Question Box is Open Mind’s initiative to bring information to people around the world, the way they want to receive it.
Right now, Open Mind - Question Box is at work in Pune, India and rural Uganda.
To partner with us or learn more, please visit:
www.questionbox.org
Live Questions:
http://worldwantstoknow.com
News:
http://www.questionbox.org/news.php
In Uganda, Open Mind - Question Box and Grameen Foundation have partnered to bring AppLab Question Box (AQB) to rural Uganda. AQB is a unique live, local language telephone hotline service that brings the Internet to the fields and market stalls of individuals in Uganda who have no access to computers. The program was developed by Grameen Foundation and Open Mind as part of Grameen Foundation’s Community Knowledge Worker initiative which is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
In India, Open Mind has a presence in Pune, Maharashtra. We install physical Question Boxes in public places, allowing users to get answers with the push of a button. We work in close coordination with the Europe Asia Business School, a one-year MBA program, as well as Ecotech Solutions, our project and hardware partner.
Our Pune Question Boxes are being pelted by monsoon rains. Chief Engineer Rama Sundaram reports, "Here is what Pune is looking like now. Add in power cuts and because there is now power there is water being pumped ... Having said that, Pune is still nice!"
To counteract the rain, we have built a new rain shield for the Loni Question Box. When the rain gets really terrible, the Loni shopkeeper who looks after the Box hides it inside his shop/house.
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