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'''Link-SF''' is a mobile-optimized website that connects homeless and low-income residents with critical and life-saving resources nearby. Focusing on basic services such as food, shelter, medical care, hygiene services, and technology access, Link-SF utilizes cutting-edge technology to stream the most up-to-date information to the people who need it most.
 
  
Link-SF was designed with three user groups in mind: 1) A growing population of low-income San Franciscans who rely on mobile technology to meet their basic needs, 2) Service providers who can use the most real-time data to direct clients in need, and 3) Everyday people who can use this information as a way to help refer San Francisco’s homeless population to a social service agency nearby. Link-SF is free software, get it here: [http://github.com/zendesk/linksf/ GitHub].
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'''Link-SF''' is designed with three user groups in mind: 1) A growing population of low-income San Franciscans who rely on mobile technology to meet their basic needs, 2) Service providers who can use the most real-time data to direct clients in need, and 3) Everyday people who can use this information as a way to help refer San Francisco’s homeless population to a social service agency nearby. Link-SF is a free software which can be downloaded here: [http://github.com/zendesk/linksf/ GitHub]
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Their Mission:         Connect homeless and low-income residents with important nearby services such as food, shelter, medical care, hygiene, and technology access
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Founder(s):           St. Anthony Foundation, Zendesk, and user testing expert Kimberly McCollister
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Location:                United States
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Learn More:            [http://www.link-sf.com/ Link-SF]
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St. Anthony Foundation, Zendesk, and user testing expert Kimberly McCollister designed and implemented Link-SF. [http://www.link-sf.com/ Link-SF] was created in the United States.
 
  
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-02.png |70px|left|]]Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture  ==
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-02.png |70px|left|]]Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture  ==
 
Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg2 SDG 2].
 
Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg2 SDG 2].
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'''Acres''' is the best way to find urban farmland online for the Sacramento region.  
 
'''Acres''' is the best way to find urban farmland online for the Sacramento region.  
  
What they tackle:  Helping farmers find available land using data from the city  
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Their Mission:        Help farmers find available land by using data from the city  
  
 
Founder(s):           Grant Smith and Code for America in partnership with The City of West Sacramento and SACOG
 
Founder(s):           Grant Smith and Code for America in partnership with The City of West Sacramento and SACOG
  
 
Location:                California, United States
 
Location:                California, United States
 
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Learn More:            [http://acres.online/ Acres]
 
Learn More:            [http://acres.online/ Acres]
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'''FarmRaiser''' partners with local farmers and food artisans to get you amazing products and great prices for your next fundraiser.
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'''FarmRaiser'''
  
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Their Mission:        Partner with local farmers and food artisans to get amazing products at great prices for your next fundraiser.
  
 
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Location:                United States
 
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Learn More:            [https://www.farmraiser.com/ FarmRaiser]
 
Learn More:            [https://www.farmraiser.com/ FarmRaiser]
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'''FreshEBT''' makes it easy to check your EBT balance, and locate grocery stores, corner stores, and farmers markets near you that participate in the SNAP benefits program and accept food stamps. You can also see an overview of where you spend your food stamps and view your history of EBT transactions, month by month.  
 
'''FreshEBT''' makes it easy to check your EBT balance, and locate grocery stores, corner stores, and farmers markets near you that participate in the SNAP benefits program and accept food stamps. You can also see an overview of where you spend your food stamps and view your history of EBT transactions, month by month.  
 
   
 
   
What they tackle:  Checking food stamps and benefits balance.
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Their Mission:        Help EBT users check food stamps and benefits balance
  
 
Founder(s):           [https://www.joinpropel.com/ Propel] (who build software for low-income Americans who are often overlooked by traditional tech innovation)
 
Founder(s):           [https://www.joinpropel.com/ Propel] (who build software for low-income Americans who are often overlooked by traditional tech innovation)
  
 
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'''Fresh Food Connect''' allows urban growers to easily donate their surplus food to local food pantries without leaving their home. They can also track theirdonations through the application. Learn more about [http://freshfoodconnect.org/ Fresh Food Connect].
 
  
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'''Fresh Food Connect'''
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Their Mission:         Help urban growers easily donate their surplus food to local food pantries without leaving their home
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Learn More:            [http://freshfoodconnect.org/ Fresh Food Connect]
  
  
'''Planet Murple''' is an app that teaches kids to cook, so they build curiosity and self-sufficiency around food. 
 
  
Planet Murple hopes to redesign our broken food culture starting with kids and education. Find out more about [http://www.planetmurple.com/ Planet Murple]
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'''Planet Murple''' hopes to redesign our broken food culture starting with kids and education.  
  
Planet Murple was created by Emily Yao and Dave Resnick. Purple Murple is based in the Bay Area in the United States.
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Their Mission:         Teach kids to cook, so they build curiosity and self-sufficiency around food
  
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Founder(s):           Emily Yao and Dave Resnick
  
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Location:                The Bay Area in California, United States
  
'''Lunch Box''' is a consumer food and grocery management app taht will help reduce food waste in the home, and at the retailer level. Leran more about [http://Lunchbox.us.com/ Lunch Box].
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Learn More:            [http://www.planetmurple.com/ Planet Murple]
  
Lunch Box was created in the United States.
 
  
  
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'''Lunch Box''' is a consumer food and grocery management app.
  
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Their Mission:         Help reduce food waste in the home and at the retailer level
  
'''Range''' helps US school-age youth find safe places and summer time meals. The list of safe places is all libraries in the US. The summer meals are the locations of USDA funded meal service sites that are available during the school year.
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Range is available and has data for the entire US. Range will help us get to [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg2 zero hunger] (SDG 2). Find out more about [http://www.rangeapp.org Range].
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Location:                United States
  
Range is made by [http://www.caravanstudios.org Caravan Studios], a division of TechSoup. TechSoup is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in the United States.
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Learn More:            [http://Lunchbox.us.com/ Lunch Box]
  
  
'''Spoiler Alert''' offers a collaborative, online platform and value-added services that enable food businesses, farms, and nonprofits to create or recover value from surplus food and organic waste.
 
  
Spolier Alert will help us get to [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg2 zero hunger] (SDG 2). Find out more about [https://www.spoileralert.com/ Spoiler Alert].
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'''Range''' lists safe places as all libraries in the US for youth in need of summer meals. Summer meals are the locations of USDA funded meal service sites that are available during the school year. Range will help us get to [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg2 zero hunger] (SDG 2).
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Their Mission:         Help US school-age youth find safe places and meals in the summer
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Founder(s):           [http://www.caravanstudios.org Caravan Studios], a division of TechSoup [a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in the U.S.A.]
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'''Spoiler Alert''' will help us get to [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg2 zero hunger] (SDG 2). Born out of MIT in June 2015, Spoiler Alert was a 2015 winner of MassChallenge and member of the Spring 2016 cohort of Techstars Boston.
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Their Mission:         Help food businesses, farms, and nonprofits to create or recover value from food surplus and organic waste
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Learn More:           [https://www.spoileralert.com/ Spoiler Alert]
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Born out of MIT in June 2015, Spoiler Alert was a 2015 winner of MassChallenge and member of the Spring 2016 cohort of Techstars Boston.
 
  
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-03.png |70px|left|]]Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages ==
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-03.png |70px|left|]]Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages ==
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'''BeMyEyes''' is an app that connects blind and visually impaired with sighted helpers from around the world via live video connection. Learn more about [http://www.bemyeyes.org/ BeMyEyes].
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'''BeMyEyes'''
  
BeMyEyes was created in the United States.
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Their Mission:         Connect blind and visually impaired people with sighted helpers from around the world via live video connection
  
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'''Break Zika App''' allows people to monitor and publish virus outbreaks onto a city map. It encourages reporting, treatment and sharing, and also helps identify mosquito carriers. The app partners with government agencies, which simplifies controls to take action by allowing all publications to be sent to a platform accessed by the public sector.
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Their Mission:         Reduce the outbreak of dangerous viruses
  
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Founder(s):           Colab.re in partnership with various municipalities and government agencies across the world
  
'''Break Zika App''' is aimed to reduce the outbreak of dangerous viruses. It allows people to monitor and publish, so that everything is visible on a city map with several management tools. It encourages reporting, treatment and sharing and also helps identify mosquito carriers.
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Location:                Porto Alegré, Brazil
  
Break Zika is an initiative developed by Colab.re in Porto Alegré, Brazil in partnership with various municipalities and government agencies across the world. This means that all publications can be sent to a platform accessed by the public sector, simplifying controls to take action.
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Learn More:            [http://www.brasilsemdengue.org/home.htm/ Break Zika and download the App]
  
Learn more about [http://www.brasilsemdengue.org/home.htm/ Break Zika and download the App].
 
  
  
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'''Concrn app''' is a compassionate social service network and mobile app that connects people in need to volunteer responders trained in crisis intervention and mediation. It allows citizens to report someone having a mental health crisis. First responders such as firefighters, police, and paramedics will get a text message of the report, and app users will see an update message when a responder is on the way. The app helps alleviate the tension between law enforcement and local residents, which is a big problem locally and nationally.
  
'''Concrn app''' is a compassionate social service network and mobile app that connects people in need to volunteer responders trained in crisis intervention and mediation. It is meant to offer an alternative to calling 911 for many crisis situations. The mobile app allows citizens to report someone having a mental health crisis. First responders such as firefighters, police, and paramedics will get a text message of the report, and app users will see an update message when a responder is on the way. The app helps alleviate the tension between law enforcement and local residents, which is a big problem locally and nationally.
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Their Mission:         Offer an alternative to calling 911 for many crisis situations
  
Concrn mobile app can be downloaded by concerned citizens on iPhone or Android. Learn more and download [http://www.concrn.org/ Concrn].
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Founder(s):           Jacob Savage and Neil Shah of Compassionate Response Network
  
Concrn was created by Jacob Savage and Neil Shah of Compassionate Response Network in the Bay Area, in the United States.
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Location:                The Bay Area in California, United States
  
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Learn More:            [http://www.concrn.org/ Concrn]
  
  
'''Doctor D''' customizes recommendations regarding HIV & STD testing, HIV prevention, and vaccinations, and locates nearby sexual health services for men.
 
  
A free iPhone app that empowers guys to stay on top of their sexual health. Find out more and download [http://www.askdoctordick.com/ Doctor D]
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'''Doctor D''' customizes recommendations regarding HIV & STD testing, HIV prevention, and vaccinations. The app empowers guys to stay on top of their sexual health.  
  
 
Doctor D is made by David Ernst and Prevention Health Labs. Doctor D is based in the United States.
 
Doctor D is made by David Ernst and Prevention Health Labs. Doctor D is based in the United States.
  
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Their Mission:         Help men locate nearby sexual health services
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'''EWG’s Healthy Living App''' helps consumers in making healthier decisions by looking at ingredients in food and cosmetic. You can scan items by barcode and get nutrition facts and safety ratings on ingredients for over 200,000 products.
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Their Mission:         Create awareness in the safety of foods and cosmetics
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Founder(s):           [http://www.ewg.org/ Environmental Working Group] app created by [http://exygy.com/ Exygy]
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'''First Derm''' will find a top board-certified dermatologist in your area to help you with your skincare problems. Together the dermatology team speaks 6 languages and has helped users from 160 countries. They are advised by globally recognized leaders in digital health, tele-dermatology and startups.
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Their Mission:         Provide direct access to a dermatologist for first steps & guidance on skincare concerns
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Founder(s):           Alexander Börve
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'''GiveFit''' connects people who can’t afford gyms or studios to free community fitness activities.
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Their Mission:         Make health and fitness activities more accessible to people
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Learn More:            [https://givefit.net/ GiveFit]
  
'''EWG’s Healthy Living App''' assists consumers in making healthier decisions by getting information on foods. The app allows you to scan items by barcode and get nutrition facts, ratings, and more info on the ingredients within those foods. The app has product health and safety ratings for over 200,000 food and cosmetics products.
 
  
EWG’s Healthy Living App is free and available for IOS and Android. Download and learn more about EWG’s [http://www.ewg.org/apps/ Healthy Living App].
 
  
Healthy Living app is an [http://www.ewg.org/ Environmental Working Group] app created by [http://exygy.com/ Exygy] in San Francisco, California in the United States.
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'''Ottawa's Heart''' helps you to find the nearest defibrillator, submit new ones, and approve existing listings. Sudden Cardiac Arrest kills more than a 1,000 people each day, it is one of the leading causes of death. Defibrillators are easy to use, effective, and places all around, but being unable to find a defibrillator in an emergency decreases the chance of survival 7-10% every minute.
  
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Their Mission:         Help you and others save cardiac arrest victims
  
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Founder(s):           David Rust-Smith, Phil Vanstone, and Nick Breen.
  
'''First Derm''' provides direct access to a dermatologist for first steps & guidance on skincare concerns.
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First Derm is available wherever you are. Your case will be answered by a top board-certified dermatologist in your area. Together the dermatology team speaks 6 languages and has helped users from 160 countries. Find out more and download the app [https://www.firstderm.com/ First Derm]
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Learn More:            [http://www.smewebsites.com/ottawasheart/client/splash.html Ottawa's Heart]
  
First Derm team is advised by globally recognized leaders in digital health, teledermatology and startups. Frist Derm was started by Alexander Börve. The team is based in the United States, Sweden, Norway, and the United Kingdom.
 
  
  
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'''LGBT MD''' is  an open-source app in beta that connects people in the LGBTQ community to find medical help closest to them. The app allows one to bookmark favorites, contact info, and contribute reviews to help others find the care they need.
  
'''GiveFit''' mission is to make health and fitness activities more accessible to more people.
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Their Mission:         Connect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people to well-trained medical providers
  
GiveFit connects people who can’t afford gyms or studios to free community fitness activities. Find out more about [https://givefit.net/ GiveFit].
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Founder(s):           [https://github.com/daria33 Daria Garina]
  
GiveFit was created in the United States.
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Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
  
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Learn More:            [http://lgbtmd.herokuapp.com/ LGBT MD]
  
  
'''Ottawa's Heart''' is an app to help you and others save cardiac arrest victims. Learn where the nearest defibrillator is, submit new ones, and approve existing listing.
 
  
Sudden Cardiac Arrest kills more than a 1,000 people each day, it is one of the leading causes of death. Defibrillators are easy to use, effective, and everywhere, but if you can't find a defibrillator in an emergency the chance of survival drops 7-10% for every minute without defibrillation. Ottawa's Heart helps you learn where the nearest defibrillator is, submit new locations, and approve existing listings. Find out more at [http://www.smewebsites.com/ottawasheart/client/splash.html Ottawa's Heart]
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'''Maia Health''' has a mission to guide chronically ill children as they transition from pediatric to adult healthcare.  
  
Ottawa's Heart was designed and built by David Rust-Smith, Phil Vanstone, and Nick Breen.
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Their Mission:         Change the way children take on the responsibilities of their medical care
  
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'''LGBT MD''' helps to connect Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people to well-trained medical providers. Discover providers near you by searching by both location and type. Bookmark your favorites and text yourself their contact info. Contribute reviews and new providers to help others find the care they need.
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Learn More:            [http://maiahealth.com/ Maia Health]
  
LGBT MD is open-source and is in beta for San Francisco. Learn more and try out [http://lgbtmd.herokuapp.com/ LGBT MD].
 
  
LGBT MD was created by [https://github.com/daria33 Daria Garina] in the United States.
 
  
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'''The Maya App''' is a streamlined and secure application designed specifically for busy doctors. The app lets you become a key part of a network of doctors with the latest in mobile health tools at their fingertips. They are all collaborating and sharing patient information, and helping to inform one another and the community around them on the challenges and breakthroughs affecting the health of their patients.
  
'''Maia Health''' has a mission to change the way in which children take on the responsibilities of their medical care.
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Their Mission:         Create a more efficient and effective healthcare environment
  
Maia Health is an application to help guide chronically ill children as they transition from pediatric to adult healthcare.  Find out more about [http://maiahealth.com/ Maia Health].
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Founder(s):           [http://mayahealthnetwork.com// Maya Health Network]
  
Maia Health was created by a team of five health-focused university students brought together at the Stanford Medx Conference and earned seed funding from Ashoka Youth Venture.
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'''The Maya App''' is a streamlined and secure application designed specifically for busy doctors. The collaboration and communication tools in Maya are what really make this app a powerful tool for the busy physician.
 
  
The app and lets you be a part of the Maya community where you will become a key part of a network dedicated to creating a more efficient and effective healthcare environment. An interconnected family of doctors all with the latest in mobile health tools at their fingertips, all collaborating and sharing patient information, all helping to inform one another and the community around them on the challenges and breakthroughs affecting the health of their patients. Learn more and download the [http://mayahealthnetwork.com/maya_health_app/ Maya App].
 
  
The Maya App was developed by the [http://mayahealthnetwork.com// Maya Health Network], in the United States.
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'''Open Health Network''' is smart, configurable, customizable mobile B2B2C health platform. It is an open platform and integrates with the existing systems, applications, devices, data and content. Each app can automatically adapts to each patient. OHN's interactive big data dashboard provides deep big data analytics.  
  
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Their Mission:         Enable healthcare organizations to create powerful mobile applications to run on any device and in any language within a day without coding
  
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Founder(s):           Tatyana Kanzaveli and Maksim Tsvetovat
  
'''Open Health Network''' is smart, configurable, customizable mobile B2B2C health platform. The Open Health Network enables healthcare organizations to create powerful mobile health applications that run on any device and in any language within a day without coding.
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It is an open platform and integrates with the existing systems, applications, devices, data and content. Each app can automatically adapts to each patient. OHN's interactive big data dashboard provides deep big data analytics. Learn more about [http://www.openhealth.cc Open Health Network].
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Learn More:             [http://www.openhealth.cc Open Health Network]
  
Open Health Network was started by Tatyana Kanzaveli and Maksim Tsvetovat in Bay Area in the United States.
 
  
  
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'''Pró-Química Online''' contains information from the Manual of Emergencies of the Pro Chemistry of ABIQUIM - Brazilian Association of Chemical Industry. It follows the UN guidelines for the Land Transport of Dangerous Goods (Orange Book) and The US Department of Transportation's Emergency Response Guidebook (DOT).
  
'''Pró-Química Online''' is a free portable application for professionals in the emergency sector who work with dangerous products. This Guide contains information from the Manual of Emergencies of the Pro Chemistry of ABIQUIM - Brazilian Association of Chemical Industry. It follows the UN guidelines for the Land Transport of Dangerous Goods (Orange Book) and The US Department of Transportation's Emergency Response Guidebook (DOT).
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Their Mission:         Inform professionals in the emergency sector who work with dangerous products
  
Developed by SUATRANS Emergência SA of Sao Paolo Brazil, a company that focused on solutions for the preservation of life and the environment, that provides its customers with products, training and services focused on environmental protection with the highest standards of quality.
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Founder(s):           SUATRANS Emergência SA of Sao Paolo Brazil (a company that focused on solutions for the preservation of life and the environment, that provides its customers with products, training and services focused on environmental protection with the highest standards of quality)
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Learn about [http://www.suatrans.com.br/lermais_materias.php?cd_materias=1062#.WIuiw7YrKHp/ emergency care] and [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.application.app.proquimica/ download the app].
 
  
  
 
'''PulsePoint''' transforms everyday purchases into votes for positive change.  
 
'''PulsePoint''' transforms everyday purchases into votes for positive change.  
  
PulsePoint mobile app alerts CPR-trained bystanders about a nearby Sudden Cardiac Arrest event and the location of the closest AED. Find out more about [http://www.pulsepoint.org/ PulsePoint].
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Their Mission:         Alert CPR-trained bystanders about a nearby Sudden Cardiac Arrest event and the location of the closest AED
  
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'''SPX Denge''' is an application that takes a different approach in the campaign against dengue in an educational and captivating game as well as a supplier of more information. The game teaches how to identify mosquitos, ways to protect oneself and family and how to spot the symptoms of denge.
 
  
Developed by the State Department of Health of São Paulo to combat the huge effects of dengue every year since the 90s on the residents of the state of São Paulo.
 
  
Learn more [http://www.saude.sp.gov.br/ information] and [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.gov.sp.saude.spxdengue/ download the app].
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'''SPX Denge''' is an application that takes a different approach in the campaign against dengue fever in an educational and captivating game as well as a supplier of more information. The game teaches how to identify mosquitos, ways to protect oneself and family and how to spot the symptoms of dengue.
  
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Their Mission:         Combat the huge effects of dengue fever
  
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'''Water Tracker''' is an app that tracks how much water you use every day. Water Tracker tracks showering, driving, eating, and drinking your morning coffee all use water, and using the app you can track, find ways to reduce your water consumption, and even compare your use of water with your Facebook friends.  
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'''Water Tracker''' is an app that tracks how much water you use every day. Track showering, driving, eating, and drinking your morning coffee and even compare your use of water with your Facebook friends. The app is currently being piloted with Colorado State University and UNAM in Mexico City to compare the water usage of students at each university.
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The app is currently being piloted with Colorado State University and UNAM in Mexico City to compare the water usage by students at each university. Learn more and download the [http://www.thewatertracker.com/ Water Tracker app].
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The Water Tracker App was created by Fidan Karimova, Dmytro Malakhov, and Vitalii Starush in Washington DC, in the United States.
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'''YesHealth''' empowers people everywhere to start living healthier, happier lives. YesHealths mission is to stop diabetes and take charge of your health–and have fun doing it–by developing healthy habits that last a lifetime.
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'''YesHealth''' empowers people everywhere to start living healthier, happier lives. YesHealth is the first all-mobile personalized diabetes prevention program. Users partner with a health coach team to create a personal, holistic health program that requires no special equipment or prepared diet foods.
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Yes Health has partnered with Solera Health, UCSF, and American Diabetes Association.
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Their Mission:         Help people suffering from diabetes to develop healthy habits for life in a fun manner
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Founder(s):           Alex Petrov and Yes Health Foundation
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Learn More:            [https://www.yeshealth.com YesHealth] and [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/yes-health-diabetes-prevention/id1031370166?ls=1&mt=8 Download the App].
  
