The winners of the Vodafone Foundation's Mobile for Good Awards 2014 were announced in New Delhi. Committed to mobilizing social change by leveraging the power and potential of the mobile technology, the Mobile for Good Awards programme acknowledges and supports ideas and concepts from NGO/NFPs that effectively and efficiently empower communities and change lives in their own unique way. The five winner NGOs were awarded INR1.2 million each and will be mentored by NextGen to expand and upscale their capacity, improve project monitoring and enhance impact evaluation of the projects they manage.
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Marten Pieters, MD & CEO, Vodafone India, said, "With over 900 million users and 90% penetration, mobile phones have become a part of almost every household in the country. This gives a unique opportunity to leverage their reach to connect, engage, develop content and deliver solutions via meaningful applications that can drive positive social and economic change, even in regions and among communities otherwise difficult to reach. We are excited by this opportunity and remain committed to support new ideas, innovations and applications that have the ability to transform society across domains – health, education, empowerment, inclusion and governance."
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The Mobile for Good Awards programme has consistently expanded to include and recognize the emerging trends in the rapidly-evolving domain of application development. This year, five select NGOs and NFPs with exemplary ideas/concepts in the areas of Health, Education, Governance, Women Empowerment & Inclusive Development and Agriculture & Environment were also felicitated.
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