FrontlineSMS Supporters Group

1. Mobile technology has the potential to revolutionise the work of grassroots NGOs in developing countries
2. Not all non-profits are yet reaping the benefit of this revolution
3. FrontlineSMS has the proven potential to bridge this gap

International - Service and Other

FrontlineSMS ( http://www.frontlinesms.com ) is the first text messaging system to be conceived, designed and written firmly with the needs of the non-profit sector in mind. Until now, the majority of systems have not taken into account the nature of non-profit work, and the specific conditions - financial and physical - which many work under
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Official website:
http://www.frontlinesms.com

The FrontlineSMS story, as reported on Pambazuka News: http://www.pambazuka.org/en/cate...

Recent related blog entry: http://www.blogspot.kiwanja.net/...
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Since 2005, FrontlineSMS has empowered many grassroots NGOs the world over. Today, thanks to FrontlineSMS, development workers in Afghanistan are receiving daily security alerts. Hundreds of coffee farmers in Indonesia are being given access to new markets. Elections have been monitored by civilians in Nigeria. It was used to co-ordinate official election monitors in the Philippines, and human rights campaigners in central Africa are using the software to reach out to victims

From modest beginnings, the FrontlineSMS success story continues to grow

FrontlineSMS has been cited in many NGO and industry research papers, websites and publications. It was shortlisted in the 2007 Mobile Messaging Awards, named WSIS "ICT Success Story of the Month" for its use in monitoring the Nigerian elections (also reported in the international press), and has recently received funding from the MacArthur Foundation, Open Society Institute and the Hewlett Foundation
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A new version of the software was released in June 2008 at Stanford University, along with a new website and user community

The FrontlineSMS software is free to all non-profits, whoever they are and wherever they operate