YesHealth is the first all-mobile personalized diabetes prevention program. In the app you partner with a health coach team to create a personal, holistic health program that requires no special equipment or prepared diet foods. Learn more about [https://www.yeshealth.com YesHealth] and [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/yes-health-diabetes-prevention/id1031370166?ls=1&mt=8 download the app].
 
  
YesHealth was created by Alex Petrov and Yes Health Foundation in the United States. Yes Health has partnered with Solera Health, UCSF, and American Diabetes Association.
 
  
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-04.png |70px|left|]]Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning==
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-04.png |70px|left|]]Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning==
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'''ChangeX''' is a platform that coaches students in technical skill building and design thinking methods as they participate in social impact challenges.
 
  
Cities, organizations, companies, and schools can create challenges for youth ages 13–24 and youth can learn 21st-century skills as they participate in the challenges. Current ChangeX challenges run from two to six months with 50 to 50,000 learners.  Learn more about [http://www.changexedu.com/changex/ ChangeX].
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'''ChangeX''' is a platform that coaches students in technical skill building and design thinking methods as they participate in social impact challenges. Cities, organizations, companies, and schools can create challenges for youth ages 13–24 to learn modern skills. Current ChangeX challenges run from two to six months with 50 to 50,000 learners.  
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Their Mission:         Teach youth aged 13-24 skills by creating social impact challenges
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Founder(s):           Libby Falck
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Learn More:            [http://www.changexedu.com/changex/ ChangeX]
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ChangeX was started by Libby Falck in the Bay Area in the United States.
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'''ESL Map''' is a filterable, mapped, community-sourced listing of available English Language Learner classes in the Nashville area.
  
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Their Mission:         Provide easy access to individuals who want to learn or improve their English
  
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Founder(s):           Nick Lorenson (of Code for Nashville)
  
'''ESL Map''' is a filterable, mapped, community-sourced listing of available English Language Learner classes in the Nashville area. Find out more about [http://www.eslmap.com/ ESL Map].
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ESL Map was created by Nick Lorenson of Code for Nashville in the United States.
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Learn More:            [http://www.eslmap.com/ ESL Map]
  
  
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'''Goalie''' is a mobile application that enables Mission Asset Fund (MAF) Lending Circle participants to easily monitor their loan status, including payments in real-time, input savings and spendings, and create short-term budget goals. App users receive notifications from MAF staff if there are any payment issues or program updates.  
 
'''Goalie''' is a mobile application that enables Mission Asset Fund (MAF) Lending Circle participants to easily monitor their loan status, including payments in real-time, input savings and spendings, and create short-term budget goals. App users receive notifications from MAF staff if there are any payment issues or program updates.  
  
The application is available on [https://github.com/CodePath-MAF Github].
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Their Mission:         Help people to stay up to date and informed about their loans and finances
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Founder(s):           [https://github.com/josemontesdeoca Jose Montes de Oca]
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Goalie is open-source and was created by developer [https://github.com/josemontesdeoca Jose Montes de Oca]. The application was created in the United States.
 
  
  
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'''Mentive''' is a platform for live online classes with real people and top quality materials to master the skills you need. Mentive believes that knowledge turns dreams into reality, and education brings about this knowledge. Mentive is determined to find a way to enhance all the great online courses out there with the benefits of face-to-face learning.
  
'''Mentive''' is a platform for live online classes with real people and top quality materials to master the skills you need.
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Their Mission:         Create a global educational community where students and mentors meet to turn any online course into an interactive learning experience
  
Mentive believes knowledge turns dreams into reality. Education brings knowledge. Mentive is a global educational community where students and mentors meet to turn any online course into an interactive learning experience. Mentive is determined to find a way to enhance all the great online courses out there with the benefits of face-to-face learning. Find out more about [https://www.mentive.co/pages/ Mentive]
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Founder(s):           Jonathan Heyne and has a team of [https://www.mentive.co/mentors?locale=en mentors]
  
Mentive was founded by Jonathan Heyne and has a team of [https://www.mentive.co/mentors?locale=en mentors]. Mentive is based in Berkeley in the United States.
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Location:                Berkeley, California, United States
  
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Learn More:            [https://www.mentive.co/pages/ Mentive]
  
  
'''Moneythink''' is a movement of young people working to restore the economic health of the United States through financial education.  Moneythink has an app that challenges you to prove your financial skills.
 
  
Money think believes the opportunity gap is wider than ever. Money skills aren't taught in American schools. We believe every student deserves a financial education, and we're on a mission to make that happen. Find out more and download the app  [http://moneythink.org/ Moneythink]
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'''Moneythink''' is a movement of young people working to restore the economic health of the United States through financial education.  Moneythink has an app that challenges you to prove your financial skills. Moneythink believes that the opportunity gap is wider than ever, but financial skills are not taught in American schools. Moneythink has partnered with [http://causelabs.com/ Causelabs]
  
Moneythink was created by Ted Gonder, Greg Nance, and Shashin Chokshi and is based in Chicago, United States. Moneythink has partnered with [http://causelabs.com/ Causelabs].  
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Their Mission:        Provide a financial education to all students
  
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Founder(s):           Ted Gonder, Greg Nance, and Shashin Chokshi
  
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Location:                Chicago, Illinois, United States
  
'''Open Schools!''' is a web app that hopes to support family decisions with data. Open Schools! helps parents choose a school in Washington DC.  
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Learn More:            [http://moneythink.org/ Moneythink]
  
Open Schools! recognizes that the "right" school for children can be evaluated not just by standardized test scores, but by teacher turnover, parent involvement, special programming, community and more. Data is from school populations by neighborhood, and gradually plan to add information collected from the city, NGOs, the private sector, and users. Learn more about [http://edu.codefordc.org/ Open Schools]
 
  
Open Schools was created by [http://www.meetup.com/Code-for-DC/ Code For DC] located in Washington DC in the United States.
 
  
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'''Open Schools!''' is a web app that supports family decisions with data.  The right school for children is based not only on standardized test scores, but by teacher turnover, parent involvement, special programming, community, and much more. The company plans to gradually add information collected from the city, NGOs, the private sector, and users.
  
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Their Mission:         Help parents choose a school for their children in Washington DC
  
'''Open311''' is an open protocol that reports public issues like graffiti, abandoned cars, or illegal dumping to local government. Local city governments will receive these reported issues, dispatch them to related departments, and handle those issues.
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Founder(s):           [http://www.meetup.com/Code-for-DC/ Code For DC]
  
Open331 App is developed with Ionic and to run on iOS and Android. Open311 is open-source, download [https://github.com/codeforsanjose/relay311 Open311 App on GitHub].
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Location:                Washington DC, United States
  
Open311 was created by [http://codeforsanjose.com/ Code For San Jose] in partnership with [http://www.sanjoseca.gov/ San Jose] in California in the United States.
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Learn More:            [http://edu.codefordc.org/ Open Schools]
  
  
'''Vana Learning''' is a technology platform that improves academic outcomes for students with ADHD.
 
  
Learn more at [https://www.vanalearning.com  Vana Learning].
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'''Open311''' is an open protocol that reports public issues like graffiti, abandoned cars, or illegal dumping to local government.  Local city governments will receive these reported issues, dispatch them to related departments, and handle those issues. The open-source app is developed with Ionic and to run on iOS and Android.
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Their Mission:         Clean up public issues such as graffiti, abandoned cars, and illegal dumping
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Founder(s):           [http://codeforsanjose.com/ Code For San Jose] in partnership with [http://www.sanjoseca.gov/ San Jose]
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Location:                San Jose, California, United States
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'''Vana Learning'''
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Their Mission:         Improvevacademic outcomes for students with ADHD
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==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-05.png  |70px|left|]]Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls==
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-05.png  |70px|left|]]Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls==
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'''Besiders Reminders App''' helps remind users to take their birth control. You just have to let the app know when the schedule starts with the first dose, what time of day you want a reminder, and then customize your reminder message to be either discrete or include funny messages, etc.
 
  
This app is easy to use, has lots of features and options for customization, and entertaining content along with every reminder. Learn more and download [https://www.bedsider.org/reminders_app Besiders App] for IOS and Android.
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'''Besiders Reminders App''' helps remind users to take their birth control. Let the app know when the cycle starts with the first dose, the time of day, and customize reminders to be discrete or funny.
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Their Mission:         Remind women to take their birth control on time
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Founder(s):           [https://www.bedsider.org Besiders] an online birth control support network for women 18-29 and operated by [http://thenationalcampaign.org/ The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregancy] a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
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'''ELLAS''' libres de violencias  mobile application allows Colombian women to know more about specific cases or situations they might find themselves in, where to go to initiate a complaint, and what the specific requirements are that each Entity has for female victims of violence.
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Their Mission:         Prove a safe escape for Colomian women from dangerous situations such as sexual,  intra-familial, economic or political violence
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Founder(s):           [http://rednacionaldemujeres.org/  La Red Nacion de Mujeres] de Mujeres
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'''PLP 2.0''' provides help to women who have become victims. The app panic button triggers the military police and sends a warning to PLPs - community leaders who have participated in training courses on women's rights and who are able to share information and support for victims of domestic and sexual violence. [https://juntas.geledes.org.br/ platform] is a place for women to access resources on issues of gender inequality, breast cancer, violence, abuse and feminicide.
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Their Mission:         Prevent and eradicate violence against women
  
Besiders Reminder App was created by [https://www.bedsider.org Besiders] an online birth control support network for women 18-29 and operated by [http://thenationalcampaign.org/ The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregancy] a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the United States.
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Founder(s):           [http://themis.org.br/ Themis] (a feminist NGO)
  
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Location:                Porto Alegré, Brazil
  
'''ELLAS''' libres de violencias is a mobile application that gives Colombian women a route to care in the event that they are victims of sexual, intra-familial, economic or political violence. The mobile application allows Colombian women to know more about specific cases or situations they might find themselves in, where to go to initiate a complaint, and what the specific requirements are that each Entity has for female victims of violence.
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Learn More:             [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.com.beelieve.plp&hl=pt_BR/ the PLP 2.0 app]
  
ELLAS was developed by La Red Nacion de Mujeres based in Bogota Columbia.
 
  
Learn more about [http://rednacionaldemujeres.org/  La Red Nacion de Mujeres] and download [http://rednacionaldemujeres.org/index.php/campanas/ellas-libres-de-violencias/ the Ellas app].
 
  
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'''Stronger Than Espresso App'''
  
'''PLP 2.0''' is an app to prevent and eradicate violence against women. The PLP 2.0 app panic button triggers the military police and sends a warning to PLPs - community leaders who have participated in training courses on women's rights and who are able to share information and support for victims of domestic and sexual violence.
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Their Mission:         Prove resources for women in need of help
  
Developed by Themis, a feminist NGO in Porto Alegré, Brazil, also offers a [https://juntas.geledes.org.br/ platform] for women to access resources on issues of gender inequality, breast cancer, violence, abuse and feminicide.
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Founder(s):           AdvanceNet Labs
  
Learn more about [http://themis.org.br/ Themis] and download [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.com.beelieve.plp&hl=pt_BR/ the app].
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Learn More:            [http://www.advancenetlabs.org/ Stronger Than Espresso App]
  
'''Stronger Than Espresso App''' is your go-to place to access resources for women in need of help. Find out more about [http://www.advancenetlabs.org/ Stronger Than Espresso App].
 
  
Stronger Than Espresso App was created by AdvanceNet Labs in the United States.
 
  
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-06.png  |70px|left|]]Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all ==
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-06.png  |70px|left|]]Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all ==
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'''The Human Utility''' formerly Detroit Water Project believes everyone needs running water and water is a human right. Water companies are turning off the tap in cities across the U.S., forcing low-income families, seniors and single parents to live without basic necessities. Families without water are forced to go elsewhere to take showers, clean dishes and get a drink. The Human Utility lets people donate to help pay for water bills for those who cannot.
 
  
The Human Utility lets people donate money, services, or partnerships to help those who are without or in danger of having no water in Detroit and Baltimore. Through their online platform they verify individuals who need assistance. Learn more about [https://www.detroitwaterproject.org/ The Human Utility].
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'''The Human Utility''' formerly Detroit Water Project believes everyone needs running water and water is a human right. Water companies are turning off the tap in cities across the U.S., forcing low-income families, seniors and single parents to live without basic necessities. Families without water are forced to go elsewhere to take showers, clean dishes and get a drink. The Human Utility lets people donate money, services, or partnerships to help those who are without or in danger of having no water in Detroit and Baltimore. Through their online platform they verify individuals who need assistance.  
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The Human Utility was created by the Conscientious Utility Project, Inc and was fiscally sponsored by the Social Good Fund, an IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
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'''S @ i''' is a system that guides farmers not to waste their water. S @ i is an technological tool for irrigation management aimed at maximizing the efficiency of water use in irrigated areas, allowing the user (producers, ATER technicians and irrigation district managers), faster access the Important information, and consequently a quick, reliable return to the farmer.
 
  
S @ i was developed by Inovagri based in Fortaleza, Brazil to address unsustainable agricultural production, especially in regards to water. There is a lack of basic research in regards to the use of water. Rural producers lack the technology, and the public apparatus lacks the equipment and qualified personnel. In view of these premises, Inovagri has created a non-profit entity that can bring a new perspective to research to irrigated fields all over Brazil through technological development and innovation in agricultural irrigation.
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'''S @ i''' is a system that guides farmers not to waste their water. S @ i is an technological tool for irrigation management aimed at maximizing the efficiency of water use in irrigated areas, allowing the user (producers, ATER technicians and irrigation district managers), faster access the Important information, and consequently a quick, reliable return to the farmer. It was developed to address unsustainable agricultural production, since there is a lack of basic research in regards to the use of water. Rural producers lack the technology, and the public apparatus lacks the equipment and qualified personnel. In view of these premises.
  
Learn more about [http://inovagri.org.br/ Inovagri] and [http://inovagri.org.br/?projetos=sai-sistema-de-assessoramento-ao-irrigante/ the system].
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'''Water Tracker''' is an app that tracks how much water you use every day. Water Tracker tracks showering, driving, eating, and drinking your morning coffee all use water, and using the app you can track, find ways to reduce your water consumption, and even compare your use of water with your Facebook friends.
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Learn More:            [http://inovagri.org.br/ Inovagri] [http://inovagri.org.br/?projetos=sai-sistema-de-assessoramento-ao-irrigante/ the system]
  
The app is currently being piloted with Colorado State University and UNAM in Mexico City to compare the water usage by students at each university. Learn more and download the [http://www.thewatertracker.com/ Water Tracker app].
 
  
The Water Tracker App was created by Fidan Karimova, Dmytro Malakhov, and Vitalii Starush in Washington DC, in the United States.
 
  
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'''Water Tracker''' is an app that tracks how much water you use every day. Track showering, driving, eating, and drinking your morning coffee and even compare your use of water with your Facebook friends. The app is currently being piloted with Colorado State University and UNAM in Mexico City to compare the water usage of students at each university.
  
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Their Mission:         Reduce water consumption
  
'''WellDone''' builds technology tools that empower resource-constrained communities with the data they need to provide critical infrastructure that lasts. WellDone oversees the functioning of water pumps in Tanzania, with the effort to make communities there self-reliant. Often wells end up neglected and eventually break down.  
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Location:                Washington DC, United States
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'''MoMo''' is an app that addresses the needs of local water pump engineers to bring the app with them to their field, view and get notified of the changes in health of the pumps, provide updates once they fix issues, possibly navigate to other pumps, view the lay of the land, even without network availability. WellDone is an international nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that oversees the functioning of water pumps in Tanzania, with the effort to make communities there self-reliant. Often wells end up neglected and eventually break down. Learn more  about and download the app.
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Their Mission:         Empower resource-constrained communities with the data they need to create or maintain critical infrastructure that lasts
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Founder(s):           Jim Yoon and Josh To
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Learn More:            [https://momo.welldone.org/ MoMo]  [https://welldone.org/ WellDone]
  
The app MoMo addresses the needs of local water pump engineers to bring the app with them to their field, view and get notified of the changes in health of the pumps, provide updates once they fix issues, possibly navigate to other pumps, view the lay of the land, even without network availability. Learn more  about [https://welldone.org/ WellDone] and download the app [https://momo.welldone.org/ MoMo].
 
  
WellDone is an international nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization started by Jim Yoon and Josh To. WellDone’s team is located in the United States and internationally.
 
  
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-07.png |70px|left|]]Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all==
 
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'''Fastracker''' mobile app lets you help track oil and gas activity in the U.S. Fastracker believes that oil and gas data should be accessible to the public, and that individuals can contribute meaningful insight into potential impacts of the industry through crowdsourcing. The app allows users to submit oil and gas photos or reports regarding drilling near them. You can also view a map of nearby wells drilled and save your submissions for future reference.
 
  
Fastracker is available for free download on IOS and Android. Learn more and download [https://www.fractracker.org/apps/ Fastracker].
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'''Fastracker''' mobile app lets you help track oil and gas activity in the U.S. Individuals can contribute meaningful insight into potential impacts of the industry through crowdsourcing. The app allows users to submit oil and gas photos or reports regarding drilling near them. You can also view a map of nearby wells drilled and save your submissions for future reference.
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Their Mission:         Provide access to gas and oil data to the public
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Fastracker was created by [https://www.fractracker.org/ Fastracker Alliance] in the United States. FracTracker Alliance studies, maps, and communicates the risks of oil and gas development to protect our planet and support the renewable energy transformation.
 
  
  
'''SF Environment''' has a goal to visualize building energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions to encourage owners and building managers to make proper changes.  
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'''SF Environment''' contains an Energy Benchmarking Dashboard that displays building-specific energy, GHG, and EUI metrics and measures building performance over time.
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Their Mission:         Visualize building energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions to encourage owners and building managers to make proper changes
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An Energy Benchmarking Dashboard that displays building-specific energy, GHG, and EUI metrics and measures building performance over time. Find out more about [http://datascience.codeforsanfrancisco.org/project/sf-environment-benchmark/ SF Environment].
 
  
SF Environment is a project of the Data Science Working Group at Code for San Francisco, for the [https://sfenvironment.org/ San Francisco Department of Environment] in the United States.
 
  
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-08.png |70px|left|]]Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all==
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-08.png |70px|left|]]Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all==
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'''CareerHub''' helps improve the struggles of workforce professionals to verify employment and provide meaningful retention services. CareerHub get results whose clients are schools and job training programs working with low-income people to get living wage employment. The app also continues the relationship between the career resource centers and those placed in jobs by sending messages via the app, and ability to incentivize activities like sending in a photo via the app of their pay stub and get back digital gift cards. The app helps save time and money, increase client job placement, as well as improves data collection and increase engagement. 
 
  
CareerHubsUS is used by Workforce Development, Human Services, K-12, Youth Development, and Community Colleges. Learn more about [http://www.careerhubus.com/ CareerHub].
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'''CareerHub's''' clients include schools and job training programs, which work with low-income earners to get a living wage through better employment. The app creates an interactive relationship between career resource centers and job-searchers, by sending people messages, and creating incentives such giving out digital gift cards in exchange for sending photos of a pay stub. The app helps users save time and money, increase client job placement, improve data collection, and increase engagement. CareerHubsUS is used by Workforce Development, Human Services, K-12, Youth Development, and Community Colleges.
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Their Mission:         Improve the struggles of workforce professionals to verify employment and provide meaningful retention services
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'''CaringCent App''' consumers support causes in a budget that fits their lifestyle. Nonprofits establish relationships with new donors and companies to deepen ties with customers through micro-targeted corporate philanthropy. Their motto is "Small Change, Big Impact.
  
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Their Mission:         Modernize philanthropy to virtuously personalize generosity across consumers, causes and companies
  
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'''CaringCent App''' is modernizing philanthropy to virtuously personalize generosity across consumers, causes and companies.
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Through CaringCent, consumers support causes in a way that fits their lifestyle, nonprofits establish relationships with new donors and companies deepen ties with customers through micro-targeted corporate philanthropy. Our motto is "Small Change, Big Impact. Learn more about [http://www.caringcent.com/ CaringCent]
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'''Centro Business Planning App''' is the first and only free mobile app that helps you plan for a new or growing small business without having any entrepreneurship training.
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'''Centro Business Planning App''' is the first and only mobile app that helps you plan for a new or growing small business without having any entrepreneurship training, and for free. The app was developed to assist low-income, at risk and minority entrepreneurs learn the nuts and bolts about building a successful business.
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Their Mission:         Assist and teach low-income, at risk and minority entrepreneurs, the nuts and bolts about building a successful business
  
The app coaches users on developing a business plan through a series of interactive activities. Learn more and download [http://www.centro-mobile.org/ Centro Business Planning App]
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Founder(s):           [http://www.centrocommunity.org/ Centro Community Partners]
  
Centro Business Planning App was created by [http://www.centrocommunity.org/ Centro Community Partners] in Oakland, California in the United States.
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'''CleanSlateDC''' web service mission is to help you determine your eligibility to have a record sealed for those with a criminal history.
 
  
CleanSlateDC is a resource to help people with criminal records find success in their futures. Find out more about [https://www.cleanslatedc.com/ CleanSlateDC].
 
