 2007 with the winners announced in January 2008.

The top four entries, chosen by a distinguished panel of judges, will each win a brand new Hewlett Packard laptop computer, two Nokia mobile phones, a GSM modem, kiwanja.net’s own entry-level text messaging platform - FrontlineSMS - and to top it all, a cash prize of US$1,000.