D-Tree | mobile technology | mHealth
Devising Scalable Deployment Strategies for mHealth
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Prerna Srivastava
Prerna Srivastava graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a BA in Political Science and Education, and worked for two years in corporate law and management upon graduation. Realizing that her passion lay in international development, however, Prerna left her job, and pursued a one year Indicorps Fellowship with SEWA Rural, where she facilitated the formation of self help groups (SHGs) for women and girls in rural Gujarat, India. This grassroots development experience, in combination with her prior work as a sex workers’ rights advocate with Point of View, reaffirmed Prerna’s belief in women’s latent potential to uplift their families and communities from poverty. With this underlying philosophy in mind, Prerna hopes to one day return to rural India in order to establish social and economic empowerment programs for underprivileged women and girls. For now, however, Prerna is pursuing her graduate degree at the Harvard Kennedy School, as well as working as a consultant for ClickDiagnostics, which has the mission of integrating health and mobile technology for the betterment of health outcomes in developing countries.
D-Tree | mobile technology | mHealth
maternal health | mHealth | SEWA Rural
Leveraging Mobile Technology for Maternal Health in Gujarat, India
I’ll be going away to Gujarat, India this summer to work with ClickDiagnostics, a health & technology start-up that focuses on designing and implementing telehealth mobile solutions, specifically with the aim of enhancing the capabilities of community health workers to…
Community-based Development Finance | Tamil Nadu | Microfinance
Upcoming Training: Advanced Reflective Education and Training (ART) on Community based Development Finance
From MicroCapital.org:
Advanced Reflective Education and Training (ART) on Community based Development Finance, December 1-12, 2009, in Tamilnadu, India, presented by the Social Tata-Dhan Academy and sponsored by the DHAN Foundation.
Summary of Event: Tata-Dhan Academy is hosting its seventh international course…
ThinkChange India survey | We Can Do | survey
ThinkChange India Survey – we need your input!
We, the ThinkChange India team, would first like to thank you for your loyal readership over the course of the last year. You have served as the engine for our growth through your engaged inquiry, critical questions, and thoughtful input…
mobile technology | workshops | human rights
Register NOW for the Harvard International Development Conference
This year, I’m helping to run the Harvard International Development Conference (IDC) at the Harvard Kennedy School. It promises to be an exciting event, with panel topics ranging from the role of mobile technology as a means of alleviating poverty to…
nonprofit | Opportunities | partnerships
Four Critical Questions for Social Entrepreneurs
Today, as part of my “Strategic Marketing for Public and Nonprofit Organizations” class, we heard from David Dodson, founder of Project Healthy Children. Although his talk was specifically targeted for those interested in leading nonprofit organizations, I found his comments…
Entrepreneurship | World of Good | International Development
Three (yes, 3!) Exciting Upcoming Conferences!
Looking for interesting conferences to attend over the course of the next two months? Well, look no further! Below are three upcoming conferences that we recommend you attend – The Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Conference (March 1, 2009), The…
deeshaa.org | Indian government | OLPC
Laptops and Local Trains
When I first heard the news, I was reminded of chaiwalas on local trains who chant, “chaiiii, chaiiiii, chaiiiii” and sell just the right amount of delectable tea in earthen cups for a very sweet price. Has the day come?…
Conference | savings groups | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Upcoming Conference: “Microfinance from Below,” Tufts Fletcher
This upcoming March 26th – 28th, 2009, the Tufts Fletcher School will be holding a conference entitled, “Microfinance from Below: The Power of Savings and Savings Groups in Frontier Economies.” Registration is free. More details follow below:
The Center for Emerging Market…
risks | Social Equity Venture Fund | s.e.ven fund
Changing the Face of Public Health: Click Diagnostics
This winter, through the gracious support of the Social Equity Venture Fund (S.E.VEN), I will be working in Cairo, Egypt with Click Diagnostics, a mobile tele-health social enterprise venture that recently won the $100K Entrepreneurship Competition hosted yearly at MIT. As…
