Pages tagged “Community Engagement”
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How to Bring Audiopedia to Your Community: A Step-by-Step Guide
Empowering communities with vital knowledge is now more accessible than ever with Audiopedia. Whether you're an individual or an organization, you can quickly and easily provide your community with life-changing information through various Audiopedia content access methods. This article will guide you through the different ways you can access and disseminate Audiopedia content, so you can start making a difference today.
Written by Marcel Heyne
April 12, 2023 -
Scaling Audiopedia through Collective Impact: A New Paradigm for Social Change
The landscape of international development has evolved significantly over the past few decades, with digital innovation playing a key role in driving sustainable change. As digital tools and platforms are becoming more accessible and widely adopted, organizations are exploring new models to maximize their impact. Audiopedia is at the forefront of this transformation, embracing a Collective Impact Model that fosters collaboration, empowers individuals to contribute, and leverages the power of digital public goods.
Written by Marcel Heyne
April 05, 2023 -
Strategies to Increase Women’s Participation in Open Source Projects
It's no secret that women are underrepresented in open source. But what are the reasons for this? And what can we do about it? This article presents the results of a recent survey of the literature on this topic.
Written by Marcel Heyne
September 09, 2022 -
Open Source for Equality Case Study: OpenStreetMap Uganda
This case study is part of a series that showcases successful usage of open-source software with a development objective in Uganda and around the world.
Written by Marcel Heyne
September 07, 2022 -
It's a Wrap for the 1st Open Source for Equality Challenge
We have successfully completed our first Open Source for Equality Challenge! The results are impressive: five web apps by five female developers in four local languages, covering a range of topics that will help empower rural women in Uganda.
Written by Marcel Heyne
September 06, 2022 -
How a Tanzanian Community Radio Station uses Audiopedia
Unlike commercial radio, community radio works with local communities and helps in catering their specific needs and necessities and works as an innovative tool in bringing social change. Community radios can cover a wide range of topics, including literacy, numeracy, health, farm production, housing improvements, family and personal relationships, sport and leisure.
Written by Marcel Heyne
May 02, 2022 -
Auma - Augmented Audio
Augmented audio (auma.js) is an open source framework that provides illustrated and interactive audio content.
Written by Marcel Heyne
October 04, 2021 -
Qwifi - Hotspot content server
Qwifi streams audio to local mobile phones using Wifi and an accessible UI.
Written by Marcel Heyne
September 29, 2021 -
Audio Filling Station
A simple device that can automatically update USB sticks and SD cards in rural areas with audible knowledge.
Written by Marcel Heyne
September 18, 2021 -
#DayInTheLife of Sanaya from Pakistan
I was married to an impoverished boy when I was hardly 11 years old. When I even didn’t know the meaning of the word marriage or the word responsibility. I had a brother who was older than me, but nobody married him forcefully. Because he was a boy and earning money, unlike me, he was not a burden on my parents.
Written by Felicitas Heyne
September 06, 2021