Tech4Change Blog Day

Case Studies

ActionAid Australia is channelling bloggers to help raise awareness about global poverty and how new innovations can be used to change lives.

On Wednesday April the 28th, ActionAid invites bloggers to critically and constructively examine the role social media and new technology play in fighting poverty and injustice. To participate, simply sign up through our  Bloggers Unite page.

Here are some great examples of how new technologies and social media can be used for social change. Feel free to write about any of these stories, or to choose something entirely original.

iPhones used to provide medical care to remote and underprivileged patients

An Indian eye hospital is piloting software that will send retinal images collected from patients in remote locations to doctors’ iPhones.

An example of an iPhone application providing an exhaustive database of special clinical tests used for musculoskeletal and orthopedic evaluation

Technophobia restricts development via technology

Technophobia restricts classroom expansion in Kenyan schools.

Intel Teach Program

This is a program that provides South African students with technological skills. The program has been previewed on YouTube.

Social Media and Microfinance

Wokai is a microfinance website referred to as ‘the facebook of farmers’.  World Business posted a story about the program on YouTube.

Babyloan links donors to entrepreneurs and are the first to target European donors. Watch a YouTube clip about it here.

Verdurez – Social Networking for Senior Citizens in India

A social networking site for senior citizens in India (55+) set up as part of a strategy addressing the rise in life expectancy and senior citizens inclusion in society.

Stock Images

Below are some images that you may download and use in your blog day post. More images will be uploaded in the coming weeks. If you do choose to use these images, please observe our guidelines.

Image Guidelines

• The only alteration you are permitted to make to an image is to re-size it to fit within your article/website.
• Please credit the photographer.
• The photo’s explanation does not need to be included.

If you have any queries about your post or Blog Day in general, email Julia at communications.au [at] actionaid.org or leave a comment on our Bloggers Unite page.