  
CleanSlateDC was created by the Code for America DC chapter in the United States.
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'''CleanSlateDC''' is a resource to help people with criminal records find success in their futures.  
  
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Their Mission:         Help individuals with a criminal history determine their eligibility to have a record sealed
  
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Founder(s):           Code for America DC
  
'''Larger Local''' is a user curated shopping collection that allows like-minded users to find and share products made by social conscious companies, helping products and companies gain prominence and increase their positive social impact.
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Learn more [https://larger-local.herokuapp.com Larger Local]
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'''Laudelina''' is an app in set to fully release in 2017 that provides knowledge and tools for domestic workers to advocate for their rights. Laudelina is already a reality and its main objective is to legally protect domestic workers and promote a private social network between professionals in this sector.
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'''Larger Local''' is a user curated shopping collection that allows like-minded users find and share products made by social conscious companies.  
  
Developed by [http://themis.org.br/ Themis] a feminist NGO in Porto Alegré, Brazil. Laudelina will provide stronger monitoring and accountability of labour inspection bodies in Brazil, such as The Public Ministry of Labour, or Justice of Employment, who participated as collaborators and key allies in its development.
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Their Mission:         Help people find products and companies that care about positive social impact
  
Learn more about [http://lac.unwomen.org/en/noticias-y-eventos/articulos/2016/08/laudelina#sthash.NODgcZO6.dpuf/ Laudelina].
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'''My RoundUp App''' lets you put your spare change from everyday purchases to good use by contributing to the causes you care about. Connect your debit/credit card and your purchases will be rounded up to the nearest dollar and given to your cause in micro donations.
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Learn More:            [https://larger-local.herokuapp.com Larger Local]
  
My RoundUp App is free and available for ISO and Android. My RoundUp App also has options for private label use and customization. Learn more and download [http://www.myroundup.com/ My RoundUp App]
 
  
My RoundUp App was created by a [http://www.myroundup.com/  team] and was founded by Aaron Lowe in the United States.
 
  
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'''Laudelina''' provides knowledge and tools for domestic workers to advocate for their rights. Laudelina will strongly monitor and create accountability of labour inspection bodies in Brazil, such as The Public Ministry of Labour and the Justice of Employment, both of which have collaborated and have become key allies in its development.
  
'''Worker Connect''' empowers workers to provide feedback.
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Their Mission:         Legally protect domestic workers and promote a private social network between professionals in this sector
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'''My RoundUp App''' lets you put your spare change from everyday purchases to good use by contributing to causes that are important to you. Connect your debit/credit card and your purchases will be rounded up to the nearest dollar and given to your cause in micro donations. My RoundUp App also has options for private label use and customization.
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My RoundUp App was created by a  in the United States.
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Their Mission:         Helping people donate spare change to causes that matter to them
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'''Worker Connect''' In close collaboration with migrant workers, worker welfare staff, and support networks in the Persian Gulf, Worker Connect is a mechanism for migrant construction workers to learn about their rights, share information about their experiences, and provide anonymous feedback to worker welfare supervisors. The service includes a mobile app for use by construction workers to report feedback on their living and working conditions, and a dashboard where supervisors can analyze anonymous data to highlight areas of concern and intervene when necessary.  
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Their Mission:         Empower workers to share information about their experience and provide anonymous feedback to welfare supervisors
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Founder(s):           [http://www.caravanstudios.org Caravan Studios], a division of TechSoup. TechSoup is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
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Learn More:             [https://www.workerapp.org/ Worker Connect]
  
In close collaboration with migrant workers, worker welfare staff, and support networks in the Persian Gulf, Worker Connect is a mechanism for migrant construction workers to learn about their rights, share information about their experiences, and provide anonymous feedback to worker welfare supervisors. To be piloted in late 2016, the service includes a mobile app for use by construction workers to report feedback on their living and working conditions, and a dashboard where supervisors can analyze anonymous data to highlight areas of concern and intervene when necessary. Learn more and download the [https://www.workerapp.org/ Worker Connect]
 
  
Worker Connect is made by [http://www.caravanstudios.org Caravan Studios], a division of TechSoup. TechSoup is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in the United States.
 
  
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-09.png |70px|left|]]Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation==
 
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'''4Bells''' helps deploy known volunteers to complete urgent, time-sensitive tasks.
 
  
The idea for this app was generated by Animal Welfare and Food Rescue groups who spend an inordinate amount of time managing time-sensitive volunteer tasks. 4Bells helps organizations by shifting some of the process from white boards to the volunteers. Volunteers are notified about tasks and can claim and check them in, reducing time spent on the phone and tracking activity on white boards  
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'''4Bells''' helps organizations shift some of the process from white boards to the volunteers. Volunteers are notified about tasks and can claim them and check in, reducing the time spent over the phone and tracking activity on white boards. 4Bells was built, pro bono, by JayStack. The effort is also supported by a generous grant from Microsoft Citizenship.
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Their Mission:         Help deploy known volunteers to complete urgent, time-sensitive tasks
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'''Appallicious''' is a data collection and aggregation company that creates apps such as  [http://appallicious.com/cead/ Code Enforcement Assessment Dashboard (CEAD)],[http://www.govtech.com/applications/New-Housing-Data-Enables-SF-Neighborhood-Health-App.html Neighborhood Score] a mobile app that allows the user access to a block-by-block analysis of health and sustainability data, and the [http://appallicious.com/daad/ Disaster Assessment and Assistance Dashboard (DAAD)] built to serve the entire lifeline of disaster from community resiliency and preparedness planning through to post-disaster economic recovery.
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Their Mission:         Help banks, businesses, and government create opportunity, savings, efficiency and value from all types of data
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Learn More:            [http://appallicious.com Appallicious] and its apps [http://appallicious.com/cead/ Code Enforcement Assessment Dashboard (CEAD)] [http://www.govtech.com/applications/New-Housing-Data-Enables-SF-Neighborhood-Health-App.html Neighborhood Score] [http://appallicious.com/daad/ Disaster Assessment and Assistance Dashboard (DAAD)]
  
4Bells was built, pro bono, by JayStack. The effort is also supported by a generous grant from Microsoft Citizenship. Find out more about [http://www.4bells.org/ 4Bells].
 
  
  
'''Appallicious''' is a data collection and aggregation company that creates products to help banks, businesses, and government create opportunity, savings, efficiency and value from all types of data.
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'''Callbot''' calls a group of contacts in minutes to deliver a personally recorded voice message right from your phone.
  
Some of the apps developed by Appallicious are [http://appallicious.com/cead/ Code Enforcement Assessment Dashboard (CEAD)], [http://www.govtech.com/applications/New-Housing-Data-Enables-SF-Neighborhood-Health-App.html Neighborhood Score] a mobile app that allows the user access to a block-by-block analysis of health and sustainability data, and the [http://appallicious.com/daad/ Disaster Assessment and Assistance Dashboard (DAAD)] built to serve the entire lifeline of disaster from community resiliency and preparedness planning through to post-disaster economic recovery. Learn more about [http://appallicious.com Appallicious].
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Their Mission:         Help nonprofits and organizations manage their volunteers, send reminders, and notify employees
  
Appallicious was started by Yo Yoshida in California in the United States.
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Founder(s):           [http://www.gravityfish.com/ Gravity Fish], a small developer team
  
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Learn More:            [http://www.callbotapp.com/ Callbot]
  
'''Callbot''' is an app that will call a group of contacts for you in minutes to deliver a personally recorded voice message right from your phone. Simply make a group from your contacts, and then record your own voice message, then let Callbot make all the calls for you.
 
  
Callbot helps nonprofits and organizations manage their volunteers, send reminders, notify employees, and much more. Learn more and download the app [http://www.callbotapp.com/ Callbot].
 
  
Callbot was created by [http://www.gravityfish.com/ Gravity Fish] a small developer team based in the United States.  
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'''Code Alliance''' creates volunteer opportunities that last from 6 to 40 hours, spanning from a weekend to a week-long commitment. In order to be considered for a Code Alliance project, the project must be open source, the nonprofit must already be using the technology in the field, and they must have one engineer on staff.  
  
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Their Mission:         Connect tech professionals to open source volunteer opportunities
  
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Founder(s):           [http://www.benetech.org/ Benetech] a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that empowers communities in need by creating scalable technology solutions
  
'''Code Alliance''' connect technology professionals to open source volunteer opportunities. The program creates volunteer opportunities that last from eight to 40 hours, spanning a weekend to a week-long commitment. In order to be considered for a Code Alliance project, the project must be open source, the nonprofit must already be using the technology in the field, and they must have one engineer on staff.
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Location:                Palo Alto, California United States
  
Learn more about [http://codealliance.org/ Code Alliance] and their volunteer opportunities.
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Learn More:             [http://codealliance.org/ Code Alliance]
  
Code Alliance was created by [http://www.benetech.org/ Benetech] a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that empowers communities in need by creating scalable technology solutions in Palo Alto in the United States.
 
  
  
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'''Everybody Helping'''
  
'''Everybody Helping''' connects individuals/groups with local organizations and causes that are important to them, facilitating monthly recurring donations, awareness building. Find out more about [https://everybodyhelping.com/ Everybody Helping].
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Their Mission:         Connects individuals/groups with local organizations and causes that are important to them, facilitates monthly donations, and builds awareness  
  
Everybody Helping was created by Ehco Inc. in the United States.
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Learn More:            [https://everybodyhelping.com/ Everybody Helping]
  
'''Feito na Biblioteca''' creates tools for library users at libraries in Brazil.
 
 
Made at the Library is a collaboration with library staff and library users to develop mobile apps using open government data. Working in two capital cities, Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais) and Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul), library users and library staff from nine libraries will participate in community events that spark creativity and spur development of three mobile apps that solve local problems.
 
 
Find out more about [http://www.feitonabiblioteca.org/ Feito na Biblioteca].
 
  
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'''Feito na Biblioteca''' Made at the Library is a collaboration with library staff and library users to develop mobile apps using open government data. Working in two capital cities, Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais) and Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul), library users and library staff from nine libraries can participate in community events that spark creativity and spur development of three mobile apps that solve local problems.
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Their Mission:         Create tools for library users at libraries
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'''Goodworld''' allows you to use the #donate hashtag to instantly give to causes that matter on Facebook, Twitter and the web.
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Their Mission:         Create a payments pathway that is the global force for good
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'''Helpugees'''
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Their Mission:         Match refugees and volunteers together using matchmaking platform
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'''Hermes Translator''' uses text messaging to help users communicate with anyone, in any language in the world.
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Their Mission:         Break down language barriers to communicate with others
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Founder(s):           Reid Chatham (started this app to address the need to communicate more efficiently when traveling)
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Learn More:            [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hermes-translator/id1088107640?mt=8 Hermes Translator]
  
  
'''Goodworld''' is on a mission to create a payments pathway that is the global force for good.
 
  
Goodworld allows you to use the #donate hashtag to instantly give to causes that matter on Facebook, Twitter and the web. Find out more about [https://goodworld.me/ Goodworld].
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'''Kill the Cup''' gives you the best access to the top bingo deals in the industry. They feature both no deposit required offers, exclusive large bonuses and coupons for added value.
  
Goodworld was created in the United States.
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Their Mission:         Provide nonprofits with white label versions of mobile apps
  
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Founder(s):           Karuna Mukherjea
  
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'''Helpugees''' is a matchmaking platform for refugees and volunteers. Learn more about [http://www.helpugees.com/ Helpugees].
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Learn More:            [http://www.killthecup.org/ Kill The Cup]
  
Helpugees was created in the United States.
 
  
'''Hermes Translator''' uses text messaging to help users communicate with anyone, in any language in the world. Hermes Translator helps you to break down language barriers and to communicate with others
 
  
Hermes Translator app is free and lets users communicate with the people that don’t share the same language. Learn more and download [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hermes-translator/id1088107640?mt=8 Hermes Translator].
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'''Kricket'''
  
Reid Chatham started this app to address the need to communicate more efficiently when traveling. This app was created in San Francisco, California in the United States.
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Their Mission:         Help people and organizations work towards a common goal towards building a community and coordinating the distribution of humanitarian aid by crowd-mapping
  
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'''Hermes Translator''' uses text messaging to help users communicate with anyone, in any language in the world. Hermes Translator helps you to break down language barriers and to communicate with others
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Learn More:            [https://app.kricket.co/ Kricket]
  
Hermes Translator app is free and lets users communicate with the people that don’t share the same language. Learn more and download [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hermes-translator/id1088107640?mt=8 Hermes Translator].
 
  
Reid Chatham started this app to address the need to communicate more efficiently when traveling. This app was created in San Francisco, California in the United States.
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'''Local Free Web'''  25% of adults do not have any regular Internet access. You need the Internet to find the Internet. Local Free Web is a text messaging service that also places physical signs at bus stops. Text any bus stop ID to their phone number and receive text messages with locations of computers with Internet in the area. They focus on providing a resource directory of sites that locate free internet enabled computers.  
  
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Their Mission:         Bringing Internet access to those who do not have access
  
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'''Kill the Cup''' has a mission is to provide nonprofits with white label versions of mobile apps built on our platform.
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Kill The Cup gives you the best access to the top bingo deals in the industry. They feature both no deposit required offers, exclusive large bonuses and coupons for added value. Find out more about [http://www.killthecup.org/ Kill The Cup].
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Kill The Cup was created by karuna mukherjea in the United States.
 
  
  
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'''Martus''' is an app that focuses on the needs of grassroots organizations and human rights defenders as well as information management. The app is for desktops that focus on structured data collection and helps circumvent Internet blocking in various countries. This project focuses on an open source Secure App Generator that will allow users and partners to create custom “Powered by Martus” write-only applications (where the user can only submit data, but not read it post-submission, so as to reduce risk for untrained data collectors), making it easier for organizations to distribute secure, easy-to-use data collection tools and for users to collect and secure information in the field. Previous support focused on the creation of a mobile version of Martus for the Android mobile OS to allow for secure information transmission in the field.
  
'''Kricket''' is a crowd-mapping network helping people and organizations work towards a common goal building community and coordinating the distribution of humanitarian aid. Learn more about [https://app.kricket.co/ Kricket].
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Their Mission:         Provide journalists and defenders of grassroots organizations and human rights a means of transmitting information while protecting their sources and themselves
  
Kricket was created in the United States.
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'''Local Free Web'''  focuses on bringing Internet access to those who don’t have it. 25% of adults don’t have any regular Internet access. You need the Internet to find the Internet. Local Free Web is a text messaging service as well as physical signs in bus stops. Text any bus stop id to a phone number, receive text messages with locations of computers with Internet access around that bus stop.
 
  
Local Free Web is available on [https://github.com/sfbrigade/LocalFreeWeb GitHub] and focuses on proving a resource directory of sites that provides free access to internet enabled computers in San Francisco, California.
 
  
Local Free Web was created by a team part of SF Brigade [http://codeforsanfrancisco.org/ Code 4 San Francisco] located in the United States.  
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'''MEDAPulse''' is an NPO in San Francisco’s Mission District. It helps financial counselors better engage with their clients by moving them from their standard paper action plans to a secure web-based texting platform. The app uses group text messaging for the coach and the clients, with scheduled reminders. MEDAPulse is open-source and they invite any non-profit being able to roll their own version of the app. The app was built in Rails and AngularJS and designed for the Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) to enhance their financial capability coaches' ability to interact with and track the progress of their clients' action plans. The MEDAPulse project was started at San Francisco’s first financial empowerment hackathon, SF Smart Money Hackathon, then went on to win the national Hackathon in August 2014.  
  
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'''Martus''' is an app that focuses on the needs of grassroots organizations and human rights defenders and helps with information management. The app is for desktops that focused on structured data collection and helped circumvent Internet blocking in various countries. The tool is aimed at providing journalists with a means of transmitting information, while protecting their sources and themselves.
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Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
  
This project focuses on an open source Secure App Generator that will allow users and partners to create custom “Powered by Martus” write-only applications (where the user can only submit data, but not read it post-submission, so as to reduce risk for untrained data collectors), making it easier for organizations to distribute secure, easy-to-use data collection tools and for users to collect and secure information in the field. Previous support focused on the creation of a mobile version of Martus for the Android mobile OS to allow for secure information transmission in the field. Learn more about [https://www.opentech.fund/project/martus-project Martus] on the [https://www.opentech.fund/ Open Tech Fund] platform.
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Martus was developed by [http://www.benetech.org/ Benetech] a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that empowers communities in need by creating scalable technology solutions in Palo Alto in the United States.
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'''MEDAPulse''' is an NPO in San Francisco’s Mission District that helps people with their financial goals. The app helps financial counselors better engage with their clients by moving them from their standard paper action plans to a secure web-based texting platform.The app uses group text messaging from the coach to the clients, with scheduled reminders.  
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'''OneRelief''' holds crowdfunding fundraisers within hours after a disaster has struck and invites smartphone users through social media to make a small donation via the OneRelief app. Collected donations are forwarded to emergency response funds and support certified humanitarian NGO’s in the affected area(s).
  
MEDAPulse is open-source and they invite any non-profit being able to roll their own version of the app. The app was built in Rails and AngularJS app designed for the Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) to enhance their financial capability coaches' ability to interact with and track the progress of their clients' action plans. See the [https://github.com/MEDAPulse/ Github] for more information on MEDAPulse.
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Their Mission:         Collect micro-donations (US$1-$5) for humanitarian relief aid
  
The MEDAPulse project was started at San Francisco’s first financial empowerment hackathon, SF Smart Money Hackathon, then went on to win the national hackathon in August 2014. MEDAPulse was started in the United States.
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'''OneRelief''' is the first ever mobile application collecting micro-donations (US$1-$5) for humanitarian relief aid. OneRelief launches crowdfunding fundraisers within hours after a disaster has struck and invites smartphone users through social media to make a small donation via the OneRelief app.
 
  
Collected donations are forwarded to emergency response funds and support certified humanitarian NGO’s in the affected area(s). Learn more about [http://onereliefapp.com/ OneRelief].
 
  
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'''Open Garden''' is dedicated to connecting the next 5 billion mobile devices with peer-to-peer connections. Many call them the pioneers of peer-to peer mesh networking. They also created FireChat, the first messaging app to enable people to communicate even without any Internet connection or cellular data.  
  
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'''Open Garden''' is a peer-to-peer mesh network enabling communities, orgs and app developers create resilient, people-powered networks, extending the reach of the Internet.
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Open Garden is dedicated to connecting the next 5 billion mobile devices with peer-to-peer connections. Many call them the pioneers of peer-to peer mesh networking. They created FireChat, the first messaging app to enable people to communicate even without any Internet connection or cellular data. Find out more and download the app [http://www.opengarden.com/ Open Garden]
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Open Garden was founded by Paul Hainsworth, Ben Teitelbaum, and Christophe Daligault. Open Garden is based in San Francisco in the United States.
 
  
  
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'''Polis''' generates canvassing routes, load scripts and questions for volunteers to follow, and track the locations and conversations of those you have visited. It displays data analytics for each campaign, and helps to target who you should visit the next round. The app has been used successfully in many civic issue campaigns such as school district polls, and for social issue cause-building uses. Polis is perfect for door-to-door sales organizations (i.e. construction, solar, energy, home repair, retail, cable, insurance, etc.), non-profits, church groups and political campaigns.
  
'''Polis''' is a mobile app that helps harness the power of door-to-door offline advocacy. You can use Polis to generate canvassing routes, load scripts and questions for volunteers to follow, and track the locations and conversations of those you have visited. It displays data analytics for each campaign, and helps to target who you should visit the next round.
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Their Mission:         Help harness the power of door-to-door offline advocacy
  
The app has been used successfully in many civic issue campaigns such as school district polls, and for social issue cause-building uses. Polis is perfect for door-to-door sales organizations (i.e. construction, solar, energy, home repair, retail, cable, insurance, etc.), non-profits, church groups and political campaigns. Learn more and try out [http://www.polisapp.com/ Polis].
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Polis was created by Kendall Tucker and has offices in Boston and Virginia in the United States.
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'''Propelit''' is a platform for nonprofits to create quality, inexpensive short videos for giving campaigns, social outreach, and advocacy.
 
  
The app guides users in a step-by-step way on how to effectively shoot and share videos with helpful tips like how to best hold your device, frame the shot, and light your scene. Once your video is complete, you can use Propelit to push your new video as a call to action via social sharing. Learn more and try out [http://see3.com/Propelit-mobile-app Propelit].
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'''Propelit''' guides users step-by-step on how to effectively film and share videos. They provide helpful tips on how to best hold your device, frame the shot, and light the scene. Once your video is complete, you can use Propelit to push your new video as a call to action via social sharing.  
  
 
Propelit was created by the digital agency [http://see3.com/home See3] in Washington DC in the United States.
 
Propelit was created by the digital agency [http://see3.com/home See3] in Washington DC in the United States.
  
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Their Mission:         Provide a platform for nonprofits to create quality, inexpensive short videos for giving campaigns, social outreach, and advocacy
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'''Rise CIEL App''' is a SaaS platform (Software as a Service), consisting of a robust suite of tools, including an assessor and responder mobile application, and a cloud database with a UI portal driving the global humanitarian system. RISE CIEL App tools, designed to work in internet and infrastructure poor settings, rely on portable Wi-Fi, solar device charging, and technologies common in developing countries.
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Their Mission:         Provide a coordination platform that brings unprecedented efficiency to the delivery of humanitarian aid worldwide
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Founder(s):           [http://www.rise-int.org/ RISE] a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (works to build safe, healthy, and meaningful futures for unaccompanied refugee and immigrant children)
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Location:                United States
  
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'''Rise CIEL App''' is a coordination platform that brings unprecedented efficiency to the delivery of humanitarian aid worldwide.  CIEL is a SaaS platform (Software as a Service), consisting of a robust suite of tools, including an assessor and responder mobile application, and a cloud database with a UI portal driving the global humanitarian system.
 
