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Using Mobile Phones and Open Source Tools to Empower Social Workers in Tanzania

This paper describes a text message-based solution that harnesses the prevalence of mobile phones coupled with several open source tools to empower para-social workers who carry the primary responsibility in providing essential services to the growing population of orphans and vulnerable children in Tanzania.

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International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development
Year of Publication: 
2010
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Resource Type: 
Journal article - open access
Language: 
English
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Resource Database