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MobileActive08

A Global Summit about
Mobile Technology for Social Impact
October 13-15, 2008
Johannesburg, South Africa

 
 
Wireless Technology for Social Change
Read the new report on trends in mobile use by NGOs:
Wireless Technology for Social Change.

The report was commissioned by the UN Foundation/Vodafone Group Foundation Partnership and written by Katrin Verclas and Sheila Kinkade.
 

Condom! Condom! Ringtone Public Health Campaign For "Real Men"

August 20, 2008 | KatrinVerclas
file under:
aids, hiv, hiv-aids, india, ringtone

How can you encourage men to use condoms to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS, asks the BBC World Trust?  The organization - the charitable arm of the BBC -- has been running a public health campaign in four states in southern India and has now launched a campaign to make clear that "smart men use condoms."

Here is one scene, played out at a wedding: a mobile ringtone buzzes with a loud refrain "condom! condom!" 

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'Shut up' Chavez is ringtone hit

November 19, 2007 | Simon Pavitt
file under:
ringtone, Spain, Venezuela

The BBC is reporting how the king of Spain's recent undiplomatic outburst at the Venezuelan president has become a ringtone hit across Spain. An estimated 500,000 people have downloaded the insult featuring the words "Why don't you shut up?", generating a reported 1.5m euros ($2 million). King Juan Carlos asked Hugo Chavez to "shut up" at a summit in Chile after Chavez said that Spain's ex-PM Jose Maria Aznar was a "fascist".

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Center for Biological Diversity

file under:
endangered species, Environment and Ecology, ringtone
operates in:
United States

contact:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/

The CFBD offers free ringtones and wallpaper for mobile phones to promote endangered species awareness. According to their website,

The non-profit Center for Biological Diversity offers you free ringtones and phone wallpapers of rare and endangered animals, a collection of high-quality, authentic sounds and images of some of the world’s most threatened birds, owls, frogs, toads and marine mammals. Download their haunting hoots, sensational songs and crazy croaks to your mobile phone, for free.

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References / Past Projects

The Center for Biological Diversity is a national non-profit conservation organization dedicated to the protection of imperiled species and their habitats. Find out more about the Center for Biological Diversity’s work to protect endangered species and wild places.



Another Use of Ringtones -- Catch a Leopard!

July 6, 2007 | KatrinVerclas
file under:
mobileactive, ringtone, ringtones

An end of the week story that is amusing, unless you are the leopard:

The Chicago Tribune reported a few weeks ago from Gujarat, India about an ingenious use of ringtones.

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Ringtone Choice As Political Statement

June 21, 2005 | babarji
file under:
Philippines, ringtone
Filipinos Crash Site for Popular Ringtone A Website offering a wireless phone ringtone featuring the phrase, "Hello Garci" briefly crashed last week as thousands tried to download it. Consumer group TXT power said its site had been overwhelmed by a demand for the clip taken from the allegations that Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo attempted to fix the results of last year’s election. The opposition contends that the recording offers support to these claims. (Source: Reuters)