  
RISE CIEL App tools, designed to work in internet and infrastructure poor settings, rely on portable Wi-Fi, solar device charging, and technologies common in developing countries. Learn more about [http://www.rise-int.org/ RISE CIEL]
 
  
RISE CIEL App was created by [http://www.rise-int.org/ RISE] a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. RISE works to build safe, healthy, and meaningful futures for unaccompanied refugee and immigrant children. RISE CIEL APP was created in the United States.  
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'''Shot Gun Messenger'''Allows a group leader to text individuals or the entire group from their web app or SMS. The click to call feature connects the group leader with any member in the group via a conference call.  
  
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Their Mission:         Simplify communication from a single origin to a larger group while hiding member phone numbers, allowing open communication and limiting access time
  
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Founder(s):           Jolene Hayes with the help of [https://hackbrightacademy.com/ Hackbright] fellows
  
'''Shot Gun Messenger''' was designed to simplify communication from a single origin to a larger group while hiding member phone numbers, allowing group members to respond back, and limiting access time. The group leader may text individuals or the entire group from their web app or using simply using their phone's SMS feature. The click to call feature connects the group leader with any member in the group via a conference call.
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Location:                The Bay Area, California, United States
  
Shot Gun is currently in beta and accessible on [https://github.com/QueenJolene/shotgun_messenger GitHub].
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Learn More:            [https://github.com/QueenJolene/shotgun_messenger GitHub]
  
Shot Gun was created by Jolene Hayes with the help of [https://hackbrightacademy.com/ Hackbright] fellows in the Bay Area, California in the United States.
 
  
  
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'''SmartResponse''' curates an algorithm-sorted, location, and disaster-specific "how to help" lists to provide information to donors after a natural disaster has occurred. Through SmartResponse, users can find out which organizations are responding and not responding. This can redirect hundreds of millions of dollars to the most transparent and often local groups that have the greatest capacity to deliver assistance and save lives.
  
'''SmartResponse''' allows donors to make informed decisions after a natural disaster, as the outpouring of generosity that follows natural disasters are often delayed and diluted. SmartResponse does this by curating algorithm-sorted and location and disaster-specific "how to help" lists.
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Their Mission:         Help donors make informed decisions after a natural disaster since the generosity that follows natural disasters are often delayed and diluted
  
Through SmartResponse, information about which organizations are responding — and which are not —can redirect hundreds of millions of dollars to the most transparent (and often local) groups that have the greatest capacity to deliver assistance and save lives. Learn more about [http://smartresponse.org/ SmartResponse].
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Founder(s):          
  
SmartResponse was created in the United States.
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Location:                United States
  
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Learn More:            [http://smartresponse.org/ SmartResponse]
  
  
'''Talking Points''' is a platform that connects teachers, parents and students across tech and language barriers through a multi-lingual texting platform.
 
  
Talking Points is free for teachers to use in the web or mobile platform. Learn more about [http://talkingpts.org/ Talking Points]
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'''Talking Points'''
  
 
Talking Points is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit started by Heejae Lim and Nancy Lee. Talking Points is located in San Francisco, California in the United States.  
 
Talking Points is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit started by Heejae Lim and Nancy Lee. Talking Points is located in San Francisco, California in the United States.  
  
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Their Mission:         Connect teachers, parents and students across tech and language barriers through a multi-lingual texting platform (free for teachers)
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'''Track it Forward''' is a volunteer time tracking app that allows volunteers to track their own time and see their progress.
  
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Their Mission:         Help organizations maintain forward momentum in recognizing volunteer achievements and tracking the number of hours a volunteer works
  
'''Track it Forward''' is a volunteer time tracking app that allows volunteers to track their own time and see their progress. This effective time tracking app can help organizations maintain forward momentum in recognizing volunteer achievements, and tracking the number of hours a volunteer works. 
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Founder(s):           Anca and James McBryan
  
Learn more about [https://www.trackitforward.com/ Track It Forward].
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Location:                 Oakland, California, United States
  
Track It Forward was built by Anca and James McBryan in Oakland, California in the United States.
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Learn More:            [https://www.trackitforward.com/ Track It Forward]
  
  
'''TriggerGive''' is a mobile-based platform that allows users to instantly donate money to organizations via Twitter. Users send donations to any nonprofit of their choice, in response to social media posts that either "enrage or inspire them." Learn more about [http://www.triggergive.com/ Triggergive].
 
  
TriggerGive was created in the United States.
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'''TriggerGive''' is a mobile-based platform that allows users to instantly donate money to organizations via Twitter.
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Their Mission:         Allow users to send donations to any nonprofit of their choice, in response to social media posts that either "enrage or inspire them"
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==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-10.png |70px|left|]]Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries==
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-10.png |70px|left|]]Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries==
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'''Balance''' lets anyone check their EBT (Electronic benefit transfer) balance with a text message. Balance was built because nearly 50 million Americans are receiving SNAP (Food Stamps) and we wanted to give them an easier way to check their balance.
 
  
Balance started as an idea to help social service clients in San Francisco. Balance now works in: California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Alaska, Oklahoma, and Virginia. Balance is still in Beta testing. Learn more about [http://archive.codeforamerica.org/products/balance/ Balance]. Get involved on the [https://github.com/codeforamerica/project-ideas/issues/34 Github].
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'''Balance''' was built because nearly 50 million Americans are receiving SNAP (Food Stamps) and the creators wanted to give them an easier way to check their balance. Balance started as an idea to help social service clients in San Francisco. Balance now works in: California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Alaska, Oklahoma, and Virginia. Balance is still in Beta testing.  
  
Balance was created by Dave Guarino, Alan Williams, and Jake Solomon in San Francisco, California through Code For America.
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Their Mission:         Let anyone check their EBT (Electronic benefit transfer) balance with a text message
  
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Founder(s):           Dave Guarino, Alan Williams, and Jake Solomon through Code For America
  
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Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
  
'''DAHLIA''' allows residents of San Francisco to browse affordable housing in the city.  
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Learn More:            [http://archive.codeforamerica.org/products/balance/ Balance]. Get involved on the [https://github.com/codeforamerica/project-ideas/issues/34 Github]
  
DAHLIA: San Francisco Housing Portal makes it easier to find and apply for affordable housing in San Francisco.  Find out more about [http://www.killthecup.org/ DAHLIA].
 
  
DAHLIA: San Francisco Housing Portal is a project of the
 
Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development in partnership with San Francisco Department of Technology Mayor's Office of Civic Innovation.
 
  
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'''DAHLIA''' San Francisco Housing Portal makes it easier to find and apply for affordable housing in San Francisco.
  
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Their Mission:         Allow residents of San Francisco to browse affordable housing in the city
  
'''DataSF''' Open Data portal is designed to help the city of San Francisco’s city’s data be more accessible and usable to all. The portal has multiple ways to access data, including search, categories, and view by department, including the SFPD Crime data. Data is viewable by resource types like charts, maps, filtered view, and a data lens, with external links, files, documents, and calendars.
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Founder(s):           Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development in partnership with SF Department of Technology Mayor's Office of Civic Innovation
  
City staff has the support, skills and capacity to collect, manage, and use data effectively and efficiently. City data is understood, documented and of high quality. Our data infrastructure provides data that is usable, timely, and accessible. Published data supports broad and unanticipated uses of City Data and supports trust, transparency and accountability. Learn more about [https://datasf.org/ City staff].
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Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
  
DataSF was created by the [http://sfgov.org/ City of San Francisco] and is supported by Jason Lally, Open Data Program Manager and Jay Bonaguro, Chief Data Officer of San Francisco and other [https://datasf.org/about/ staff members], located in San Francisco in the United States.
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Learn More:            [http://www.killthecup.org/ DAHLIA]
  
  
  
'''District Housing''' helps residents and caseworkers prepare affordable housing applications by creating an online, common application form that can be used to automatically fill out any building’s application.
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'''DataSF''' The portal has multiple ways to access data, including search, categories, and view by department, including the SFPD Crime data. Data is viewable by resource types like charts, maps, filtered view, and a data lens, with external links, files, documents, and calendars. City staff has the support, skills and capacity to collect, manage, and use data effectively and efficiently. City data is understood, documented and of high quality. Our data infrastructure provides data that is usable, timely, and accessible. Published data supports broad and unanticipated uses of City Data and supports trust, transparency and accountability.  
  
To apply for affordable housing in the District of Columbia, residents must fill out a separate paper application for each HUD-subsidized building they apply for. None of the approximately 100 applications are the same format and none are electronically accessible. Find out more about [http://codefordc.org/districthousing/ District House]
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Their Mission:         Help the city of San Francisco’s city’s data be more accessible and usable to all
  
District House is based in Washington DC in the United States and was created by  [http://www.meetup.com/Code-for-DC/ Code For DC]. District House partners with [http://www.breadforthecity.org/ Bread For City].
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Founder(s):           http://sfgov.org/ City of San Francisco] and supported by Jason Lally, Open Data Program Manager and Jay Bonaguro, Chief Data Officer of SF and other [https://datasf.org/about/ staff members]
  
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Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
  
'''ESLmap''' is a filterable, mapped, community sourced listing of available English Language Learner classes in the Nashville area.  
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Learn More:            [https://datasf.org/ City staff]
  
Learn more at [http://www.eslmap.com/ ESLmap].
 
  
  
'''Find Your Voise''' is a civic engagement tool that assists users researching legislation at the Tennessee General Assembly.
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'''District Housing''' helps residents prepare housing applications to automatically fill out any building’s application. Originally, to apply for affordable housing in the District of Columbia, residents must fill out a separate paper application for each HUD-subsidized building they apply for. None of the approximately 100 applications are the same format and none are electronically accessible.
  
Learn more at [https://find-your-voice.firebaseapp.com/ Find Your Voice].
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Their Mission:         Help residents and caseworkers prepare affordable housing applications by creating an online, common application form that can be used to automatically fill out any building’s application
  
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Founder(s):            [http://www.meetup.com/Code-for-DC/ Code For DC] and partners with [http://www.breadforthecity.org/ Bread For City]
  
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Location:                Washington DC, United States
  
'''Good Call''' Arrest Hotline is designed for a fairer criminal justice system. If you or a loved one are arrested, we'll put you in touch with a free lawyer. They'll tell you what to expect and begin handling the case. Learn more about [http://goodcall.nyc/ Good Call]/
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Learn More:            [http://codefordc.org/districthousing/ District House]
  
Good Call was created in the United States.
 
  
  
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'''ESLmap'''
  
'''No Place Like Home''' is a website to help tenants make informed decisions about a buyout offer. Buy Outs are common practice for property owners to renters of rent-controlled apartments in San Francisco.
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Their Mission:         Provide a filterable, mapped, community sourced listing of available English Language Learner classes in the Nashville area
  
Through the site, the tenant inputs info about them, their rental and the buyout offer, and then gets estimates of what they should request for a buy-out. A map is also made of all the buy-outs recorded in San Francisco. Try out the web app [http://www.noplacelikehome.co/ No Place Like Home]. See the open-source code on [https://github.com/noplacelikehome/noplacelikehome_app  Github].
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No Place Like Home was created by developer Jesse Germinario in San Francisco, California in the United States.
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'''Notifica''' is an app, built by United We Dream and Huge that empowers undocumented immigrants to take control of their destinies. With the press of one button, users can quickly activate their pre-determined backup plans by sending 30 personalized notifications to family, lawyers and their support networks in the event of an ICE raid. Learn more about [http://notifica.us/ Notifica].
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'''Find Your Voice''' is a
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Notifica was created in the United States, and built by United We Dream and Huge.
 
  
  
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'''Good Call'''  If you or a loved one are arrested, we'll put you in touch with a free lawyer. They'll tell you what to expect and begin handling the case.
  
'''Person-Centered Network App''' will assess a person's social support network, identify where help is needed, leverage strengths, and link the person to resources to fill the gaps. Learn more about [http://partnertool.net/tools-and-training/pcn-app/ Pesron-Centered Network App].
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Their Mission:         Provide a fairer criminal justice system through the Arrest Hotline for loved one who have been arrested
  
Person-Centered Network App was created in the United States.
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Learn More:            [http://goodcall.nyc/ Good Call]
  
'''Tenderloin Housing Clinic App''' for the Tenderloin Housing Clinic lets the tenants of SRO hotels and private apartments for low-income families report code violations. The app also helps the staff to manage, act upon and assign the violations to an appropriate staff members. It also helps the general public to see which SRO hotels and apartments have the most violations.
 
  
The Tenderloin Housing Clinic's mission is to prevent tenant displacement, preserve and expand the City's low-cost housing stock and to provide comprehensive legal assistance to low-income tenants. Learn more about the [https://www.thclinic.org/ Tenderloin Housing Clinic].
 
  
Tenderloin Housing Clinic is a 501(c)(3) organization.Tenderloin Housing App was created by Nicolas Melo and is on [https://github.com/quackyduck/THC Github]. Tenderloin Housing Clinic is based in San Francisco, California in the United States.
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'''No Place Like Home''' Through the site, the tenant inputs info about them, their rental and the buyout offer, and then gets estimates of what they should request for a buy-out. A map is also made of all the buy-outs recorded in San Francisco.
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Their Mission:         Help tenants make informed decisions about a buyout offers since they are common practice for property owners of rent-controlled apartments in San Francisco
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Founder(s):           developer Jesse Germinario
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Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
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Learn More:            [http://www.noplacelikehome.co/ No Place Like Home]. See the open-source code on [https://github.com/noplacelikehome/noplacelikehome_app  Github].
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'''Notifica''' is an app, built by United We Dream and Huge. With the press of one button, users can quickly activate their pre-determined backup plans by sending 30 personalized notifications to family, lawyers and their support networks in the event of an ICE raid.
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Their Mission:         Empower undocumented immigrants to take control of their destinies
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Founder(s):           built by United We Dream and Huge
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Location:                United States
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'''Person-Centered Network App'''
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'''Tenderloin Housing Clinic App''' for the Tenderloin Housing Clinic lets the tenants of SRO hotels and private apartments for low-income families report code violations. The app also helps the staff to manage, act upon and assign the violations to an appropriate staff members. It also helps the general public to see which SRO hotels and apartments have the most violations. Tenderloin Housing Clinic is a 501(c)(3) organization.
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==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-11.png |70px|left|]]Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable==
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-11.png |70px|left|]]Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable==
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'''Aunt Bertha''' is a search and referrals platform that helps people find and connect to social services across any zip code in the United States. Find out more about [https://www.auntbertha.com/ Aunt Bertha].
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Aunt Bertha was created in the United States.
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'''Circles.org''' helps create giving circles to allow giving one community to another.  
 
'''Circles.org''' helps create giving circles to allow giving one community to another.  
  
Circles.org is a giving circles platform designed to foster and expand citizen-led philanthropy and volunteer engagement in developing countries. Find out more about [https://circles.org/ Circles.org].
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'''CityXcape App'''
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Circles is powered by the Foundation for Sustainable Development and is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
 
  
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'''DecipherAustin''' helps map Austin's open spaces. Go anywhere in Austin and answer a few short questions about your experience in the area surrounding the location.
  
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Their Mission:         Help citizens have more information about how to make a more open space for people regardless of backgrounds
  
'''CityXcape App''' is a real time map of people and activities in your city. The map shows you where people are hanging out and what they’re doing, so you don’t
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Learn More:            [https://deciphercity.com/ DecipherAustin]
  
'''DecipherAustin''' helps map Austin's open spaces.
 
  
Citizens need more information about how to make a more open space for people regardless of backgrounds. Go anywhere in Austin and answer a few short questions about your experience in the area surrounding the location. Find out more about [https://deciphercity.com/ DecipherAustin].
 
  
DecipherAustin was created by Decipher City in the United States.
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'''Faya'''
  
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Their Mission:         Provite community-building places and activities for you to do nearby through a civic engagement chatbot
  
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'''Faya''' is a learning civic engagement chatbot that recommends community-building places and activities for you to do nearby. This is vital, as in 2050, 70% of the world's population will live in cities. Learn more about [http://www.playmc2.com/ Faya].
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Faya was created in the United States.
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'''Find Your Voice''' allows Tennessee voters to research their local lawmakers.
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'''Find Your Voice''' is a civic engagement tool that assists users researching legislation at the Tennessee General Assembly.
  
Find Your Voice is a civic engagement tool that assists users researching legislation at the Tennessee General Assembly. Find out more about [https://find-your-voice.firebaseapp.com/ Find Your Voice].
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Their Mission:         Allow Tennessee voters to research their local lawmakers
  
Find Your Voice was created in the United States.
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'''Hustle''' is the leading peer-to-peer messaging tool used by campaigns and nonprofits around the country. In the past, Hustle has worked with groups like Sanders for President, Planned Parenthood, Everytown for Gun Safety, and the Human Rights Campaign to enable them to communicate with their donors and supporters in a highly personalized way. Learn more about [http://www.hustle.com/ Hustle].
 
  
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'''Hustle''' is the leading peer-to-peer messaging tool used by campaigns and nonprofits around the country. In the past, Hustle has worked with groups like Sanders for President, Planned Parenthood, Everytown for Gun Safety, and the Human Rights Campaign to enable them to communicate with their donors and supporters in a highly personalized way.  
  
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'''imby''' informs, engages, and is a platform to influence the creation of responsive, sustainable communities. imby is important because supporting and creating walkable neighborhoods for everyone requires community engagement during the zoning process. Find out more about [http://www.imby.community/ imby].  
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'''imby''' is important because supporting and creating walkable neighborhoods for everyone requires community engagement during the zoning process.  
  
 
imby was created in the United States.  
 
imby was created in the United States.  
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'''PARTNER Tool''' is sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and designed for use by collaboratives/coalitions to demonstrate how members are connected, how resources are leveraged and exchanged, to measure the levels of trust, and to link outcomes to the process of collaboration. PARTNER Tool includes an online survey that you can administer to collect data and an analysis program that analyzes these data.
  
'''PARTNER Tool''' s a social network analysis tool designed to measure and monitor collaboration among people/organizations. The tool is sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and designed for use by collaboratives/coalitions to demonstrate how members are connected, how resources are leveraged and exchanged, the levels of trust, and to link outcomes to the process of collaboration.
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Their Mission:         Measure and monitor collaboration among people/organizations
  
PARTNER Tool includes an online survey that you can administer to collect data and an analysis program that analyzes these data. Learn more about [http://www.partnertool.net/ PARTNER Tool].
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PARTNER Tool was created in the United States.  
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'''Phone2Action''' is a digital grassroots advocacy platform.
 
'''Phone2Action''' is a digital grassroots advocacy platform.
  
Phone2Action connects your supporters to elected officials with social media, phone and email advocacy tools drive participation in civic process. Find out more about [http://phone2action.com/ Phone2Action].
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Their Mission:         Connect supporters to elected officials with social media, phone and email advocacy tools drive participation in civic process
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Founder(s):           Ximena Hartsock and Jeb Ory
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Phone2Action was founded by Ximena Hartsock and Jeb Ory in the United States.
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'''RagTag''' uses technology to make progressive organizations and candidates better at what they do.  
  
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'''RagTag''' uses technology to make progressive organizations and candidates better at what they do. We connect tech volunteers eager to jump in and help out with projects for organizations doing good work on the ground - and actively manage our projects, from scope to solution. Learn more about [https://ragtag.org/ RagTag].
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Location:                United States
  
RagTag was created in the United States.
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'''Reach''' is a social network of citizen security. Is an application without borders where people can share easily and if necessary in anonymity, information and evidences about crimes and social incidents. Reach can create in real time, new chances for take action or precautions, reduce response times and validate in community if there are false incidents thus effectively achieving joint work between authorities and citizens. Learn more about [https://reachsos.com/ Reach].
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'''Reach''' is a social network of citizen security. In real time, people can take take action or precautions, reduce response times and validate in community if there are false incidents thus effectively achieving joint work between authorities and citizens. Learn more about .
  
Reach was created in the United States.
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Their Mission:         Easily share information and/or evidence of crimes and social incidents anonymously
  
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'''SafeRideWalkSafe''' is an easy-to-use smartphone app that provides real-time updates to a chosen group of contacts whenever you take a trip. You can watch a video [https://vimeo.com/187583441Whistler/ here]. You can learn more about [http://www.saferidewalksafe.com/ SafeRideWalkSafe].
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Learn More:            [https://reachsos.com/ Reach]
  
SafeRideWalkSafe was created in the United States.
 
  
  
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'''SF CrimeData''' transforms everyday purchases into votes for positive change.
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Their Mission:         Improve individual safety by letting users share their location and real-time updates to a chosen group of people
  
San Francisco Crime Data from the SFPD data provided by SF OpenData. Find out more about [http://sfcrimedata.org/ SF CrimeData].
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SF CrimeData was created in the United States.
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Learn More:            [http://www.saferidewalksafe.com/ SafeRideWalkSafe] or watch the video [https://vimeo.com/187583441Whistler/ here]
  
  
'''Tier 1 Screener''' is an online tool that helps frontline professionals rapidly and effectively identify possible victims of sex trafficking. Find out more about [http://www.alliesagainstslavery.org/ Tier 1 Screener].
 
  
Tier 1 Screener was created for Allies Against Slavery in the United States.
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'''SF CrimeData''' uses San Francisco Crime Data from the SFPD data provided by SF OpenData.
  
