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May
27
2009

A Good Week

After being more or less penniless for our first three months of operation, we have had a burst of success.  In the past seven days FrontlineSMS:Medic has received grants from the Clinton Global Initiative, the Northwestern University Venture Challenge, the Netsquared Mobile Challenge, the FACT award, and the Microsoft mobile challenge.  Grand total so far? $51,500

This money will drive software development and implementation of FrontlineSMS:Medic throughout several sites in Africa and South Asia this summer.

Also, the current HopePhones tally is at 769, an amazing number of old phones donated. Keep it up!

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One Response to “A Good Week”

  1. shah says:
    May 28, 2009 at 1:13 am

    congratulations!! FSM (my new abbreviation for y’all) deserves the funding, and I’m looking forward to hearing about the awesome work you guys will do this summer. keep up the good work, and good luck on exams!

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