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1. Community Consultation and Learning Many non-profit organizations are beginning to use mobile technology to help improve outcomes in their community consultation and learning programs, especially in remote and hard-to-reach areas. For this category we had speakers from VOTO Mobile, Workbay and World Vision Canada showcase the ways that they are using mobile technology to facilitate learning, enhance reporting and help improve education and health outcomes within communities. Case Studies VOTO Mobile, VOTO Mobile VOTO Mobile is a Ghana-based social enterprise that works to amplify the voices of the under-heard. VOTO Mobile uses mobile technology to conduct surveys that target people who live in rural and remote communities around the globe so that governments and NGOs are better able to serve these populations. The platform also acts as an effective tool for mobile learning, as VOTO Mobile is able to provide mobile users with the information they need to make positive decisions in health, hygiene, agriculture, and education. Messages can be delivered either as an SMS (text message), or as a voice message — an especially useful feature in areas where there are low literacy rates. Meno Ya Win Maternal Support Worker Program, Workbay.net In partnership with Confederation College and Sioux Lookout hospital, Workbay.net helped to create a program that leverages mobile learning to train maternal support workers in northwestern Ontario. Many expectant mothers in this region live in 'fly-in only' communities and do not have access to the vital services and support that they need prior-to and after giving birth. The program, designed by Workbay.net, uses different subject cards with QR Codes and mobile tablets to help train at least one local maternal support worker in each of the 28 First Nation communities in the region. Using the skills that they learn, these local maternal support workers are able to fill the service deficit by preparing expectant mothers before they leave for the hospital, and providing any support they need in caring for the new babies when they return home. The program has proven to be extremely successful and is the first of its kind in Ontario.

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