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Their Mission:         Transform everyday purchases into votes for positive change
  
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'''TransitScreen''' is a real-time display of transportation options at your location. Information about your transportation choices is displayed at a glance, live and in real-time. Compare train times to bus arrivals on your way to work in the morning. Know when your employee shuttle arrives so you aren’t caught waiting in the cold.
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The service is active in every major city in the US and Canada, and select European cities and in over 10 languages including English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Hindi. Learn more about [http://www.transitscreen.com/ TransitScreen].
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Learn More:            [http://sfcrimedata.org/ SF CrimeData]
  
TransitScreen was created in the United States.
 
  
  
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'''Tier 1 Screener''' was created for Allies Against Slavery in the United States.
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'''TransitScreen''' is a real-time display of transportation options at your location. Compare train times to bus arrivals on your way to work in the morning. Know when your employee shuttle arrives so you aren’t caught waiting in the cold. The service is active in every major city in the US and Canada, and select European cities.
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Their Mission:         Provide information about one's transportation choices at a glance, live and in real-time
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'''wonktonk''' is suitable for all policy wonks: informed citizens, students, advocates, practitioners and professionals who like to apply logic and facts to public issues.
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Their Mission:         Enable crowd-intelligence to come up with reasoned solutions to public problems that are usually "left to the experts"
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'''wonktonk''' aims to enable crowd-intelligence to come up with reasoned solutions to public problems that are usually "left to the experts". wonktonk is for all policy wonks: informed citizens, students, advocates, practitioners and professionals who like to apply logic and facts to public issues. Learn more about [http://wonktonk.com/ wonktonk].
 
  
wonktonk was created in the United States.
 
  
 
== [[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-12.png|70px|left|]]Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns==  
 
== [[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-12.png|70px|left|]]Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns==  
 
Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg12 SDG 12].
 
Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg12 SDG 12].
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'''Greenease''' helps people eat local and sustainably grown food.  
 
'''Greenease''' helps people eat local and sustainably grown food.  
  
Greenease is a mobile app connecting consumers with restaurants, cafes and grocers buying from local or sustainable farms. Find out more about [http://greenease.co/ Greenease].
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The Greenease mobile app is currently available in New York City and Washington, DC.
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'''Laborlink''' transforms everyday purchases into votes for positive change.  
 
'''Laborlink''' transforms everyday purchases into votes for positive change.  
  
Laborlink translates worker voices into actionable analytics that enable socially responsible supply chains. Find out more about [http://goodworldsolutions.org/ Laborlink].
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Laborlink was created in the United States.
 
  
  
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'''Producing Right App''' helps producers collect information directly from the field quickly and efficiently , online or offline. It works for any rural property, regardless of size and type of production. Producers will be able to gradually and continuously improve their production practices and as a result, will have the opportunity to raise the compliance level of the farm to national and international sustainability standards. Performance reports are created and made available in a fast and transparent manner, allowing instant sharing with the various links of the supply chain, and creating new business opportunities. For further assistance, a team of environmental technicians are prepared to give the necessary support through email or phone.
  
'''Producing Right App''' is for all rural producers to manage the social and environmental aspects of their properties. Producers can collect information directly from the field in a quick and efficient manner, even when it is offline. It is applicable for any rural property, regardless of its size and type of production. Producers will be able to gradually and continuously improve their production practices and, as a result, will have the opportunity to raise the compliance level of the farm to national and international sustainability standards. Performance reports are created and made available in a fast and transparent way, allowing instant sharing with the various links of the supply chain, creating new business opportunities. For further assistance, a team of environmental technicians are prepared to give all the necessary support through email or phone.
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Founder(s):           [https://www.aliancadaterra.org/ Aliança da Terra]
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Producing Right App was developed by Aliança da Terra based in Goiânia Brazil
 
  
Learn more about the [https://www.aliancadaterra.org/ Aliança da Terra] platform and Download the [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.com.aliancaterra.ppc/ "Producing Right App"].
 
  
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-13.png |70px|left|]]Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts==
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-13.png |70px|left|]]Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts==
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'''Climate Cost Project''' is how the Climate Impact Census measures the costs of climate change happening right now. Learn more about [http://climatecostproject.org/ Climate Cost Project].
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'''Climate Cost Project'''
  
Climate Cost Project wasc reated in the United States.
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Their Mission:         Measure the costs of climate change happening right now (run by Climate Impact Census)
  
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'''Goal Getter''' simply and efficiently lets people know what is and isn't recyclable.
 
  
Goal Getter helps Alameda County Office of Education students meet their goals as they grow and learn. Find out more about [https://www.goalgetterapp.org/ Goal Getter].
 
  
Goal Getter was created by the [https://urbanstrategies.org/ Urban Strategies Council] whose mission is to bring together people and data for equity and social justice.
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'''Goal Getter''' helps the Alameda County Office of Education students meet their goals as they grow and learn.
  
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Their Mission:         Letting people simply know what is and is not recyclable
  
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'''Litterati App''' is a global community that's identifying, mapping, and collecting the world's litter.  Soda cans, plastic bags, and cigarette butts litter the environment, choke wildlife, and threaten our planet. Litterati is tackling this problem one piece of litter at a time.
 
  
Literati App is used by individual use globally. Geotaging pinpoints of individual pieces of litter collected worldwide. Literati is still under development for android. Learn more about [http://www.litterati.org/ Literati App]
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'''Litterati App''' Soda cans, plastic bags, and cigarette butts litter the environment, choke wildlife, and threaten our planet. Litterati is tackling this problem one piece of litter at a time, geotaging pinpoints of litter collected worldwide. Literati is still under development for android.  
  
Literati App was created by Jeff Kirschner and Literati, LLC. Literati, LLC is located in the United States.
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'''Recyclable''' simply and efficiently lets people know what is and isn't recyclable.
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Recyclable allows anyone to find out if their item can be recycled by simply taking a picture of it. With this application, there are no excuses not to recycle. Find out more about [http://miriamhendler.com/recyclable Recyclable].
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Learn More:            [http://www.litterati.org/ Literati App]
  
Recyclable was created by Miriam Hendler in the United States.
 
  
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'''Recyclable''' allows anyone to find out if their item can be recycled by simply taking a picture of it. With this application, there are no excuses not to recycle.
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Their Mission:         Let people know what is and is not recyclable
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Founder(s):           Miriam Hendler
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'''Sistema Ambiental Paulista SAP''' is an app that displays the location and air quality of parks and beaches in the state. It lets Paulistas and tourists map collection points for cooking oil recycling through a partnership with the Sustainable Oil program of the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (ABIOVE).
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Their Mission:         Inform citizens and residents of São Paulo to the various services offered by the State Government's Environment Secretariat
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'''Sistema Ambiental Paulista SAP''' developed by the State of São Paulo Environment Department, is an app that displays the location of parks in the state and indicates the quality of the air and beaches. The purpose of the application is to inform citizens and residents of São Paulo closer to the various services offered by the State Government's Environment Secretariat. It also lets Paulistas and tourists map collection points for cooking oil recycling through a partnership with the Sustainable Oil program of the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (ABIOVE).
 
  
Learn more about [http://www.ambiente.sp.gov.br/aplicativos/sap/ the project & Download the app].
 
  
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-14.png|70px|left|]] Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources ==
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-14.png|70px|left|]] Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources ==
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'''Clean Swell''' is a mobile data collection app to reduce the amount of trash in oceans. You can use the app to document the trash you clean up at beaches, waterways, and oceans. During the cleanup, you can add photos of the trash you find and share those photos via social media for others to see. It tracks the path of users during cleanup efforts, tallies miles cleaned up, and keeps a record of the total amount of trash you’ve collected.  
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'''Clean Swell''' is used to document trash found during cleanups by adding photos and shared via social media for others to see. It tracks the path of users during cleanup efforts, tallies miles cleaned up, and keeps a record of the total amount of trash you’ve collected. Clean Swells data delivers a global snapshot of ocean trash, providing researchers and policy-makers insight to inform solutions. Join the thousands of International Coastal Cleanup® volunteers who are working for a cleaner ocean by picking up the millions of pounds of trash that wash onto beaches around the world.
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Clean Swells data delivers a global snapshot of ocean trash, providing researchers and policy-makers insight to inform solutions. Join the thousands of International Coastal Cleanup® volunteers who are working for a cleaner ocean by picking up the millions of pounds of trash that wash onto beaches around the world. Find out more about [http://www.oceanconservancy.org/do-your-part/about-clean-swell.html Clean Swell] and download the [https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/clean-swell/id985692119?mt=8 Clean Swell App].
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'''Dive Against Debris''' allows divers to report debris they see below the surface of the ocean. They can use the Dive Against Debris app to quickly and easily report on the conditions under water. They can also get debris cleanup kits and report debris via an online platform.
  
Clean Swells was created by the [http://www.oceanconservancy.org/ Ocean Conservancy] and developed by [http://www.beaconfire-red.com/ Beaconfire Red] in the United States.
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'''Dive Against Debris''' allows divers to report on the debris they see below the surface of the ocean. They can use the Dive Against Debris app to quickly and easily report on conditions under water.  They can also get debris cleanup kits and report debris via an online platform.  [https://www.projectaware.org/news/use-your-phone-take-action-clean-ocean Dive Against Debris] is a program of [https://www.projectaware.org/ Project Aware].  The platform includes an online database, an app for [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/project-aware-dive-against-debris/id1260943783?ls=1&mt=8 iOS] and [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.project.rantmedia.projectaware Android].
 
  
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-15.png|70px|left|]]Goal 15:  Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss ==
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-15.png|70px|left|]]Goal 15:  Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss ==
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'''AdoptMe App''' enables animal welfare organizations to increase adoptions & save more lives. AdoptMeApp helps bring stories to pictures and post them to Twitter and other social media, bringing a whole new level of exposure to these pets looking for their forever homes!
 
  
AdoptMeApp is used by shelter & rescue group volunteers, socializers, and fosters. Those who interact most with adoptable pets love taking pictures of their furry friends. Learn more about [http://adoptmeapp.org/ AdoptMeApp].
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'''AdoptMe App''' helps bring stories to the faces of animals and are posted to Twitter and other platforms, bringing a whole new level of exposure to pets looking for their forever homes!
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AdoptMeApp is used by shelter & rescue group volunteers, socializers, and fosters. Those who interact most with adoptable pets love taking pictures of their furry friends. AdoptMeApp is now in use at Pets In Need (CA), San Diego Humane Society (CA), Contra Costa Animal Services (CA), Front Street Animal Shelter (CA), Stanislaus County Animal Shelter (CA), Fluvanna SPCA (VA), Animal Allies Humane Society (MN), RSPCA Queensland (Australia), and many more shelters.
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AdoptMe app was created by Cynthia Typaldos in California in the United States. AdoptMeApp is now in use at Pets In Need (CA), San Diego Humane Society (CA), Contra Costa Animal Services (CA), Front Street Animal Shelter (CA), Stanislaus County Animal Shelter (CA), Fluvanna SPCA (VA), Animal Allies Humane Society (MN), and RSPCA Queensland (Australia), and more.
 
  
 
== [[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-16.png|70px|left|]]Goal 16:  Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies==
 
== [[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-16.png|70px|left|]]Goal 16:  Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies==
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'''AboliShop''' aims to prevent the spread of human trafficking around the world by informing consumers of the ethicality of the supply chains for certain products. The AboliShop intervention tool interfaces with a web browser to display Free2Work grades as consumers browse through online retail space. Armed with this information, consumers can make the decision to buy from suppliers that have demonstrated a commitment to preventing human trafficking.
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'''AboliShop''' intervention tool is a website to display Free2Work grades as consumers browse through online retail space. Armed with this information, consumers can make the decision to buy from suppliers that have a commitment to preventing human trafficking. AboliShop is currently in beta testing. AboliShop partners with [https://www.notforsalecampaign.org/ Not For Sale] and [https://www.usaid.gov/ USAID].
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Their Mission:         Prevent the spread of human trafficking around the world by informing consumers of the ethicality of supply chains for certain products
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'''App Boca de Urna''' is a Brazillian Android app that promotes sharing social opinions on candidates and voter information within a network. It supplies news of the election in real time with ranking of the richest politicians, as well as ranking of those chosen for users networks (Friends and Friends of Friends).
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'''AsylumConnect''' catalog is the first ever online resource database for LGBTQ asylum seekers in the U.S.
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AboliShop is currently in beta testing. Learn more and about [http://abolishop.org/ AboliShop] and [http://www.free2work.org/ Free2Work].
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AboliShop’s team is located in the United States and was created by Nick Montgomery, Kwamina Orleans-Pobee, and Wes Williams. AboliShop partners with [https://www.notforsalecampaign.org/ Not For Sale] and [https://www.usaid.gov/ USAID].
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'''App Boca de Urna''' is an Android app that shares social opinions on candidates and voter information within a users network. This Brazillian app developed by Dineu aims to have users find out what your network thinks the elections and help set the Brazilian political destiny with greater inclusivity. It supplies news of the election in real time with ranking of the richest politicians, as well as ranking of those chosen for users networks (Friends and Friends of Friends).
 
  
Learn more about [https://www.facebook.com/appbocadeurnabr/ the community] and [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dineuassiss.appbocadeurna&hl=en/ download the app].
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'''B.O. Coletivo''' is a free interactive map where users can submit their location and share information about criminal activities that take place in Brazilian cities. The application allows the user to register different types of issues related to public security (thefts, robberies, kidnappings and other), giving location, date, time and description of the incident. Thus it is possible to know which areas of a particular city are safer or more violent.
  
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'''AsylumConnect''' catalog is the first ever online resource database for LGBTQ asylum seekers in the U.S. The catalog helps persecuted LGBTQ people identify and access verified human needs resources in the U.S. Current catalog product can be [http://www.asylumconnectcatalog.org/ viewed here].
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Location:                Porto Alegré, Brasil
  
Learn more about [http://www.asylumconnect.org/ AsylumConnect]/
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'''Fiskkit''' is a web app that is currently available in Beta.
  
'''B.O. Coletivo''' is a free interactive map where users can submit their location and share information about criminal activities that take place in Brazilian cities. Developed by B.O. Coletivo in Porto Alegré, Brasil, the application allows the user to register different types of issues related to public security (thefts, robberies, kidnappings and other), giving location, date, time and description of the incident. Thus it is possible to know which areas of a particular city are safer or more violent. B.O. Coletivo is an urban activist group focused on public safety.
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Their Mission:         Lets users discuss news that matters on the local and national levels, and verify truth of news reports
  
Learn more about [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.org.bocoletivo&hl=en/ "the app and download it"].
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'''Fiskkit''' is a web app that lets users discuss news that matters on the local and national levels, and verify truth of news reports.
 
  
Fiskkit is currently available in Beta. Start using [http://fiskkit.com/ Fiskitt] online.
 
  
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'''Flower''' helps friends and family members be a strong and effective support network through the most important moments in life. Flower makes it easier to both ask and answer that question. Flower is a mobile app available for IOS download.  
  
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Their Mission:         Help friends and family members be a strong and effective support network through important moments in life
  
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'''Flower''' helps friends and family members be a strong and effective support network through the most important moments in life.Flower makes it easier to both ask and answer that question.
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Flower is a mobile app available for IOS download. Learn more and download [https://www.flowerapp.com Flower]
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Flower was created by Jean Miller Truelson and [http://www.dogpatchtech.com/ Dog Patch Tech] in San Francisco, California in the United States.
 
  
  
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'''Hall of Justice''' Criminal justice data transparency is important. Hall of Justice is a robust, searchable inventory of publicly available criminal justice datasets and research. The inventory incorporates government as well as academic data.
  
'''Hall of Justice''' is a searchable inventory of criminal justice data.
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Their Mission:         Provide a searchable inventory of criminal justice data
  
Criminal justice data transparency is important. Hall of Justice is a robust, searchable inventory of publicly available criminal justice datasets and research. The inventory incorporates government as well as academic data. Find out more about [http://hallofjustice.sunlightfoundation.com/ Hall of Justice].
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Founder(s):           project of [http://sunlightfoundation.com/ The Sunlight Foundation], a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all
  
Hall of Justice is a project of [http://sunlightfoundation.com/ The Sunlight Foundation], a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all.  
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'''Meu Filho Autista''' or "My Autistic Son" is an application for families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder developed to help these relations be the person in control of their child's treatment. It offers tools, tips and resources and community as well as pre-developed modules. The app was developed by ForLifeApp in São Pedro da Aldeia, Brazil. It is common for children with autism to perform various therapies: It's common for people with autism to receive various therapies including Speech Therapy, Occupational Psychology, and Educational Psychology among many others. All these therapies may generate anxiety if parents do not have tools to evaluate what is being effective and which is thus not ensuring the coordination of the treatment of his son.
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'''Meu Filho Autista''' or "My Autistic Son" is an application for families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder developed to help these relations be the person in control of their child's treatment. It offers tools, tips and resources and community as well as pre-developed modules. It is common for children with autism to perform various therapies: It's common for people with autism to receive various therapies including Speech Therapy, Occupational Psychology, and Educational Psychology among many others. All these therapies may generate anxiety if parents do not have tools to evaluate what is being effective and which is thus not ensuring the coordination of the treatment of his son.
 
The continuous and careful evaluation by this application aims to provide parents and caretakers the opportunity to coordinate the treatment of their child and through
 
The continuous and careful evaluation by this application aims to provide parents and caretakers the opportunity to coordinate the treatment of their child and through
 
feedback, seek the best intervention strategy.
 
feedback, seek the best intervention strategy.
  
Learn more and [http://forlifeapp.com/ download the app].
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Their Mission:         Provide families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders more control of their child's treatment
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Founder(s):           ForLifeApp
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'''Open States''' allows you to discover and follow all state legislatures. Open States is a collection of tools that make it possible for citizens to track what is happening in their state's capitol by aggregating information from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Search the politics in your state by finding your legislators, reviewing their votes, searching upcoming legislation, and tracking bill progress. 
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Their Mission:         Allows Americans to discover and follow all state legislatures
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Founder(s):           a project of [http://sunlightfoundation.com/ The Sunlight Foundation], a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all
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'''Out App''' was developed to support youth coming out to friends and family. Out App includes suggested conversation starters that include films, articles, and other media, challenges that encourage involvement in the LGBTQ community, features to schedule conversations with family members, access to volunteer mentors (and a pathway to engage volunteers), crisis services, LGBT-friendly housing resources, and more. The Out App is all volunteer built and is still being built. Learn more and volunteer with.
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Their Mission:         Support youth coming out to friends and family
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Founder(s):           Eddie Chen at NYU
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'''Party Time''' helps track the political fundraising circuit. From the early hours of the morning until late in the evening, politicians are meeting with donors.
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Their Mission:         Let people know which politicians are fundraising and where
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Founder(s):           a project of [http://sunlightfoundation.com/ The Sunlight Foundation], a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all
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'''The Refuge Restrooms''' app is focused on providing safe restroom access for transgender, intersex, and gender nonconforming individuals. Refuge is an effort to fill the hole left by the now-defunct Safe2Pee website.
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Their Mission:         Provides a resource for trans and queer individuals in need of gender neutral and other safe restrooms
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Founder(s):           Teagan Widmer
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Learn More:            [http://www.refugerestrooms.org/ web app], contribute on [https://github.com/RefugeRestrooms/refugerestrooms Github]
  
  
  
'''Open States''' allows you to discover and follow all state legislatures.  
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'''Reporta''' app is the next step for journalists to act on any risk situations they might encounter in potentially dangerous conditions worldwide by creating security protocols, and through setting up in-app check-ins, designate what steps to take if a check-in is missed including locking mobile access to the app, send sensitive audio, photo, or video data to designated contacts, and create alerts of who to notify if assistance is needed.Reporta is a free app available on iPhone and Android devices in Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Spanish, and Turkish.  
  
Open States is a collection of tools that make it possible for citizens to track what is happening in their state's capitol by aggregating information from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Search the politics in your state by finding your legislators, reviewing their votes, searching upcoming legislation, and tracking bill progress.  Find out more about [http://openstates.org/ Open States].
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Their Mission:         Empower journalists working in potentially dangerous conditions to quickly implement their security protocols with the touch of a button
  
Open States is a project of [http://sunlightfoundation.com/ The Sunlight Foundation], a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all.
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Founder(s):           designed by [http://www.iwmf.org/ International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF)], built by [http://revsquare.com/en/ RevSquare]
  
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Learn More:            [https://reporta.org/ Reporta]
  
'''Out App''' was developed to support youth coming out to friends and family. Out App includes suggested conversation starters that include films, articles, and other media, challenges that encourage involvement in the LGBTQ community, features to schedule conversations with family members, access to volunteer mentors (and a pathway to engage volunteers), crisis services, LGBT-friendly housing resources, and more. 
 
  
The Out App is all volunteer built and is still being built. Learn more and volunteer with [http://www.outapp.org/ Out App].
 
  
The Out App was started by Eddie Chen at NYU in New York in the United States.
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'''RideAlong''' bridges the gap between police officers, mental health providers, and people by giving the officer tailored info about the most frequent callers.  
  
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Their Mission:         Transform everyday purchases into votes for positive change
  
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'''Party Time''' helps track the political fundraising circuit.
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From the early hours of the morning until late in the evening, politicians are meeting with donors. Political Party Time lets you know who’s fundraising and where. Find out more about [http://politicalpartytime.org/ Party Time].
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Learn More:            [http://getridealong.com/ RideAlong]
  
Party Time is a project of [http://sunlightfoundation.com/ The Sunlight Foundation], a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all.
 
  
  
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'''Safe Shelter Collaborative''' has a suite of tools, so that registered agencies can find space in a traditional shelter. If none is available, they can reach a broader community, via the SafeNight mobile app, to get funding for a hotel stay, if that is a safe and chosen option. 
  
