mobile texts,devices with critical information to remote villages in western uganda

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1. What is your project? [1 sentence]

use of mobile phones sms,alerts,and information center to help villagers with critical information

2. How will your project use mobile tools and approaches? [2 sentences

By setting out a local information centre where a phone contact datta base will be set after registration to provide critical text ,links,education information messages with help information in ugandan local languages.

3. Who will use it and why? [1 sentence]

local villagers in uganda who have phones but die due to lack of information that could save lives and developmental life tips  them.

4. Please list three ways they would learn about your project.

through ,word of mouth ,church meetings,posters in vernaccular, and radios.

5. What connections have you made, or will you make, with others [communities, organizations or networks] about your project? [2 sentences]

sms companies as sms one in uganda,ministry of information and newvision media house

6. What part of the project have you already built? [1-2 sentences, feel free to include links]

i already have 120,000 contacts for deep village dwellers i western uganda„„an office space with 2 computers is available.

7. What does success for your project look like? [1-2 sentences]

if people in deep remote villages in uganda can access information to save thier lives and grow like their educated town counterparts.

8. What resources do you need to succeed? [1-2 sentences]

i need small funding of 40,000 us dollars to access villages and buy air time to lauch this idea that can save lives ,registration,office,empowerment,transport and airtime „,for the project


Additional details:
Please list who is on your team:        natuha martin (telecommunication engineering university student ).kushaba michael(economist)naturinda eve(consultant)
Expected number of months to complete project:    (12 months)a year
Estimated Project Cost:40,000 usdollars
Name:AGUMENAITWE BERNARDS
Twitter:
Email address:    benagume@yahoo.co.uk
Organization [if applicable]:
City:   kampala
Country:    uganda
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