Overview
Over the years, Mobile has come to be the fastest growing information and communication tool in the developing nations connecting rural pollutions, marginal and distant communities. The level of its penetration has shown a remarkable change in bringing culture, economy, education and health in one mobile device for public information service delivery, irrespective of their geographical and economic constraints. This gave scope for many innovative practices to emerge from the bottom of the pyramid backing by voluntary organizations for quality service and have influence policy and governance.
The Vodafone mobile for Good programme is to honor and recognize the innovation of NGOs/NPFs for ideas and vision through mobile telephone platforms that facilitates mobile for community empowerment and inclusive growth for development.
Concept
The ‘Vodafone Mobile for Good’ programme is to motivate and encourage innovations in mobile content and services delivery benefiting communities. It is imperative that the innovative practice must be from the Non-Governmental Organization / Not- for-profit organization / or educational institute in India with the motivation and purpose that the innovation would benefit the society and empower societal needs at large. This is to recognize talents from voluntary and education sector to enable them to take their project to next level for scaling up and implementation, and also provide them with mentor guidance.
Every year through the ‘Vodafone Mobile for Good’ programme, Vodafone Foundation and DEF announce funding grant to be allocated for the winners to help scale them and mentor them for the next one year. Vodafone Foundation & Digital Empowerment Foundation has supported 13 such initiatives till date.
Objectives
The objective of the Vodafone mobile for Good programme includes:
a) To identify Mobile based initiatives in India driven, launched and practiced by not-for profit organizations and must be for creating social good and address societal issues.
b) To recognize best informative and communication practice through community concerned NGO practitioners which is empowering the masses at a large scale irrespective of their geographical situation and economic capacity;
c) To enable and empower ideas and initiatives which can make the society more equal and sustainable with equity by bridging information divides;
d) Vodafone mobile for Good programme are for those who have outlined themselves to make information and communication – an access for all using mobile as primarily tool!
e) To encourage and nurture innovative mobile practices by NGOs to carry forward its impact to the next level.
Nomination Criteria
a) Any NGO/NFP(Non-Governmental Organisation/Not-for-Profit Organisation) having sound base on ground for more than 3 years working with focused communities in any part of India are eligible to apply.
b) The project / initiative must be on ground for at least one year.
c) NGO/NFP must be using mobile applications in innovative and sustainable way to deliver critical information and communication services to target communities and thereby ensuring sound impact to improve economic and life situations.
d) The innovative practice should reflect a practical approach and is currently running or if the work has been tested and well implemented;
e) The service delivery should have an accurate figure of beneficiaries’ details and other relevant details of place, methods and criteria and so on;
f) The nomination is open only to Indian entities.