'''The Refuge Restrooms''' app is focused on providing safe restroom access for transgender, intersex, and gender noncomforming individuals. Refuge is an effort to fill the hole left by the now-defunct Safe2Pee website. It provides a resource for trans and queer individuals in need of gender neutral and other safe restrooms.
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Their Mission:         Help agencies find shelter for human trafficking and domestic violence survivors
  
Learn more and use the Refuge Restroom [http://www.refugerestrooms.org/ web app]. The Refuge Restroom also has an api and if free to contribute on [https://github.com/RefugeRestrooms/refugerestrooms Github].
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'''Refuge Restroom''' was started by Teagan Widmer and is available in the United States and internationally.
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'''Reporta''' app is the next step for journalists to act on any risk situations they might encounter in potentially dangerous conditions worldwide by creating security protocols, and through setting up in-app check-ins, designate what steps to take if a check-in is missed including locking mobile access to the app, send sensitive audio, photo, or video data to designated contacts, and create alerts of who to notify if assistance is needed.
 
  
Reporta is a free app available on iPhone and Android devices in Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Spanish, and Turkish. Learn more and download [https://reporta.org/ Reporta].
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'''Salama''' web and mobile application is used to assess risks for journalists, bloggers, and human rights defenders. Salama provides automated advice, training resources and useful links to enhance risk reduction capabilities of the user. This app also will evaluate a command of digital tools and provide specific advice and training resources. Salama is still in Beta.
  
The [http://www.iwmf.org/ International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF)] designed Reporta to empower journalists working in potentially dangerous conditions to quickly implement their security protocols with the touch of a button. Reporta was built by [http://revsquare.com/en/ RevSquare] in Washington DC in the United States.
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Their Mission:         Help individuals analyze particular risks they might face for their work
  
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Founder(s):           Jorge Luis Sierra and developed by the [http://www.icfj.org/ International Center for Journalists] with the technical support of the [http://www.peacetechlab.org/ Peace Tech Lab]
  
'''RideAlong''' transforms everyday purchases into votes for positive change.
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RideAlong bridges the gap between police officers, mental health providers, and people by giving the officer tailored info about the most frequent callers. Find out more about [http://getridealong.com/ RideAlong].
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Learn More:            [https://salama.io/ Salama]
  
RideAlong was created in the United States.
 
  
  
'''Safe Shelter Collaborative''' helps agencies find shelter for human trafficking and domestic violence survivors.  Using a suite of tools, registered agencies can find space in a traditional shelter. If none is available, they can reach a broader community, via the SafeNight mobile app, to get funding for a hotel stay, if that is a safe and chosen option.  The Safe Shelter Collaborative was built and is maintained by Caravan Studios. Find out more at [http://www.safesheltercollaborative.org Safe Shelter Collaborative].
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'''The Sanctuary App''' was created for Survive 2 Thrive in the United States.
  
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Their Mission:         Provide immediate safety options to domestic violence survivors who have been turned away from their local shelter and placed on a wait list
  
'''Salama''' web and mobile application is used to assess risks for journalists, bloggers, and human rights defenders. Salama provides automated advice, training resources and useful links to enhance risk reduction capabilities of the user. All journalists or bloggers may analyze particular risks they face as a result of their work.
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Founder(s):          
  
This app also will evaluate a command of digital tools and provide specific advice and training resources. Salama is still in Beta. Learn more about [https://salama.io/ Salama].
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Salama was created in by Jorge Luis Sierra and developed by the [http://www.icfj.org/ International Center for Journalists] with the technical support of the [http://www.peacetechlab.org/ Peace Tech Lab] in the United States.
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Learn More:            [http://www.survive2thrivefoundation.org/ The Sanctuary App]
  
  
'''The Sanctuary App''' provides immediate safety options to domestic violence survivors who have been turned away from their local shelter and placed on a wait list. Find out more about [http://www.survive2thrivefoundation.org/ The Sanctuary App].
 
  
The Sanctuary App was created for Survive 2 Thrive in the United States.
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'''SIC.SP'''is an app where users can access public info and receive notifications about the progress of their requests. Developed by Prodesp, the Data Processing Company of the State of Sao Paolo, this app brings government closer to the hands of the people. This app is supports the 2011 Access to Free Information Act and is directly a result of the formation of the Citizens Information Service (SIC) that allows for the request of documents and data related to the entities of the Paulista Public Administration.
  
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Their Mission:         Allow citizens in the State of Sao Paolo, Brazil to access to the data and public information, produced or guarded by departments within the Paulista state administration
  
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Founder(s):          
  
'''SIC.SP'''is an app that allows citizens in the State of Sao Paolo, Brazil to access to the data and public information, produced or guarded by departments within the Paulista state administration. In addition, users receive notifications about the progress of their requests. Developed by Prodesp, the Data Processing Company of the State of Sao Paolo, this app brings government closer to the hands of the people. This app is supports the 2011 Access to Free Information Act and is directly a result of the formation of the Citizens Information Service (SIC) that allows for the request of documents and data related to the entities of the Paulista Public Administration.
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Learn more about the [http://www.sic.sp.gov.br/ the service] or [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.gov.sp.gestao.sic/ download the app].
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Learn More:            [http://www.sic.sp.gov.br/ the service] or [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.gov.sp.gestao.sic/ download the app]
  
  
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'''Statement App''' enables you to easily communicate in-person via large, high contrast text when you can't talk out loud. Whether you're at a noisy concert, in a quiet classroom, or have trouble speaking, you simply type your message and turn your phone around.
 
'''Statement App''' enables you to easily communicate in-person via large, high contrast text when you can't talk out loud. Whether you're at a noisy concert, in a quiet classroom, or have trouble speaking, you simply type your message and turn your phone around.
  
Statement App is currently a free app on IOS, download [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/statement-visual-communication/id1018664801?mt=8&ref=producthunt here]. Find out more information about [https://www.producthunt.com/tech/statement Statement].
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Their Mission:         Making it easier for people to communicate in situations where talking is not possible
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Founder(s):           Carrie Phillips and Todd Anderson
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Statement App was created by Carrie Phillips and Todd Anderson in San Francisco, California in the United States.  
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Learn More:            Currently a free app on IOS, download [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/statement-visual-communication/id1018664801?mt=8&ref=producthunt here]. Find out more information about [https://www.producthunt.com/tech/statement Statement]
  
  
  
'''The Sunlight Foundation''' is a nonpartisan nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all. Our vision is to use technology to enable more complete, equitable and effective democratic participation. Learn more about [http://sunlightfoundation.com/engage/donate/ Sunlight Foundation].  
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'''The Sunlight Foundation''' is a nonpartisan nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all.
  
 
Some of Sunlight's noteworthy apps and tools:
 
Some of Sunlight's noteworthy apps and tools:
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[http://politicalpartytime.org/ Party Time] Tracking the political fundraising circuit.
 
[http://politicalpartytime.org/ Party Time] Tracking the political fundraising circuit.
  
The Sunlight Foundation is located in Washington DC in the United States. The Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit. View the team and board [http://sunlightfoundation.com/about/ here].  
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The Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit.  
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Their Mission:         Use technology to enable more complete, equitable and effective democratic participation
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'''Turismo Acessível''' is free app provided by the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism that displays the location of tourist attractions in the country that are accessible for individuals with physical disabilities. The user can search by accessibility for audio, mobility, visual and wheel chairs. Based in Brasilia, the Ministry is an advocate of disability rights. The tourism guide is a collaborative and allows users to register, rate and consult the accessibility of tourist spots, hotels, restaurants, parks and various attractions.
 
'''Turismo Acessível''' is free app provided by the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism that displays the location of tourist attractions in the country that are accessible for individuals with physical disabilities. The user can search by accessibility for audio, mobility, visual and wheel chairs. Based in Brasilia, the Ministry is an advocate of disability rights. The tourism guide is a collaborative and allows users to register, rate and consult the accessibility of tourist spots, hotels, restaurants, parks and various attractions.
  
Learn more about [http://www.turismoacessivel.gov.br/ta/ the app and download it].
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'''We Vote''' View your ballot, learn from friends, share your vision.  We Vote USA is nonprofit, nonpartisan, open source, and ready to get out the vote through social sharing. We are a volunteer-driven movement, dedicated to educating citizens and bringing social collaboration to the process of making voting decisions. We have built an open platform for citizens to create and share personal voter guides that aggregate information and opinions across their social networks. We Vote USA is in the process of applying for 501(c)(4) nonprofit status.
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'''We Vote''' political social network for America. View your ballot, learn from friends, share your vision. 
 
  
We Vote USA is nonprofit, nonpartisan, open source, and ready to get out the vote through social sharing. We are a volunteer-driven movement, dedicated to educating citizens and bringing social collaboration to the process of making voting decisions. We have built an open platform for citizens to create and share personal voter guides that aggregate information and opinions across their social networks. Find out more about [http://www.wevoteusa.org/ We Vote]
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'''Whistler App''' can trigger a Panic Mode to alert a trusted network of an emergency situation taking place and erase sensitive data from your device.  
  
We Vote USA was started by Dale McGrew and is in the process of applying for 501(c)(4) nonprofit status based in the United States.
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Their Mission:         Assist front line activists, human rights defenders, and citizen journalists facing surveillance and digital or physical repression to capture and share evidence of political violence, human rights abuse or corruption
  
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'''Whistler App''' is a mobile application designed for front line activists, human rights defenders, and citizen journalists facing surveillance and digital or physical repression to capture and share evidence of political violence, human rights abuse or corruption.
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Learn More:            [https://whistlerapp.org/ Whistler App]
  
Through the app, you can also trigger a Panic Mode to alert a trusted network of an emergency situation and erase sensitive data from your device. Learn more and download the [https://whistlerapp.org/ Whistler App].
 
  
Whistler is developed by Build A Movement (BAM). BAM is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization dedicated to supporting activists and organizers around the world. Find out more about BAM at [http://www.buildamovement.org buildamovement.org]
 
  
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'''Wildfire App''' sends you real-time safety alerts about dangerous incidents occuring nearby of muggings, shootings, and fires. The safety app is used by 15,000 college students and is growing.
  
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Their Mission:         Alert people of dangerous incidents closeby
  
'''Wildfire App''' sends you real-time safety alerts when dangerous incidents occur nearby – such as muggings, shootings, and fires.
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The safety app is used by 15,000 college students and is growing. Learn more and download the [http://www.wildfireapp.io/ Wildfire App]
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Wildfire App was created by Vinay Ramesh and Hriday Kemburu of Day, LLC. The app was created in Berkeley, California in the United States.
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'''Vote.org''' is a nonpartisan nonprofit digital voting organization (formerly Long Distance Voter). Americans are eager to adopt digital voting solutions. Vote.org has built and will continue to iterate the digital technology that removes barriers to voting and increases voter turnout.
 
'''Vote.org''' is a nonpartisan nonprofit digital voting organization (formerly Long Distance Voter). Americans are eager to adopt digital voting solutions. Vote.org has built and will continue to iterate the digital technology that removes barriers to voting and increases voter turnout.
  
The advocacy website, [https://www.vote.org Vote.org] that hopes to reach millions of voters nationwide by easy-to-use technology that helps Americans register to vote, check their registration status, and get their absentee ballots.
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Voter.org was created by Debra Cleaver in the United States.
 
  
 
== [[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-17.png|70px|left|]]Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development ==
 
== [[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-17.png|70px|left|]]Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development ==
 
Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg17 SDG 17].
 
Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg17 SDG 17].

Revision as of 12:24, 10 January 2018



Interested in the ways that public good technology is achieving these goals? Join us at the first Public Good App House Festival.


Learn more about the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Trying to figure out which of the UN Sustainable Development Goals is the best fit for your product? The SDG Indicator Wizard can help.

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Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere

Learn more about SDG 1.


Link-SF is designed with three user groups in mind: 1) A growing population of low-income San Franciscans who rely on mobile technology to meet their basic needs, 2) Service providers who can use the most real-time data to direct clients in need, and 3) Everyday people who can use this information as a way to help refer San Francisco’s homeless population to a social service agency nearby. Link-SF is a free software which can be downloaded here: GitHub

Their Mission:       Connect homeless and low-income residents with important nearby services such as food, shelter, medical care, hygiene, and technology access

Founder(s):           St. Anthony Foundation, Zendesk, and user testing expert Kimberly McCollister

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Link-SF


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Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Learn more about SDG 2.


Acres is the best way to find urban farmland online for the Sacramento region.

Their Mission:       Help farmers find available land by using data from the city

Founder(s):           Grant Smith and Code for America in partnership with The City of West Sacramento and SACOG

Location:               California, United States

Learn More:           Acres


FarmRaiser

Their Mission:       Partner with local farmers and food artisans to get amazing products at great prices for your next fundraiser.

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           FarmRaiser


FreshEBT makes it easy to check your EBT balance, and locate grocery stores, corner stores, and farmers markets near you that participate in the SNAP benefits program and accept food stamps. You can also see an overview of where you spend your food stamps and view your history of EBT transactions, month by month.

Their Mission:       Help EBT users check food stamps and benefits balance

Founder(s):           Propel (who build software for low-income Americans who are often overlooked by traditional tech innovation)

Location:              

Languages:           English, Spanish

Learn More:           FreshEBT


Fresh Food Connect

Their Mission:       Help urban growers easily donate their surplus food to local food pantries without leaving their home

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Fresh Food Connect


Planet Murple hopes to redesign our broken food culture starting with kids and education.

Their Mission:       Teach kids to cook, so they build curiosity and self-sufficiency around food

Founder(s):           Emily Yao and Dave Resnick

Location:               The Bay Area in California, United States

Learn More:           Planet Murple


Lunch Box is a consumer food and grocery management app.

Their Mission:       Help reduce food waste in the home and at the retailer level

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Lunch Box


Range lists safe places as all libraries in the US for youth in need of summer meals. Summer meals are the locations of USDA funded meal service sites that are available during the school year. Range will help us get to zero hunger (SDG 2).

Their Mission:       Help US school-age youth find safe places and meals in the summer

Founder(s):           Caravan Studios, a division of TechSoup [a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in the U.S.A.]

Location:              

Learn More:           Range


Spoiler Alert will help us get to zero hunger (SDG 2). Born out of MIT in June 2015, Spoiler Alert was a 2015 winner of MassChallenge and member of the Spring 2016 cohort of Techstars Boston.

Their Mission:       Help food businesses, farms, and nonprofits to create or recover value from food surplus and organic waste

Founder(s):          

Location:               Boston, Massachusetts

Date Started:        June 2015

Learn More:          Spoiler Alert


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Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Learn more about SDG 3.


BeMyEyes

Their Mission:       Connect blind and visually impaired people with sighted helpers from around the world via live video connection

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           BeMyEyes


Break Zika App allows people to monitor and publish virus outbreaks onto a city map. It encourages reporting, treatment and sharing, and also helps identify mosquito carriers. The app partners with government agencies, which simplifies controls to take action by allowing all publications to be sent to a platform accessed by the public sector.

Their Mission:       Reduce the outbreak of dangerous viruses

Founder(s):           Colab.re in partnership with various municipalities and government agencies across the world

Location:               Porto Alegré, Brazil

Learn More:           Break Zika and download the App


Concrn app is a compassionate social service network and mobile app that connects people in need to volunteer responders trained in crisis intervention and mediation. It allows citizens to report someone having a mental health crisis. First responders such as firefighters, police, and paramedics will get a text message of the report, and app users will see an update message when a responder is on the way. The app helps alleviate the tension between law enforcement and local residents, which is a big problem locally and nationally.

Their Mission:       Offer an alternative to calling 911 for many crisis situations

Founder(s):           Jacob Savage and Neil Shah of Compassionate Response Network

Location:               The Bay Area in California, United States

Learn More:           Concrn


Doctor D customizes recommendations regarding HIV & STD testing, HIV prevention, and vaccinations. The app empowers guys to stay on top of their sexual health.

Doctor D is made by David Ernst and Prevention Health Labs. Doctor D is based in the United States.

Their Mission:       Help men locate nearby sexual health services

Founder(s):          

Location:              

Learn More:           Doctor D


EWG’s Healthy Living App helps consumers in making healthier decisions by looking at ingredients in food and cosmetic. You can scan items by barcode and get nutrition facts and safety ratings on ingredients for over 200,000 products.

Their Mission:       Create awareness in the safety of foods and cosmetics

Founder(s):           Environmental Working Group app created by Exygy

Location:               San Francisco, California

Learn More:           Healthy Living App


First Derm will find a top board-certified dermatologist in your area to help you with your skincare problems. Together the dermatology team speaks 6 languages and has helped users from 160 countries. They are advised by globally recognized leaders in digital health, tele-dermatology and startups.

Their Mission:       Provide direct access to a dermatologist for first steps & guidance on skincare concerns

Founder(s):           Alexander Börve

Location:               United States, Sweden, Norway, and the United Kingdom

Learn More:           First Derm


GiveFit connects people who can’t afford gyms or studios to free community fitness activities.

Their Mission:       Make health and fitness activities more accessible to people

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           GiveFit


Ottawa's Heart helps you to find the nearest defibrillator, submit new ones, and approve existing listings. Sudden Cardiac Arrest kills more than a 1,000 people each day, it is one of the leading causes of death. Defibrillators are easy to use, effective, and places all around, but being unable to find a defibrillator in an emergency decreases the chance of survival 7-10% every minute.

Their Mission:       Help you and others save cardiac arrest victims

Founder(s):           David Rust-Smith, Phil Vanstone, and Nick Breen.

Location:              

Learn More:           Ottawa's Heart


LGBT MD is an open-source app in beta that connects people in the LGBTQ community to find medical help closest to them. The app allows one to bookmark favorites, contact info, and contribute reviews to help others find the care they need.

Their Mission:       Connect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people to well-trained medical providers

Founder(s):           Daria Garina

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Learn More:           LGBT MD


Maia Health has a mission to guide chronically ill children as they transition from pediatric to adult healthcare.

Their Mission:       Change the way children take on the responsibilities of their medical care

Founder(s):          Five university students brought together at the Stanford Medx Conference, and earned seed funding from Ashoka Youth Venture

Location:              

Learn More:           Maia Health


The Maya App is a streamlined and secure application designed specifically for busy doctors. The app lets you become a key part of a network of doctors with the latest in mobile health tools at their fingertips. They are all collaborating and sharing patient information, and helping to inform one another and the community around them on the challenges and breakthroughs affecting the health of their patients.

Their Mission:       Create a more efficient and effective healthcare environment

Founder(s):           Maya Health Network

Location:               United States

Languages:          

Learn More:           Maya App


Open Health Network is smart, configurable, customizable mobile B2B2C health platform. It is an open platform and integrates with the existing systems, applications, devices, data and content. Each app can automatically adapts to each patient. OHN's interactive big data dashboard provides deep big data analytics.

Their Mission:       Enable healthcare organizations to create powerful mobile applications to run on any device and in any language within a day without coding

Founder(s):           Tatyana Kanzaveli and Maksim Tsvetovat

Location:               The Bay Area in California, United States

Learn More:           Open Health Network


Pró-Química Online contains information from the Manual of Emergencies of the Pro Chemistry of ABIQUIM - Brazilian Association of Chemical Industry. It follows the UN guidelines for the Land Transport of Dangerous Goods (Orange Book) and The US Department of Transportation's Emergency Response Guidebook (DOT).

Their Mission:       Inform professionals in the emergency sector who work with dangerous products

Founder(s):           SUATRANS Emergência SA of Sao Paolo Brazil (a company that focused on solutions for the preservation of life and the environment, that provides its customers with products, training and services focused on environmental protection with the highest standards of quality)

Location:              

Learn More:           Emergency Care


PulsePoint transforms everyday purchases into votes for positive change.

Their Mission:       Alert CPR-trained bystanders about a nearby Sudden Cardiac Arrest event and the location of the closest AED

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           PulsePoint


SPX Denge is an application that takes a different approach in the campaign against dengue fever in an educational and captivating game as well as a supplier of more information. The game teaches how to identify mosquitos, ways to protect oneself and family and how to spot the symptoms of dengue.

Their Mission:       Combat the huge effects of dengue fever

Founder(s):           the State Department of Health of São Paulo

Location:              

Learn More:           Information and Download the App


Water Tracker is an app that tracks how much water you use every day. Track showering, driving, eating, and drinking your morning coffee and even compare your use of water with your Facebook friends. The app is currently being piloted with Colorado State University and UNAM in Mexico City to compare the water usage of students at each university.

Their Mission:       Reduce water consumption

Founder(s):           Fidan Karimova, Dmytro Malakhov, and Vitalii Starush

Location:               Washington DC, United States

Learn More:           Water Tracker app


YesHealth empowers people everywhere to start living healthier, happier lives. YesHealth is the first all-mobile personalized diabetes prevention program. Users partner with a health coach team to create a personal, holistic health program that requires no special equipment or prepared diet foods.

Yes Health has partnered with Solera Health, UCSF, and American Diabetes Association.

Their Mission:       Help people suffering from diabetes to develop healthy habits for life in a fun manner

Founder(s):           Alex Petrov and Yes Health Foundation

Location:               United States

Learn More:           YesHealth and Download the App.


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Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning

Learn more about SDG 4.


ChangeX is a platform that coaches students in technical skill building and design thinking methods as they participate in social impact challenges. Cities, organizations, companies, and schools can create challenges for youth ages 13–24 to learn modern skills. Current ChangeX challenges run from two to six months with 50 to 50,000 learners.

