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Tapping networks: moto-taxis, SMS and violence reporting in Benin

Posted in Benin, children, CoM, communication for development, development, ICT4D, m4D, mapping, VAC, violence, wait... what?, youth, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 6, 2013| 1 Comment »

As part of their efforts to reduce violence against children, Plan Benin is rallying motorcycle-taxi drivers to use SMS to report violence against children that they witness in the streets. Florence Cisse, Plan West Africa’s regional communications officer, says: The Zemidjan or “Zem” swarm the streets of Cotonou like bees. They are everywhere; silent observers to […]

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Everyone learns: an information and training session in Benin

Posted in Benin, development, ICT4D, ICTs, mobile and technology, m4D, mapping, participation, protection, VAC, violence, youth, tagged , , , , , on July 2, 2011| 2 Comments »

This is a first guest post by Jacqueline Deelstra, who is working for about 2 months to support Plan Benin to solidify their SMS Reporting and Tracking of Violence against Children (VAC) project. The VAC Benin project started as a pilot in February 2010. Plan Benin welcomed Paul Goodman (see earlier posts) for the month of […]

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Working with Ushahidi in Benin

Posted in Benin, development, ICT4D, ICTs, mobile and technology, mapping, participation, protection, VAC, violence, youth, tagged , , , , , , , on June 16, 2011| 1 Comment »

This is a third guest post by Paul Goodman who is supporting Plan Benin to solidify their SMS Reporting and Tracking of Violence against Children (VAC) project. More on the overall project and process via the links at the end of this post. Plan Benin uses Ushahidi to map reports of violence against children in Benin. The platform […]

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Future proofing the VAC Benin project

Posted in accountability, Benin, children, development, ICT4D, ICTs, mobile and technology, m4D, mapping, protection, VAC, violence, youth, tagged , , , , , , , , , on June 1, 2011| 1 Comment »

This is a second guest post by Paul Goodman who is supporting Plan Benin to solidify their SMS Reporting and Tracking of Violence against Children (VAC) project. More on the overall project and process via the links at the end of this post. Future proofing? Wishful thinking! There is of course no way to “future […]

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Summer support in Benin and Cameroon

Posted in Benin, Cameroon, development, governance, ICT4D, ICTs, mobile and technology, m4D, mapping, participation, protection, VAC, violence, YETAM, youth, youth media, tagged , , , , , , on May 29, 2011| 4 Comments »

I’m thrilled to write that we have 4 masters level students (or recent grads) who have been prepping for the past few months for 8-10 weeks of ICT4D, child participation, and child protection work with our teams at Plan Benin and Plan Cameroon. My last post here on Wait… What? was an excellent guest post by Paul Goodman […]

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Update from Benin: Charting a course forward

Posted in Benin, ICT4D, ICTs, mobile and technology, m4D, mapping, participation, protection, VAC, violence, tagged , , , , , on May 23, 2011| 3 Comments »

This is a guest post by Paul Goodman, who is spending the month of May supporting Plan Benin’s Violence against Children (VAC) prevention and response project. The post appears on Paul’s own blog and also on Plan USA’s blog. I’m working with Plan Benin to support the Violence Against Children project. The team here has established […]

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Revisiting the SMS violence reporting project in Benin

Posted in Benin, children, ICT4D, ICTs, mobile and technology, m4D, mapping, protection, VAC, violence, tagged , , , , , on January 13, 2011| 8 Comments »

Last year, I spent some time in Benin piloting an SMS reporting system to track and respond to Violence against Children (VAC). After almost a year developing the idea and thinking it through to see if it was potentially feasible (see 7 or more questions to ask before adding ICTs), in February 2010 we conducted […]

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Tracking violence against children in Benin video

Posted in Benin, children, ICT4D, ICTs, mobile and technology, m4D, mapping, protection, social media, VAC, youth media, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 9, 2010| 2 Comments »

Our Tracking Violence Against Children in Benin project won first prize for Most Innovative Use of Technology or Social Media in Plan’s internal Global Awards contest. The competition was fierce and we were up against some really great projects. Here’s a nice video overview of the project and where we hope to take the initiative […]

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Tweaking: SMS violence reporting system in Benin

Posted in Benin, children, development, ICT4D, ICTs, mobile and technology, m4D, mapping, protection, VAC, youth, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 24, 2010| 6 Comments »

In February I was in Benin to support staff to pilot the idea of using SMS reporting (FrontlineSMS) and digital mapping (Ushahidi) to strengthen local and national systems for reporting, tracking and responding to violence against children.  We conducted 2 workshops in mid-February with youth leaders, frontline staff, community members, local authorities from the Center […]

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Finding some ICT answers in Benin

Posted in Benin, development, ICT4D, ICTs, mobile and technology, m4D, mapping, VAC, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 1, 2010| 12 Comments »

In my last post, I wrote about key questions to ask before adding ICTs to a development initiative, using the example of a violence against children program I’m working on in Benin. The piece that was missing, and which came together over the past 2 weeks, was the view from the ground. We just finished […]

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