A joint project between the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, NGO Refugees United, a telecommunications company (Ericsson) and a telephone service provider (MTN) initiated an attempt to use cell phones to help dislocated persons and refugees in Uganda to find their families. Refugees will use mobile devices to reigster themselves, search for and reconnect with family members. A database will be established with all the data collected and will be used as a search engine to help locate other refugees. This is considered to be an "innovative" way to bring technolovy to a developing nation in a way that utilizes it in such a way that will benefit the people of Uganda in a very real way-- if all goes as planned. Maybe multileveled cooperation isn't such a far-fetched idea after all?
Brianna Howell
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment