Presenta(ontoBBG‐10November2011–RoseShuman

Background & Context

•  Foundedin2006/2007(NGOandSocialEnterprise)

•  Drivingfactorsandcontext:–  Whycan’tinforma/onbeaccessibletoall?

–  MDGs(1billionilliteratepeople,mostlyindevelopingworldcountries)

–  HowtoreachthemthroughICTs(radio,telephonyandTV)

–  EvenifthereisnotliteracyorabilityreadalanguagethatispresentontheInternet.–  Howtoachieveeasyaccesstoinforma/oninareaswithilliteracy,languageand

technicalbarriers

–  Howdoyoumakesothat‘grandma’canuseit?

•  StartedinIndia(GreatPuneregion)andspreadtoUganda

20%oftheworldspeaksalesserknownlanguage.Thosewhocanreadaren’tlikelytofindaccessibleonlinecontent.

Over70%oftheworld’spopula@onhasnoInternetaccess.

1,000,000,000adultsareilliterate.Twothirdsofthesearewomen.Theyareunlikelytoevergetonline,yetneedinforma@on.

Ques@onBoxAdvantage

TheQues@onBoxSolu@on:

1.Runsonmobilephonenetworks

2.Bringsexper(sedirectlytounderservedpopula(ons

3.Usesvoice,thequickestandmostcomfortablemodeofcommunica(on

4.Two‐waycommunica(on–Urgentmessagescanbe“pushed”tothecommunityimmediately

Ques(onBoxConnec(ngSchools

BBG/VOAQues@onBoxService

Solu@on:Establishingasimplehotlineandschoolaccesspointsbringsinforma(onalwayswithinreach.Thehotlinecanprovidestudentswithseveraldirectnewservices,including:

Career,Psychosocial&HealthCounselingReference&HomeworkTutoringEmergency&DisasterCommunica@onTopicsofPopularCultureandInterestNews

Benefits:Byengagingstudentsinconversa(ons,andreviewingthephonecallrecords,whichshowallques(onsasked,wecanlearnalotaboutstudents’trueinterestsandopinions.

Ifsensi(vetopicsareoffered,Ques(onBoxcanbeasourceofunbiasedinforma(on,insubjectma]erswherehearsayisthenormal.

Whenstudentscall,wecanaskthemques/onsinreturn–inessence,polling.

Partnership

Alterna@veUseScenarios

Sample Questions: India

“Today’smarketpriceforsteelandcement?”

“NameoffatherandmotherofIndiraGandhi?”

“PriceofcorianderinMumbai?”

“Proceduretopar@cipateinthemarathon?”

“CricketmatchscoreforIndia?”

“Train@mingtoSolapurfromPune?”

BUSHENYI,UGANDA KAMPALA

Sample Questions: Uganda

•  Whatcausesyellowingofleavesofbeans?•  Whatarethecausesofasthma?•  Whoistheministerofeduca/onforUganda?•  Whatisthedifferencebetweengoatdairymilkandcowdairymilk?•  HowmanyChris/anschoolsarethereinUganda?•  Whenthegroundnutsareuprootedtherearenoseedsbutonly

emptyhuskscauseandcontrol?•  Whatarethesignsofgonorrhea?•  WhoisthecaptainofArsenal?•  Whichisthebestmonthforplan/ngwatermelon?•  HowwillitaffectEgyptwhentheRiverNileisdivertedtoirrigate

Karamoja?•  Astudentwantstoinvestbuthehasonly100.000/=,howcanyou

helphiminvestinsomethinggoodwithoutgeWngaloan?

Contact

RoseShumanOpenMind–Ques(onBox

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+1‐301‐580‐6601

rose@ques(onbox.org

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