Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in Mobile Use by NGOs

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United Nations Foundation
Vodafone Group Foundation

"An estimated 3.5 billion mobile phones are now in use around the world—more people now have one than don’t. This remarkable revolution—widespread access to the most ubiquitous communication device in human history—has changed the way societies and communities organize themselves and do business.
We, the authors, set out in this report to explore the ways in which nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and other groups deploy and use mobile technology in their work to help solve some of the world’s greatest problems."

Report available here: http://mobileactive.org/files/MobilizingSocialChange_full.pdf