Their Mission:       Teach youth aged 13-24 skills by creating social impact challenges

Founder(s):           Libby Falck

Location:               The Bay Area in California, United States

Learn More:           ChangeX


ESL Map is a filterable, mapped, community-sourced listing of available English Language Learner classes in the Nashville area.

Their Mission:       Provide easy access to individuals who want to learn or improve their English

Founder(s):           Nick Lorenson (of Code for Nashville)

Location:               United States

Learn More:           ESL Map


Goalie is a mobile application that enables Mission Asset Fund (MAF) Lending Circle participants to easily monitor their loan status, including payments in real-time, input savings and spendings, and create short-term budget goals. App users receive notifications from MAF staff if there are any payment issues or program updates.

Their Mission:       Help people to stay up to date and informed about their loans and finances

Founder(s):           Jose Montes de Oca

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Github


Mentive is a platform for live online classes with real people and top quality materials to master the skills you need. Mentive believes that knowledge turns dreams into reality, and education brings about this knowledge. Mentive is determined to find a way to enhance all the great online courses out there with the benefits of face-to-face learning.

Their Mission:       Create a global educational community where students and mentors meet to turn any online course into an interactive learning experience

Founder(s):           Jonathan Heyne and has a team of mentors

Location:               Berkeley, California, United States

Learn More:           Mentive


Moneythink is a movement of young people working to restore the economic health of the United States through financial education. Moneythink has an app that challenges you to prove your financial skills. Moneythink believes that the opportunity gap is wider than ever, but financial skills are not taught in American schools. Moneythink has partnered with Causelabs.

Their Mission:       Provide a financial education to all students

Founder(s):           Ted Gonder, Greg Nance, and Shashin Chokshi

Location:               Chicago, Illinois, United States

Learn More:           Moneythink


Open Schools! is a web app that supports family decisions with data. The right school for children is based not only on standardized test scores, but by teacher turnover, parent involvement, special programming, community, and much more. The company plans to gradually add information collected from the city, NGOs, the private sector, and users.

Their Mission:       Help parents choose a school for their children in Washington DC

Founder(s):           Code For DC

Location:               Washington DC, United States

Learn More:           Open Schools


Open311 is an open protocol that reports public issues like graffiti, abandoned cars, or illegal dumping to local government. Local city governments will receive these reported issues, dispatch them to related departments, and handle those issues. The open-source app is developed with Ionic and to run on iOS and Android.

Their Mission:       Clean up public issues such as graffiti, abandoned cars, and illegal dumping

Founder(s):           Code For San Jose in partnership with San Jose

Location:               San Jose, California, United States

Learn More:           Open311 App on GitHub


Vana Learning

Their Mission:       Improvevacademic outcomes for students with ADHD

Founder(s):          

Location:              

Learn More:           Vana Learning


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Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Learn more about SDG 5.


Besiders Reminders App helps remind users to take their birth control. Let the app know when the cycle starts with the first dose, the time of day, and customize reminders to be discrete or funny.

Their Mission:       Remind women to take their birth control on time

Founder(s):           Besiders an online birth control support network for women 18-29 and operated by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregancy a 501(c)(3) nonprofit

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Besiders App


ELLAS libres de violencias mobile application allows Colombian women to know more about specific cases or situations they might find themselves in, where to go to initiate a complaint, and what the specific requirements are that each Entity has for female victims of violence.

Their Mission:       Prove a safe escape for Colomian women from dangerous situations such as sexual, intra-familial, economic or political violence

Founder(s):           La Red Nacion de Mujeres de Mujeres

Location:               Bogota, Columbia

Learn More:           the Ellas app


PLP 2.0 provides help to women who have become victims. The app panic button triggers the military police and sends a warning to PLPs - community leaders who have participated in training courses on women's rights and who are able to share information and support for victims of domestic and sexual violence. platform is a place for women to access resources on issues of gender inequality, breast cancer, violence, abuse and feminicide.

Their Mission:       Prevent and eradicate violence against women

Founder(s):           Themis (a feminist NGO)

Location:               Porto Alegré, Brazil

Learn More:           the PLP 2.0 app


Stronger Than Espresso App

Their Mission:       Prove resources for women in need of help

Founder(s):           AdvanceNet Labs

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Stronger Than Espresso App


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Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all

Learn more about SDG 6.


The Human Utility formerly Detroit Water Project believes everyone needs running water and water is a human right. Water companies are turning off the tap in cities across the U.S., forcing low-income families, seniors and single parents to live without basic necessities. Families without water are forced to go elsewhere to take showers, clean dishes and get a drink. The Human Utility lets people donate money, services, or partnerships to help those who are without or in danger of having no water in Detroit and Baltimore. Through their online platform they verify individuals who need assistance.

Their Mission:       Provide running tap water to those in need

Founder(s):           Conscientious Utility Project, Inc and was fiscally sponsored by the Social Good Fund, an IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit

Location:              

Learn More:           The Human Utility


S @ i is a system that guides farmers not to waste their water. S @ i is an technological tool for irrigation management aimed at maximizing the efficiency of water use in irrigated areas, allowing the user (producers, ATER technicians and irrigation district managers), faster access the Important information, and consequently a quick, reliable return to the farmer. It was developed to address unsustainable agricultural production, since there is a lack of basic research in regards to the use of water. Rural producers lack the technology, and the public apparatus lacks the equipment and qualified personnel. In view of these premises.

Their Mission:       Help farmers save their water

Founder(s):           Inovagri

Location:               Fortaleza, Brazil

Learn More:           Inovagri the system


Water Tracker is an app that tracks how much water you use every day. Track showering, driving, eating, and drinking your morning coffee and even compare your use of water with your Facebook friends. The app is currently being piloted with Colorado State University and UNAM in Mexico City to compare the water usage of students at each university.

Their Mission:       Reduce water consumption

Founder(s):           Fidan Karimova, Dmytro Malakhov, and Vitalii Starush

Location:               Washington DC, United States

Learn More:           Water Tracker app


MoMo is an app that addresses the needs of local water pump engineers to bring the app with them to their field, view and get notified of the changes in health of the pumps, provide updates once they fix issues, possibly navigate to other pumps, view the lay of the land, even without network availability. WellDone is an international nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that oversees the functioning of water pumps in Tanzania, with the effort to make communities there self-reliant. Often wells end up neglected and eventually break down. Learn more about and download the app.

Their Mission:       Empower resource-constrained communities with the data they need to create or maintain critical infrastructure that lasts

Founder(s):           Jim Yoon and Josh To

Location:               United States and international

Learn More:           MoMo WellDone


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Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Learn more about SDG 7.


Fastracker mobile app lets you help track oil and gas activity in the U.S. Individuals can contribute meaningful insight into potential impacts of the industry through crowdsourcing. The app allows users to submit oil and gas photos or reports regarding drilling near them. You can also view a map of nearby wells drilled and save your submissions for future reference.

Their Mission:       Provide access to gas and oil data to the public

Founder(s):           Fastracker Alliance (who studies, maps, and communicates the risks of oil and gas development to protect our planet and support the renewable energy transformation)

Location:              

Learn More:           Fastracker


SF Environment contains an Energy Benchmarking Dashboard that displays building-specific energy, GHG, and EUI metrics and measures building performance over time.

Their Mission:       Visualize building energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions to encourage owners and building managers to make proper changes

Founder(s):           Project of the Data Science Working Group at Code for San Francisco, for the San Francisco Department of Environment

Location:               United States

Learn More:           SF Environment


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Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all

Learn more about SDG 8.


CareerHub's clients include schools and job training programs, which work with low-income earners to get a living wage through better employment. The app creates an interactive relationship between career resource centers and job-searchers, by sending people messages, and creating incentives such giving out digital gift cards in exchange for sending photos of a pay stub. The app helps users save time and money, increase client job placement, improve data collection, and increase engagement. CareerHubsUS is used by Workforce Development, Human Services, K-12, Youth Development, and Community Colleges.

Their Mission:       Improve the struggles of workforce professionals to verify employment and provide meaningful retention services

Founder(s):           Kim Coulthurst and Amanda Gerrie of Pathways Consultants, a workforce development consulting firm in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States

Location:              

Learn More:           CareerHub


CaringCent App consumers support causes in a budget that fits their lifestyle. Nonprofits establish relationships with new donors and companies to deepen ties with customers through micro-targeted corporate philanthropy. Their motto is "Small Change, Big Impact.

Their Mission:       Modernize philanthropy to virtuously personalize generosity across consumers, causes and companies

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           CaringCent


Centro Business Planning App is the first and only free mobile app that helps you plan for a new or growing small business without having any entrepreneurship training. The app coaches users on developing a business plan through a series of interactive activities.

Their Mission:       Assist and teach low-income, at risk and minority entrepreneurs, the nuts and bolts about building a successful business

Founder(s):           Centro Community Partners

Location:               Oakland, California, United States

Learn More:           Centro Business Planning App


CleanSlateDC is a resource to help people with criminal records find success in their futures.

Their Mission:       Help individuals with a criminal history determine their eligibility to have a record sealed

Founder(s):           Code for America DC

Location:               United States

Learn More:           CleanSlateDC


Larger Local is a user curated shopping collection that allows like-minded users find and share products made by social conscious companies.

Their Mission:       Help people find products and companies that care about positive social impact

Founder(s):          

Location:              

Learn More:           Larger Local


Laudelina provides knowledge and tools for domestic workers to advocate for their rights. Laudelina will strongly monitor and create accountability of labour inspection bodies in Brazil, such as The Public Ministry of Labour and the Justice of Employment, both of which have collaborated and have become key allies in its development.

Their Mission:       Legally protect domestic workers and promote a private social network between professionals in this sector

Founder(s):           Themis a feminist NGO

Location:               Porto Alegré, Brazil

Learn More:           Laudelina


My RoundUp App lets you put your spare change from everyday purchases to good use by contributing to causes that are important to you. Connect your debit/credit card and your purchases will be rounded up to the nearest dollar and given to your cause in micro donations. My RoundUp App also has options for private label use and customization.

My RoundUp App was created by a in the United States.

Their Mission:       Helping people donate spare change to causes that matter to them

Founder(s):           Aaron Lowe and team

Location:              

Learn More:           My RoundUp App


Worker Connect In close collaboration with migrant workers, worker welfare staff, and support networks in the Persian Gulf, Worker Connect is a mechanism for migrant construction workers to learn about their rights, share information about their experiences, and provide anonymous feedback to worker welfare supervisors. The service includes a mobile app for use by construction workers to report feedback on their living and working conditions, and a dashboard where supervisors can analyze anonymous data to highlight areas of concern and intervene when necessary.

Their Mission:       Empower workers to share information about their experience and provide anonymous feedback to welfare supervisors

Founder(s):           Caravan Studios, a division of TechSoup. TechSoup is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Worker Connect


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Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Learn more about SDG 9.


4Bells helps organizations shift some of the process from white boards to the volunteers. Volunteers are notified about tasks and can claim them and check in, reducing the time spent over the phone and tracking activity on white boards. 4Bells was built, pro bono, by JayStack. The effort is also supported by a generous grant from Microsoft Citizenship.

Their Mission:       Help deploy known volunteers to complete urgent, time-sensitive tasks

Founder(s):           Animal Welfare and Food Rescue groups

Location:              

Learn More:           4Bells


Appallicious is a data collection and aggregation company that creates apps such as Code Enforcement Assessment Dashboard (CEAD),Neighborhood Score a mobile app that allows the user access to a block-by-block analysis of health and sustainability data, and the Disaster Assessment and Assistance Dashboard (DAAD) built to serve the entire lifeline of disaster from community resiliency and preparedness planning through to post-disaster economic recovery.

Their Mission:       Help banks, businesses, and government create opportunity, savings, efficiency and value from all types of data

Founder(s):           Yo Yoshida

Location:               California, United States

Learn More:           Appallicious and its apps Code Enforcement Assessment Dashboard (CEAD) Neighborhood Score Disaster Assessment and Assistance Dashboard (DAAD)


Callbot calls a group of contacts in minutes to deliver a personally recorded voice message right from your phone.

Their Mission:       Help nonprofits and organizations manage their volunteers, send reminders, and notify employees

Founder(s):           Gravity Fish, a small developer team

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Callbot


Code Alliance creates volunteer opportunities that last from 6 to 40 hours, spanning from a weekend to a week-long commitment. In order to be considered for a Code Alliance project, the project must be open source, the nonprofit must already be using the technology in the field, and they must have one engineer on staff.

Their Mission:       Connect tech professionals to open source volunteer opportunities

Founder(s):           Benetech a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that empowers communities in need by creating scalable technology solutions

Location:               Palo Alto, California United States

Learn More:           Code Alliance


Everybody Helping

Their Mission:       Connects individuals/groups with local organizations and causes that are important to them, facilitates monthly donations, and builds awareness

Founder(s):           Ehco Inc.

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Everybody Helping


Feito na Biblioteca Made at the Library is a collaboration with library staff and library users to develop mobile apps using open government data. Working in two capital cities, Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais) and Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul), library users and library staff from nine libraries can participate in community events that spark creativity and spur development of three mobile apps that solve local problems.

Their Mission:       Create tools for library users at libraries

Founder(s):          

Location:               Brazil

Learn More:           Feito na Biblioteca


Goodworld allows you to use the #donate hashtag to instantly give to causes that matter on Facebook, Twitter and the web.

Their Mission:       Create a payments pathway that is the global force for good

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Goodworld


Helpugees

Their Mission:       Match refugees and volunteers together using matchmaking platform

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Helpugees


Hermes Translator uses text messaging to help users communicate with anyone, in any language in the world.

Their Mission:       Break down language barriers to communicate with others

Founder(s):           Reid Chatham (started this app to address the need to communicate more efficiently when traveling)

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Learn More:           Hermes Translator


Kill the Cup gives you the best access to the top bingo deals in the industry. They feature both no deposit required offers, exclusive large bonuses and coupons for added value.

Their Mission:       Provide nonprofits with white label versions of mobile apps

Founder(s):           Karuna Mukherjea

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Kill The Cup


Kricket

Their Mission:       Help people and organizations work towards a common goal towards building a community and coordinating the distribution of humanitarian aid by crowd-mapping

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Kricket


Local Free Web 25% of adults do not have any regular Internet access. You need the Internet to find the Internet. Local Free Web is a text messaging service that also places physical signs at bus stops. Text any bus stop ID to their phone number and receive text messages with locations of computers with Internet in the area. They focus on providing a resource directory of sites that locate free internet enabled computers.

Their Mission:       Bringing Internet access to those who do not have access

Founder(s):           a team in SF Brigade Code 4 San Francisco

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Learn More:           GitHub


Martus is an app that focuses on the needs of grassroots organizations and human rights defenders as well as information management. The app is for desktops that focus on structured data collection and helps circumvent Internet blocking in various countries. This project focuses on an open source Secure App Generator that will allow users and partners to create custom “Powered by Martus” write-only applications (where the user can only submit data, but not read it post-submission, so as to reduce risk for untrained data collectors), making it easier for organizations to distribute secure, easy-to-use data collection tools and for users to collect and secure information in the field. Previous support focused on the creation of a mobile version of Martus for the Android mobile OS to allow for secure information transmission in the field.

Their Mission:       Provide journalists and defenders of grassroots organizations and human rights a means of transmitting information while protecting their sources and themselves

Founder(s):           Benetech a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that empowers communities in need by creating scalable technology solutions

Location:               Palo Alto, California, United States

Learn More:           Martus on the Open Tech Fund platform


MEDAPulse is an NPO in San Francisco’s Mission District. It helps financial counselors better engage with their clients by moving them from their standard paper action plans to a secure web-based texting platform. The app uses group text messaging for the coach and the clients, with scheduled reminders. MEDAPulse is open-source and they invite any non-profit being able to roll their own version of the app. The app was built in Rails and AngularJS and designed for the Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) to enhance their financial capability coaches' ability to interact with and track the progress of their clients' action plans. The MEDAPulse project was started at San Francisco’s first financial empowerment hackathon, SF Smart Money Hackathon, then went on to win the national Hackathon in August 2014.

Their Mission:       Help people with their financial goals

Founder(s):          

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Date Started:         August 2014

Learn More:           Github


OneRelief holds crowdfunding fundraisers within hours after a disaster has struck and invites smartphone users through social media to make a small donation via the OneRelief app. Collected donations are forwarded to emergency response funds and support certified humanitarian NGO’s in the affected area(s).

Their Mission:       Collect micro-donations (US$1-$5) for humanitarian relief aid

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           OneRelief


Open Garden is dedicated to connecting the next 5 billion mobile devices with peer-to-peer connections. Many call them the pioneers of peer-to peer mesh networking. They also created FireChat, the first messaging app to enable people to communicate even without any Internet connection or cellular data.

Their Mission:       Enable communities, orgs, and app developers to create resilient, people-powered networks

Founder(s):           Paul Hainsworth, Ben Teitelbaum, and Christophe Daligault

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Learn More:           Open Garden


Polis generates canvassing routes, load scripts and questions for volunteers to follow, and track the locations and conversations of those you have visited. It displays data analytics for each campaign, and helps to target who you should visit the next round. The app has been used successfully in many civic issue campaigns such as school district polls, and for social issue cause-building uses. Polis is perfect for door-to-door sales organizations (i.e. construction, solar, energy, home repair, retail, cable, insurance, etc.), non-profits, church groups and political campaigns.

Their Mission:       Help harness the power of door-to-door offline advocacy

Founder(s):           Kendall Tucker

Location:               Boston and Virginia, United States

Learn More:           Polis


Propelit guides users step-by-step on how to effectively film and share videos. They provide helpful tips on how to best hold your device, frame the shot, and light the scene. Once your video is complete, you can use Propelit to push your new video as a call to action via social sharing.

Propelit was created by the digital agency See3 in Washington DC in the United States.

Their Mission:       Provide a platform for nonprofits to create quality, inexpensive short videos for giving campaigns, social outreach, and advocacy

Founder(s):          

Location:              

Learn More:           Propelit


Rise CIEL App is a SaaS platform (Software as a Service), consisting of a robust suite of tools, including an assessor and responder mobile application, and a cloud database with a UI portal driving the global humanitarian system. RISE CIEL App tools, designed to work in internet and infrastructure poor settings, rely on portable Wi-Fi, solar device charging, and technologies common in developing countries.

Their Mission:       Provide a coordination platform that brings unprecedented efficiency to the delivery of humanitarian aid worldwide

Founder(s):           RISE a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (works to build safe, healthy, and meaningful futures for unaccompanied refugee and immigrant children)

Location:               United States

Learn More:           RISE CIEL


Shot Gun MessengerAllows a group leader to text individuals or the entire group from their web app or SMS. The click to call feature connects the group leader with any member in the group via a conference call.

Their Mission:       Simplify communication from a single origin to a larger group while hiding member phone numbers, allowing open communication and limiting access time

Founder(s):           Jolene Hayes with the help of Hackbright fellows

Location:               The Bay Area, California, United States

Learn More:           GitHub


SmartResponse curates an algorithm-sorted, location, and disaster-specific "how to help" lists to provide information to donors after a natural disaster has occurred. Through SmartResponse, users can find out which organizations are responding and not responding. This can redirect hundreds of millions of dollars to the most transparent and often local groups that have the greatest capacity to deliver assistance and save lives.

Their Mission:       Help donors make informed decisions after a natural disaster since the generosity that follows natural disasters are often delayed and diluted

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           SmartResponse


Talking Points

Talking Points is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit started by Heejae Lim and Nancy Lee. Talking Points is located in San Francisco, California in the United States.

Their Mission:       Connect teachers, parents and students across tech and language barriers through a multi-lingual texting platform (free for teachers)

Founder(s):          

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Learn More:           Talking Points


Track it Forward is a volunteer time tracking app that allows volunteers to track their own time and see their progress.

Their Mission:       Help organizations maintain forward momentum in recognizing volunteer achievements and tracking the number of hours a volunteer works

Founder(s):           Anca and James McBryan

Location:               Oakland, California, United States

Learn More:           Track It Forward


TriggerGive is a mobile-based platform that allows users to instantly donate money to organizations via Twitter.

Their Mission:       Allow users to send donations to any nonprofit of their choice, in response to social media posts that either "enrage or inspire them"

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Triggergive


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Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

Learn more about SDG 10.


Balance was built because nearly 50 million Americans are receiving SNAP (Food Stamps) and the creators wanted to give them an easier way to check their balance. Balance started as an idea to help social service clients in San Francisco. Balance now works in: California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Alaska, Oklahoma, and Virginia. Balance is still in Beta testing.

Their Mission:       Let anyone check their EBT (Electronic benefit transfer) balance with a text message

Founder(s):           Dave Guarino, Alan Williams, and Jake Solomon through Code For America

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Learn More:           Balance. Get involved on the Github


DAHLIA San Francisco Housing Portal makes it easier to find and apply for affordable housing in San Francisco.

Their Mission:       Allow residents of San Francisco to browse affordable housing in the city

Founder(s):           Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development in partnership with SF Department of Technology Mayor's Office of Civic Innovation

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Learn More:           DAHLIA


DataSF The portal has multiple ways to access data, including search, categories, and view by department, including the SFPD Crime data. Data is viewable by resource types like charts, maps, filtered view, and a data lens, with external links, files, documents, and calendars. City staff has the support, skills and capacity to collect, manage, and use data effectively and efficiently. City data is understood, documented and of high quality. Our data infrastructure provides data that is usable, timely, and accessible. Published data supports broad and unanticipated uses of City Data and supports trust, transparency and accountability.

