BBG question box nov 2011
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Presenta(ontoBBG‐10November2011–RoseShuman
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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.
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Ques@onBoxAdvantage
TheQues@onBoxSolu@on:
1.Runsonmobilephonenetworks
2.Bringsexper(sedirectlytounderservedpopula(ons
3.Usesvoice,thequickestandmostcomfortablemodeofcommunica(on
4.Two‐waycommunica(on–Urgentmessagescanbe“pushed”tothecommunityimmediately
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Ques(onBoxConnec(ngSchools
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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.
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Partnership
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Alterna@veUseScenarios
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Sample Questions: India
“Today’smarketpriceforsteelandcement?”
“NameoffatherandmotherofIndiraGandhi?”
“PriceofcorianderinMumbai?”
“Proceduretopar@cipateinthemarathon?”
“CricketmatchscoreforIndia?”
“Train@mingtoSolapurfromPune?”
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BUSHENYI,UGANDA KAMPALA
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Sample Questions: Uganda
• Whatcausesyellowingofleavesofbeans?• Whatarethecausesofasthma?• Whoistheministerofeduca/onforUganda?• Whatisthedifferencebetweengoatdairymilkandcowdairymilk?• HowmanyChris/anschoolsarethereinUganda?• Whenthegroundnutsareuprootedtherearenoseedsbutonly
emptyhuskscauseandcontrol?• Whatarethesignsofgonorrhea?• WhoisthecaptainofArsenal?• Whichisthebestmonthforplan/ngwatermelon?• HowwillitaffectEgyptwhentheRiverNileisdivertedtoirrigate
Karamoja?• Astudentwantstoinvestbuthehasonly100.000/=,howcanyou
helphiminvestinsomethinggoodwithoutgeWngaloan?
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Contact
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