Mobile Apps to Save Lives Where There Is No Doctor
Berkeley, CAHesperian
Raised of $6,000 USD
Successfully funded on Aug 23, 2011
62 supporters
About This Project
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Have you ever thought, “I need to know that right away,” or, “I wonder how I do that”? For people in the developed world, the solution is often a web search or a cell phone app. Now, thanks to increasing mobile phone use in the developing world, people in
rural and marginalized areas are also turning more frequently to technology to answer their questions about many subjects, especially health.
In order to provide accurate, up-to-date health information that people need and can use, Hesperian is developing mobile phone apps that will present our proven health content on a small screen. Our campaign seeks to raise funds for the development of our
first app, a module about pregnancy and birth that will help women stay healthy and safe during pregnancy and childbirth.
At our tipping point of $6,000, we will be able to make a basic app that includes information about nutrition, healthy pregnancies, what to do in an emergency, and other basic health information. Between $6,000 and $10,000, Hesperian and our development
partner, UnaMesa, will be able to add additional features, such as interactive features or the ability for users to store their own notes. Each $1,000 increase between $6,000 and $10,000 will add one layer of functionality.
Join us in our mission to provide life-saving information to under resourced communities everywhere and reach our goal of “Health for All!”
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$10.00
A handwritten thank-you note featuring Hesperian's unique illustrations
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$25.00
A card mailed to you featuring Hesperian's unique illustrations, and a copy of a letter from a Hesperian book user in a community in Africa, Asia, or Latin America.
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$50.00
Everything at the $25 level plus copies of Hesperian's unique global newsletter "Women's Health Exchange" featuring unique and specialized material available only through Hesperian.
$100.00
An e-thank you and a copy of one of Hesperian's books mailed in your honor to a community in need. This level gift not only contributes to a lifesaving mobile application, but will also affect the lives of people who are free book recipients. You will also get copies of the specialized information in "Women's Health Exchange" as well as bookmarks and art from the recently published Spanish edition of "A Community Guide to Environmental Health." This book is hot off the presses, so you will be the first to see what it contains!
$200.00
An e-thank you, a book sent in your honor to a community in need in your name, and an early preview/sneak-peek of the mobile phone app. Get the opportunity to view and use Hesperian's pilot phone application before it is available to the public! Also, you will get preview of some of Hesperian's new digital, multi-lingual distribution platform AND the opportunity to have a 30-minute phone call with one of Hesperian's authors. Get your questions about public health and community empowerment answered by our writers!
$500.00
An e-thank you, and an entire Hesperian library (all eleven titles!) sent to a community in need in your name. Also the sneak preview of the mobile phone app itself, of Hesperian's digital platform, and the opportunity to have a 30-minute phone call with a Hesperian author or with the coordinator of our Gratis (free) books program, a returned Peace Corps volunteer who has spent twenty years helping Hesperian support community health globally. Also, you receive the opportunity to take a tour of our Berkeley, CA offices (and the chance to see some of our eighty translations!).
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$1,000.00
An e-thank you, a free book sent to a community in need in your name, digital platform AND the upcoming book "A Worker's Guide to Health and Safety," plus the opportunity to pilot test the beta version of the mobile health app. You will also have the opportunity to take a tour of Hesperian's Berkeley, CA offices and have your name, picture, and profile featured on Hesperian's facebook page.
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$5,000.00
An e-thank you, a book sent to a community in need in your name, previews of the digital platform and "A Worker's Guide to Health and Safety," and the opportunity to test both the mobile phone app and one of Hesperian's other digital tools featured in the digital platform. These include an "adaptation tool" which allows users to create their own pamphlets and flyers from our book content and a database of our unique artwork. Also, your name, picture, and profile will be featured on both our facebook and our website homepage. You will receive a special invitation to see Hesperian's offices and meet a book author or the executive director, and a great deal of gratitude and good karma!
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