Projects - Tech for public challenges

Blueprint on Prosocial Tech Design Governance

United States of America 🇺🇸

This Blueprint on Prosocial Tech Design Governance lays out actionable recommendations for governments, civil society, researchers, and industry to design digital platforms that reduce harm and increase benefit to society

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AgriStack

India (Bhārat) 🇮🇳

Agri Stack is the digital foundation being set up by the government to make it easier to bring various stakeholders together to improve agriculture in India and enable better outcomes and results for the farmers by using data and digital services.

Delete Nothing

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Delete Nothing aims to document technology-related gender-based violence in Sri Lanka, particularly but not limited to the experiences of girls, women, and queer and trans people in Sri Lanka.

OpenPV

Germany (Deutschland) 🇩🇪

Currently a solar potential look-up tool for the German state of Bavaria. "We support the roll-out of more photovoltaic roof systems."

FOROS

Vilnius, Lithuania

Foros is a forest management and investment platform.

Teplitsa Social Technologies

str. 1905, 10A, 3rd Floor, 127006, Moscow, p/58

Некоммерческий образовательный проект для гражданских активистов и IT-специалистов

Callisto Vault

San Francisco

A suite of tools designed to help survivors navigate barriers and define their own pathways toward healing and justice. Within Callisto Vault, survivors can access two tools: the Matching System and Encrypted Record Form.

harassment

Preptrack

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

Volunteer part-time, full async and remote to contribute to Preptrack, the app that supports PrEP users. PrEP is a medicine that eliminates the risk of HIV when taken correctly.

Pakistani Lawyer

Pakistan 🇵🇰

Pakistani Lawyer is web-based platform that provides contact details of lawyers, as well as resources to educate students and non-lawyers about Pakistani law.

Police Case

Sierra Leone 🇸🇱

Police Case uses popular TV culture to educate the public about legal rights and the justice system.

Civil Resolution Tribunal

British Columbia

The Civil Resolution is an application for online dispute resolution. It helps resolve small claims and strata property disputes.

Citizen Science: Innovation in Open Science, Society and Policy

Gower Street, London, UK

If you are a professional researcher who wants to learn more about how to get started with designing your citizen science project, this is a good place to start

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Legal Health Check-up

Halton Community Legal Services, Dorval Drive, Oakville, ON, Canada

Halton Community Legal Services uses a guided process to help people who are living in poverty identify their legal problems and find a solution.

No poverty

Civis

Mumbai

Civis is a platform that enables citizens to understand and share feedback with the government on laws and policy decisions.

Gravyty Stewardship

The first-ever AI solution for thanking and cultivating donors.

Nonprofit Tech Conference (NTC)

621 SW Alder St, Portland, OR 97205

The Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) is the can’t-miss technology event for the nonprofit sector.

Gravyty Go

Travel to the right donors, at the right time.

Demander Justice

France 🇫🇷

Demander Justice is a dispute resolution tool that helps people to settle disputes that can be brought to courtwithout a lawyer.

criminal justice

ClickLaw

British Columbia

ClickLaw provides legal information and a map of legal support services in British Columbia.

Refugees United

Kampala Accountancy Bureau, Plot 3 Wampewo Avenue, Kampala, Uganda

REUNITE's family tracing platform helps refugees and displaced persons search, connect and communicate with their loved ones. Here is how we do it.

refugees

Lexcare

India (Bhārat) 🇮🇳

Lexcare is an online forum where people can post legal questions and recieve advice. Users can also find lawyers andconsult them for a fee.

The Nigerian Lawblog

Nigeria 🇳🇬

The Nigerian Law blog publishes blogposts to educate users on legal issues. It also engages users through social media by publishing information about laws and citizens’ rights.

HiiL (The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law)

Fluwelen Burgwal 582511, The Hague, The Netherlands

User-friendly justice. With data and technology we co-create high quality justice based on what we need now.

research

Health Complaints Assist

Australia 🇦🇺

Health Complaints Assist is a chatbot that helps users make a complaint about medical treatment they or someonethey know received.

Baobab Law

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika) 🇿🇦

Baobab.law attempts to remove barriers to legal assistance by providing DIY legal solutions in the form of videotutorials. Videos are recorded with professional lawyers, and are available in multiple languages.

Haki Law App

Kenya 🇰🇪

Haki Law App intends to make knowledge about laws easily accessible. The mobile application provides legalinformation and connects citizens to lawyers.

Legal Swipe

Toronto

Legalswipe educates users about their legal rights through a series of menus and cues.

Famalia

Kenya 🇰🇪

Famalia is an SMS-based tool that seeks to inform people about succession law.

Information for Impact: Liberating Nonprofit Sector Data

2300 N Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20037

PROGRAM ON PHILANTHROPY AND SOCIAL INNOVATION

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Medsaf

Nigeria 🇳🇬

Medsaf is a curated medication marketplace for African hospitals and pharmacies.

Good health and well-being

Tech for public challenges

Gravyty Guide

This weekly digest email helps you more efficiently manage your portfolio so you prioritize the right donors at the right time and raise more

Legal Robot

548 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94104

Legal tech startup using Artificial Intelligence to make Legal Documents less painful & improve Access to Justice.

commercial

Up & Go

443 39th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232

Home cleaning in NYC you can feel great about

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coop

Open Artificial Pancreas System project (#OpenAPS)

#WeAreNotWaiting to reduce the burden of Type 1 diabetes

diabetes

NetHope

10615 Judicial Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030

NetHope is a collaboration of leading international NGOs serving tens of millions each year in 180+ countries.

Law Strive

Nigeria 🇳🇬

Law Strive is a website through which individuals and businesses can get instant legal advice, and hire lawyers.

LawyerLinx

Canada 🇨🇦

LawyerLinx is a legal marketplace where individuals and businesses can find lawyers on demand.

Barefoot Law

Uganda 🇺🇬

Barefoot Law offers free legal information and assistance to people through social media, SMS, Skype calls, andcommunity engagement.

Virtual Lawyer

Bangladesh (Bānglādesh / বাংলাদেশ) 🇧🇩

Virtual Lawyer is a web-based platform where individuals can find legal assistance from a pool of virtual lawyers, based on their requirements.

Dear Landlord

Australia 🇦🇺

Dear Landlord is an interactive app that helps tenants in privately-owned properties to understand their rights andeviction laws. It also helps users generate and review documents such as letters to their landlord or fill out a reviewapplication to the Civil Administrative Tribunal.

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Sauti

Nairobi

Sauti is a mobile-based platform allows cross-border traders to access real-time market prices, exchange rates and trade procedures, using a basic phone.

The Layman's Lawyer

India (Bhārat) 🇮🇳

On the Layman’s Lawyer, individuals and businesses can offer or request services related to online documentcreation.

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) (HOTOSM)

1100 13th Street NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20005

HOT is an international team dedicated to humanitarian action and community development through open mapping.

Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools

We propose an effort to develop a “Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools”. This will be delivered by an informal group of like-minded organizations coming together around a common purpose.