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SET - Sex-Ed Text

file under:
aids, Children and Youth, Family and Parenting, Health and Medicine, hiv, sex ed, sex education, sexual education, sms, sms campaign, sms infolines, sms information
operates in:
Philippines

contact:
http://www.freewebs.com/sexedtext/

SET (Sex-Ed Text) is the fast, easy, anonymous way to get answers to everything you wanted to know about sex, but never asked.

 

References / Past Projects

SET is sposored by Child Family Services Philippines with human resources help from Peace Corps Philippines.



Text to Change

file under:
aids, Health and Medicine, hiv, sexual education, sms, sms quiz
operates in:
Uganda

contact:
http://www.texttochange.com/

Mission

Our mission is to provide mobile phone based education to people in Africa, who lack the knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS related topics.

Concept

“Don’t guess the answers, learn the truth about AIDS!”

With the Text to Change concept we offer an interactive Mobile SMS Quiz with (general) knowledge questions regarding HIV/AIDS linked with a rewarding system (incentive).
By means of this edutainment and this interactive way of communicating, we tend to reach out to millions of people in Africa and around the world in order to spread the message of HIV/AIDS and make it a subject of discussion.

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References / Past Projects

Text to Change (TTC) is a non profit organisation which is devoted to improve HIV/AIDS education in regions in the world that are in need of help, concentrating on sub-Saharan Africa.

Sub- Saharan Africa remains the worst affected region of the world and is home to almost 64% of all people living with HIV. A major problem current prevention campaigns are facing is how to reach the people who are at greatest risk. However, mobile telephony is booming. The number of mobile users is still growing rapidly, especially in those regions where usage was previously limited. Therefore, we genuinely believe that mobile telephony can make a sustainable contribution to fight HIV/AIDS.

More on Text to Change at AllAfrica.com



Let's Talk About Sex, Baby: Sexual Health Info via SMS

July 22, 2007 | KatrinVerclas
file under:
mobile active, mobile phones, mobileactive, ms, sex ed, sexual education, sms campaign

Sexual education is entering the mobile age. In Singapore, famous "Dr Love" offer answers to sex-related questions to the predominatly Muslim population via mobile phone. Half-way around the world, SexInfo doles out sexual health info to teens in 160 characters on the Unites States West Coast, and similar services operate in London and in Australia. 

 

In Singapore, according to the Age:

Indonesians are invited to send a text message with any sex-related question to a panel of volunteer local doctors who will either send them a message back or use their question to help compile information on a website.

The brains behind the idea, Wei Siang Yu, who is nicknamed "Dr. Love" for his flamboyant methods of teaching Singaporeans about sex, told a press briefing his scheme would turn conventional sex education on its head.

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