Chapter 12

ICT For Social Change

Disaster Response
• Google Person Finder
• Facebook Safety Check
Disaster Response: Google Person Finder
• created it after the Haiti Earthquake in 2010
• collection and delivery of information that can help
disaster survivors and relief and rescue operations

 list for survivors

 satellite photos
 evacuation areas
 road conditions
Disaster Response: Facebook Safety Check
• Facebook feature activated during and after disasters
• mark yourself as “safe”
Charity
• Electronic money transfer is used to collect funds to help
people in need.
• In the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda. Several
organizations form all over the world such as the United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) collected donations
through online money transfer platforms like Paypal.
Social Awareness
• inform the public about important issues
• awareness can cause people to act
• ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's Disease
• generated more the 220 million dollars of donations.
Petitions
• a request to do something
• signed by concerned persons and is addressed to a
governing body
• Change.org
• Create and manage online petitions
• Sign up using Facebook
Holacracy
• organizational structure
• decision-making and leadership responsibilities are
distributed to every member of the team.
ICT Project for Social Change
• The Concept Paper
• a document that aims to persuade a person or a group to
sponsor your project
Parts of a Concept Paper
• Introduction
• Purpose
• Description
• Support
• Contact Information
Simplified IT Project Process
1. Planning
• Conceptualizing your project
• Assigning people to various tasks
• Researching about your topic
• Setting deadlines and scheduling meetings
• Finding a web or blog host
• Creating a site map for your website
• Determine what other applications you will need
• Funding (if applicable)
2. Development
3. Release and Promotion
4. Maintenance

 Some of the steps can be done simultaneously.

ICT For Social Change
• How ICT is used for:
• Disaster Response
• Charity
• Social Awareness
• Petitions
• Holacracy
• ICT Project for Social Change
• The Concept Paper
• Simplified IT Project Process