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General Mobile Resources
- The MobileActive website!
- The MobileActive directory is a database of NGOs and individuals who use mobile phones in their civil society work. There is also a database of mobile tools and vendors useful to NGOs. The directory is open -- you can add your own project.
- MobileActive's del.icio.us account is a collection of articles and resources on mobile phones.
- ShareIdeas.org is a wiki of case studies of people and groups using mobiles for social change.
- Kiwanja.net has a mobile database of organizations and projects using mobile phones around the world.
Advocacy
- Article on the history of mobiles in advocacy campaigns
Citizen Journalism
- Nokia and Reuters citizen journalism project
Economic Empowerment
- Katrin Verclas on mobile banking
Elections and Participation
- MobileActive White Paper on Mobile Phones in Mass Organizing
- BBC article on SMS used to monitor elections in Nigeria
Emergency Relief
- An article from The Economist on mobiles in disaster relief.
Environment
Health
- This report by UNICEF and Women'sNet is a collection of case studies on how mobiles are used in health work in South Africa.
Human Rights
- An article on the UmNyango project in South Africa.