Their Mission:       Help the city of San Francisco’s city’s data be more accessible and usable to all

Founder(s):           http://sfgov.org/ City of San Francisco] and supported by Jason Lally, Open Data Program Manager and Jay Bonaguro, Chief Data Officer of SF and other staff members

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Learn More:           City staff


District Housing helps residents prepare housing applications to automatically fill out any building’s application. Originally, to apply for affordable housing in the District of Columbia, residents must fill out a separate paper application for each HUD-subsidized building they apply for. None of the approximately 100 applications are the same format and none are electronically accessible.

Their Mission:       Help residents and caseworkers prepare affordable housing applications by creating an online, common application form that can be used to automatically fill out any building’s application

Founder(s):           Code For DC and partners with Bread For City

Location:               Washington DC, United States

Learn More:           District House


ESLmap

Their Mission:       Provide a filterable, mapped, community sourced listing of available English Language Learner classes in the Nashville area

Founder(s):          

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Learn More:           ESLmap


Find Your Voice is a

Their Mission:       Provide a civic engagement tool that assists users researching legislation at the Tennessee General Assembly

Founder(s):          

Location:              

Learn More:           Find Your Voice


Good Call If you or a loved one are arrested, we'll put you in touch with a free lawyer. They'll tell you what to expect and begin handling the case.

Their Mission:       Provide a fairer criminal justice system through the Arrest Hotline for loved one who have been arrested

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Good Call


No Place Like Home Through the site, the tenant inputs info about them, their rental and the buyout offer, and then gets estimates of what they should request for a buy-out. A map is also made of all the buy-outs recorded in San Francisco.

Their Mission:       Help tenants make informed decisions about a buyout offers since they are common practice for property owners of rent-controlled apartments in San Francisco

Founder(s):           developer Jesse Germinario

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Learn More:           No Place Like Home. See the open-source code on Github.


Notifica is an app, built by United We Dream and Huge. With the press of one button, users can quickly activate their pre-determined backup plans by sending 30 personalized notifications to family, lawyers and their support networks in the event of an ICE raid.

Their Mission:       Empower undocumented immigrants to take control of their destinies

Founder(s):           built by United We Dream and Huge

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Notifica


Person-Centered Network App

Their Mission:       Assess a person's social support network, identify where help is needed, leverage strengths, and links the person to resources to fill the gaps

Founder(s):          

Location:              

Learn More:           Pesron-Centered Network App


Tenderloin Housing Clinic App for the Tenderloin Housing Clinic lets the tenants of SRO hotels and private apartments for low-income families report code violations. The app also helps the staff to manage, act upon and assign the violations to an appropriate staff members. It also helps the general public to see which SRO hotels and apartments have the most violations. Tenderloin Housing Clinic is a 501(c)(3) organization.

Their Mission:       Prevent tenant displacement, preserve and expand the city's low-cost housing stock, and to provide comprehensive legal assistance to low-income tenants

Founder(s):           Nicolas Melo

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Learn More:           Tenderloin Housing Clinic Github


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Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Learn more about SDG 11.


Aunt Bertha

Their Mission:       Help people find and connect to social services across any zip code in the United States.

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Aunt Bertha


Circles.org helps create giving circles to allow giving one community to another.

Their Mission:       Foster and expanding citizen-led philanthropy and volunteer engagement in developing countries

Founder(s):           Foundation for Sustainable Development

Location:              

Learn More:           Circles.org


CityXcape App

Their Mission:       Provide a real time map of hidden gems in the city that are scouted

Founder(s):          

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Learn More:           CityXcape


DecipherAustin helps map Austin's open spaces. Go anywhere in Austin and answer a few short questions about your experience in the area surrounding the location.

Their Mission:       Help citizens have more information about how to make a more open space for people regardless of backgrounds

Founder(s):           Decipher City

Location:               Austin, Texas, United States

Learn More:           DecipherAustin


Faya

Their Mission:       Provite community-building places and activities for you to do nearby through a civic engagement chatbot

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Faya


Find Your Voice is a civic engagement tool that assists users researching legislation at the Tennessee General Assembly.

Their Mission:       Allow Tennessee voters to research their local lawmakers

Founder(s):          

Location:               Tennessee, United States

Learn More:           Find Your Voice


Hustle is the leading peer-to-peer messaging tool used by campaigns and nonprofits around the country. In the past, Hustle has worked with groups like Sanders for President, Planned Parenthood, Everytown for Gun Safety, and the Human Rights Campaign to enable them to communicate with their donors and supporters in a highly personalized way.

Their Mission:       Connect campaigns and nonprofits around the country with their supporters

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Hustle


imby is important because supporting and creating walkable neighborhoods for everyone requires community engagement during the zoning process.

imby was created in the United States. Their Mission:       Inform, engage, and influence the creation of responsive, sustainable communities

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Learn More:           imby


PARTNER Tool is sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and designed for use by collaboratives/coalitions to demonstrate how members are connected, how resources are leveraged and exchanged, to measure the levels of trust, and to link outcomes to the process of collaboration. PARTNER Tool includes an online survey that you can administer to collect data and an analysis program that analyzes these data.

Their Mission:       Measure and monitor collaboration among people/organizations

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           PARTNER Tool


Phone2Action is a digital grassroots advocacy platform.

Their Mission:       Connect supporters to elected officials with social media, phone and email advocacy tools drive participation in civic process

Founder(s):           Ximena Hartsock and Jeb Ory

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Phone2Action


RagTag uses technology to make progressive organizations and candidates better at what they do.

Their Mission:       Connect tech volunteers eager to jump in and help out with projects for organizations doing good work on the ground - and actively manage projects, from scope to solution

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           RagTag


Reach is a social network of citizen security. In real time, people can take take action or precautions, reduce response times and validate in community if there are false incidents thus effectively achieving joint work between authorities and citizens. Learn more about .

Their Mission:       Easily share information and/or evidence of crimes and social incidents anonymously

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States.

Learn More:           Reach


SafeRideWalkSafe

Their Mission:       Improve individual safety by letting users share their location and real-time updates to a chosen group of people

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           SafeRideWalkSafe or watch the video here


SF CrimeData uses San Francisco Crime Data from the SFPD data provided by SF OpenData.

Their Mission:       Transform everyday purchases into votes for positive change

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           SF CrimeData


Tier 1 Screener was created for Allies Against Slavery in the United States.

Their Mission:       Help frontline professionals rapidly and effectively identify possible victims of sex trafficking

Founder(s):          

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Learn More:           Tier 1 Screener


TransitScreen is a real-time display of transportation options at your location. Compare train times to bus arrivals on your way to work in the morning. Know when your employee shuttle arrives so you aren’t caught waiting in the cold. The service is active in every major city in the US and Canada, and select European cities.

Their Mission:       Provide information about one's transportation choices at a glance, live and in real-time

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Languages:           English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Hindi

Learn More:           TransitScreen


wonktonk is suitable for all policy wonks: informed citizens, students, advocates, practitioners and professionals who like to apply logic and facts to public issues.

Their Mission:       Enable crowd-intelligence to come up with reasoned solutions to public problems that are usually "left to the experts"

Founder(s):          

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Learn More:           wonktonk


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Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Learn more about SDG 12.


Greenease helps people eat local and sustainably grown food.

Their Mission:       Connect consumers with restaurants, cafes and grocers buying from local or sustainable farms

Founder(s):          

Location:               New York City and Washington, DC

Learn More:           Greenease


Laborlink transforms everyday purchases into votes for positive change.

Their Mission:       Translate the voices of workers into actionable analytics that enable socially responsible supply chains

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Laborlink


Producing Right App helps producers collect information directly from the field quickly and efficiently , online or offline. It works for any rural property, regardless of size and type of production. Producers will be able to gradually and continuously improve their production practices and as a result, will have the opportunity to raise the compliance level of the farm to national and international sustainability standards. Performance reports are created and made available in a fast and transparent manner, allowing instant sharing with the various links of the supply chain, and creating new business opportunities. For further assistance, a team of environmental technicians are prepared to give the necessary support through email or phone.

Their Mission:       Assist rural producers in managing the social and environmental aspects of their properties

Founder(s):           Aliança da Terra

Location:               Goiânia, Brazil

Learn More:           "Producing Right App"


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Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Learn more about SDG 13.


Climate Cost Project

Their Mission:       Measure the costs of climate change happening right now (run by Climate Impact Census)

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Climate Cost Project


Goal Getter helps the Alameda County Office of Education students meet their goals as they grow and learn.

Their Mission:       Letting people simply know what is and is not recyclable

Founder(s):           Urban Strategies Council (whose mission is to bring people and data together for equity and social justice)

Location:              

Learn More:           Goal Getter


Litterati App Soda cans, plastic bags, and cigarette butts litter the environment, choke wildlife, and threaten our planet. Litterati is tackling this problem one piece of litter at a time, geotaging pinpoints of litter collected worldwide. Literati is still under development for android.

Their Mission:       Create a global community to identify, map, and collect the world's litter

Founder(s):           Jeff Kirschner and Literati, LLC

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Literati App


Recyclable allows anyone to find out if their item can be recycled by simply taking a picture of it. With this application, there are no excuses not to recycle.

Their Mission:       Let people know what is and is not recyclable

Founder(s):           Miriam Hendler

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Recyclable


Sistema Ambiental Paulista SAP is an app that displays the location and air quality of parks and beaches in the state. It lets Paulistas and tourists map collection points for cooking oil recycling through a partnership with the Sustainable Oil program of the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (ABIOVE).

Their Mission:       Inform citizens and residents of São Paulo to the various services offered by the State Government's Environment Secretariat

Founder(s):           State of São Paulo Environment Department

Location:              

Learn More:           the project & Download the app


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Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources

Learn more about SDG 14.


Clean Swell is used to document trash found during cleanups by adding photos and shared via social media for others to see. It tracks the path of users during cleanup efforts, tallies miles cleaned up, and keeps a record of the total amount of trash you’ve collected. Clean Swells data delivers a global snapshot of ocean trash, providing researchers and policy-makers insight to inform solutions. Join the thousands of International Coastal Cleanup® volunteers who are working for a cleaner ocean by picking up the millions of pounds of trash that wash onto beaches around the world.

Clean Swells was created by the Ocean Conservancy and developed by Beaconfire Red in the United States.

Their Mission:       Reduce the amount of trash and document the trash cleaned up at beaches, waterways, and oceans

Founder(s):          

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Learn More:           Clean Swell and download the Clean Swell App


Dive Against Debris allows divers to report debris they see below the surface of the ocean. They can use the Dive Against Debris app to quickly and easily report on the conditions under water. They can also get debris cleanup kits and report debris via an online platform.

Their Mission:       Clean up underwater debris

Founder(s):          

Location:              

Learn More:           Dive Against Debris is a program of Project Aware. App for iOS and Android


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Goal 15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss

Learn more about SDG 15.


AdoptMe App helps bring stories to the faces of animals and are posted to Twitter and other platforms, bringing a whole new level of exposure to pets looking for their forever homes! AdoptMeApp is used by shelter & rescue group volunteers, socializers, and fosters. Those who interact most with adoptable pets love taking pictures of their furry friends. AdoptMeApp is now in use at Pets In Need (CA), San Diego Humane Society (CA), Contra Costa Animal Services (CA), Front Street Animal Shelter (CA), Stanislaus County Animal Shelter (CA), Fluvanna SPCA (VA), Animal Allies Humane Society (MN), RSPCA Queensland (Australia), and many more shelters.

Their Mission:       Help animal welfare organizations increase adoptions and save more animals' lives

Founder(s):           Cynthia Typaldos

Location:               California, United States

Learn More:           AdoptMeApp


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Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies

Learn more about SDG 16.


AboliShop intervention tool is a website to display Free2Work grades as consumers browse through online retail space. Armed with this information, consumers can make the decision to buy from suppliers that have a commitment to preventing human trafficking. AboliShop is currently in beta testing. AboliShop partners with Not For Sale and USAID.

Their Mission:       Prevent the spread of human trafficking around the world by informing consumers of the ethicality of supply chains for certain products

Founder(s):           Nick Montgomery, Kwamina Orleans-Pobee, and Wes Williams

Location:               United States

Learn More:           AboliShop and Free2Work


App Boca de Urna is a Brazillian Android app that promotes sharing social opinions on candidates and voter information within a network. It supplies news of the election in real time with ranking of the richest politicians, as well as ranking of those chosen for users networks (Friends and Friends of Friends).

Their Mission:       Have people share thoughts about an election on a social platform and empowering individuals to set the Brazilian political destiny with greater inclusivity

Founder(s):           Dineu

Location:               Brazil

Learn More:           the community and download the app


AsylumConnect catalog is the first ever online resource database for LGBTQ asylum seekers in the U.S.

Their Mission:       Help persecuted LGBTQ people identify and access verified human needs resources in the U.S.

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           viewed here AsylumConnect


B.O. Coletivo is a free interactive map where users can submit their location and share information about criminal activities that take place in Brazilian cities. The application allows the user to register different types of issues related to public security (thefts, robberies, kidnappings and other), giving location, date, time and description of the incident. Thus it is possible to know which areas of a particular city are safer or more violent.

Their Mission:       Increase awareness about public safety

Founder(s):           B.O. Coletivo (an urban activist group focused on public safety)

Location:               Porto Alegré, Brasil

Learn More:           "the app and download it"


Fiskkit is a web app that is currently available in Beta.

Their Mission:       Lets users discuss news that matters on the local and national levels, and verify truth of news reports

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Fiskitt


Flower helps friends and family members be a strong and effective support network through the most important moments in life. Flower makes it easier to both ask and answer that question. Flower is a mobile app available for IOS download.

Their Mission:       Help friends and family members be a strong and effective support network through important moments in life

Founder(s):           Jean Miller Truelson and Dog Patch Tech

Location:               San Francisco, California in the United States

Learn More:           Flower


Hall of Justice Criminal justice data transparency is important. Hall of Justice is a robust, searchable inventory of publicly available criminal justice datasets and research. The inventory incorporates government as well as academic data.

Their Mission:       Provide a searchable inventory of criminal justice data

Founder(s):           project of The Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all

Location:              

Learn More:           Hall of Justice


Meu Filho Autista or "My Autistic Son" is an application for families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder developed to help these relations be the person in control of their child's treatment. It offers tools, tips and resources and community as well as pre-developed modules. It is common for children with autism to perform various therapies: It's common for people with autism to receive various therapies including Speech Therapy, Occupational Psychology, and Educational Psychology among many others. All these therapies may generate anxiety if parents do not have tools to evaluate what is being effective and which is thus not ensuring the coordination of the treatment of his son. The continuous and careful evaluation by this application aims to provide parents and caretakers the opportunity to coordinate the treatment of their child and through feedback, seek the best intervention strategy.

Their Mission:       Provide families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders more control of their child's treatment

Founder(s):           ForLifeApp

Location:               São Pedro da Aldeia, Brazil

Learn More:           download the app


Open States allows you to discover and follow all state legislatures. Open States is a collection of tools that make it possible for citizens to track what is happening in their state's capitol by aggregating information from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Search the politics in your state by finding your legislators, reviewing their votes, searching upcoming legislation, and tracking bill progress.

Their Mission:       Allows Americans to discover and follow all state legislatures

Founder(s):           a project of The Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all

Location:              

Learn More:           Open States


Out App was developed to support youth coming out to friends and family. Out App includes suggested conversation starters that include films, articles, and other media, challenges that encourage involvement in the LGBTQ community, features to schedule conversations with family members, access to volunteer mentors (and a pathway to engage volunteers), crisis services, LGBT-friendly housing resources, and more. The Out App is all volunteer built and is still being built. Learn more and volunteer with.

Their Mission:       Support youth coming out to friends and family

Founder(s):           Eddie Chen at NYU

Location:               New York in the United States

Learn More:           Out App


Party Time helps track the political fundraising circuit. From the early hours of the morning until late in the evening, politicians are meeting with donors.

Their Mission:       Let people know which politicians are fundraising and where

Founder(s):           a project of The Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all

Location:              

Learn More:           Party Time


The Refuge Restrooms app is focused on providing safe restroom access for transgender, intersex, and gender nonconforming individuals. Refuge is an effort to fill the hole left by the now-defunct Safe2Pee website.

Their Mission:       Provides a resource for trans and queer individuals in need of gender neutral and other safe restrooms

Founder(s):           Teagan Widmer

Location:               United States and internationally

Learn More:           web app, contribute on Github


Reporta app is the next step for journalists to act on any risk situations they might encounter in potentially dangerous conditions worldwide by creating security protocols, and through setting up in-app check-ins, designate what steps to take if a check-in is missed including locking mobile access to the app, send sensitive audio, photo, or video data to designated contacts, and create alerts of who to notify if assistance is needed.Reporta is a free app available on iPhone and Android devices in Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Spanish, and Turkish.

Their Mission:       Empower journalists working in potentially dangerous conditions to quickly implement their security protocols with the touch of a button

Founder(s):           designed by International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF), built by RevSquare

Location:               Washington DC, United States

Learn More:           Reporta


RideAlong bridges the gap between police officers, mental health providers, and people by giving the officer tailored info about the most frequent callers.

Their Mission:       Transform everyday purchases into votes for positive change

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           RideAlong


Safe Shelter Collaborative has a suite of tools, so that registered agencies can find space in a traditional shelter. If none is available, they can reach a broader community, via the SafeNight mobile app, to get funding for a hotel stay, if that is a safe and chosen option.

Their Mission:       Help agencies find shelter for human trafficking and domestic violence survivors

Founder(s):           Built and is maintained by Caravan Studios

Location:              

Learn More:           Safe Shelter Collaborative


Salama web and mobile application is used to assess risks for journalists, bloggers, and human rights defenders. Salama provides automated advice, training resources and useful links to enhance risk reduction capabilities of the user. This app also will evaluate a command of digital tools and provide specific advice and training resources. Salama is still in Beta.

Their Mission:       Help individuals analyze particular risks they might face for their work

Founder(s):           Jorge Luis Sierra and developed by the International Center for Journalists with the technical support of the Peace Tech Lab

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Salama


The Sanctuary App was created for Survive 2 Thrive in the United States.

Their Mission:       Provide immediate safety options to domestic violence survivors who have been turned away from their local shelter and placed on a wait list

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Learn More:           The Sanctuary App


SIC.SPis an app where users can access public info and receive notifications about the progress of their requests. Developed by Prodesp, the Data Processing Company of the State of Sao Paolo, this app brings government closer to the hands of the people. This app is supports the 2011 Access to Free Information Act and is directly a result of the formation of the Citizens Information Service (SIC) that allows for the request of documents and data related to the entities of the Paulista Public Administration.

Their Mission:       Allow citizens in the State of Sao Paolo, Brazil to access to the data and public information, produced or guarded by departments within the Paulista state administration

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Learn More:           the service or download the app


Statement App enables you to easily communicate in-person via large, high contrast text when you can't talk out loud. Whether you're at a noisy concert, in a quiet classroom, or have trouble speaking, you simply type your message and turn your phone around.

Their Mission:       Making it easier for people to communicate in situations where talking is not possible

Founder(s):           Carrie Phillips and Todd Anderson

Location:               San Francisco, California in the United States

Learn More:           Currently a free app on IOS, download here. Find out more information about Statement


The Sunlight Foundation is a nonpartisan nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all.

Some of Sunlight's noteworthy apps and tools: Hall of Justice An inventory of criminal justice data. Open States Discover and follow all state legislatures. OpenCongress Track bills and lawmakers in Congress. Party Time Tracking the political fundraising circuit.

The Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Their Mission:       Use technology to enable more complete, equitable and effective democratic participation

Founder(s):           View the team and board here

Location:               Washington DC, United States

Learn More:           Sunlight Foundation


Turismo Acessível is free app provided by the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism that displays the location of tourist attractions in the country that are accessible for individuals with physical disabilities. The user can search by accessibility for audio, mobility, visual and wheel chairs. Based in Brasilia, the Ministry is an advocate of disability rights. The tourism guide is a collaborative and allows users to register, rate and consult the accessibility of tourist spots, hotels, restaurants, parks and various attractions.

Their Mission:       Help those with physical disabilities travel to popular destinations in Brazil

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We Vote View your ballot, learn from friends, share your vision. We Vote USA is nonprofit, nonpartisan, open source, and ready to get out the vote through social sharing. We are a volunteer-driven movement, dedicated to educating citizens and bringing social collaboration to the process of making voting decisions. We have built an open platform for citizens to create and share personal voter guides that aggregate information and opinions across their social networks. We Vote USA is in the process of applying for 501(c)(4) nonprofit status.

Their Mission:       Provide a political social network for America

Founder(s):           Dale McGrew

Location:               United States

Learn More:           We Vote


Whistler App can trigger a Panic Mode to alert a trusted network of an emergency situation taking place and erase sensitive data from your device.

Their Mission:       Assist front line activists, human rights defenders, and citizen journalists facing surveillance and digital or physical repression to capture and share evidence of political violence, human rights abuse or corruption

Founder(s):           Build A Movement (a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization dedicated to supporting activists and organizers around the world)

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Wildfire App sends you real-time safety alerts about dangerous incidents occuring nearby of muggings, shootings, and fires. The safety app is used by 15,000 college students and is growing.

Their Mission:       Alert people of dangerous incidents closeby

Founder(s):           Vinay Ramesh and Hriday Kemburu of Day, LLC

Location:               Berkeley, California, United States

Learn More:           Wildfire App


Vote.org is a nonpartisan nonprofit digital voting organization (formerly Long Distance Voter). Americans are eager to adopt digital voting solutions. Vote.org has built and will continue to iterate the digital technology that removes barriers to voting and increases voter turnout.

Their Mission:       Increase voter turnout by reaching millions nationwide to help Americans register, check their registration status, and get absentee ballots

Founder(s):           Debra Cleaver

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Vote.org


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Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

Learn more about SDG 17.