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NetSquared Local events provide a chance to connect locally with all those interested in the intersection of social technologies and social change. There are new groups forming every week: Join in!

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Building community in your area? Check out the Community Organizers Handbook. Includes everything you need to start and grow a NetSquared Local group or any other community-powered program.

SMS Micro-loans

Donate micro-credits for sms use

How do you empower people through mobile sms when they don't have enough money to spend on sms? Give them credits that they must use to sms to each other. Users of this service in the mean time develop a relationship with their donors by texting them every month as a form of paying back their credit. This way, the donors achieve a sense of human connection with their donations while at the same time, users become more enabled and empowered through mcommunication. This project includes a web application accessible by anyone, while users do not need the web application to participate; they simply need to be able to text a number, which communicates with the host server. This project is a master's thesis final project and needs collaborators and funding. 

Project Details
Project Assessment
Financial support: 
No
Sustainability Model: 
This project is a master's thesis final project and needs collaborators and funding.
Expertise needed: 
Business
Web Engineering
Project goals: 
Reach 10,000 users by May 2012.
Identified Obstacles: 
Initial capital needed to set up a static mobile-to-web sms service.

Locations

Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47401
United States
39° 7' 53.6736" N, 86° 29' 50.748" W
Bangladesh
India
China
Nepal

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